DRILL OR DROP? – 10+ years of independent journalism on UK …
10+ years of independent journalism on UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and the reactions to it
Plans and permits update – DRILL OR DROP?
3 days ago · Catch up with recent UK onshore oil and gas applications and decisions with DrillOrDrop's update. Our list covers both planning and permitting, plus planning breaches from the past 12 months. Please let us know if we've missed anything. For details of earlier decisions click here. Wressle extension plans. Source: planning application 2025 decisions 30 January…
What to watch in 2025 - DRILL OR DROP?
Dec 30, 2024 · DrillOrDrop will be reporting in 2025 on the continuing repercussions of the Finch judgement at the Supreme Court. The court ruled that decisions on oil and gas production plans should take account of the emissions from burning hydrocarbons (see our Review of 2024 for details of the judgement and its implications).. We’ll also be watching progress on site restorations, legal challenges ...
2025 headlines – DRILL OR DROP?
Jan 3, 2025 · Keep up to date with 2025's news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas. Venting at the Singleton onshore oil site, April 2024. Photo: Clean Air Task Force Tuesday 28 January 2025 Villagers and oil company argue over threat to…
UK onshore oil and gas production in figures and charts – …
1 day ago · UK production of onshore oil was up in November 2024 but onshore gas was down, according to official figures just released. The oil increase was because of a 5,000m3 (12%) rise in volume from the UK’s biggest onshore operator, Wytch Farm A 27% fall in gas production from Infinis Energy’s coalmine vents contributed to the…
2025 diary – DRILL OR DROP?
Jan 3, 2025 · DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in 2025 involving the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it. Photo: DrillOrDrop Wednesday 8 January 2025 Energy security and Net Zero committee meeting. Evidence from Emma Pinchbeck, chief executive of the Climate Change Committee (CCC) and the CCC's head of net zero, Emily Nurse. 3pm, Room 16,…
December 2024 headlines – DRILL OR DROP?
Dec 3, 2024 · Keep up to date with December 2024’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas. Christmas carols protest outside IGas's shale gas site at Tinker Lane in Nottinghamshire in 2018. Photo: Ross Monaghan Tuesday 31 …
October 2024 headlines – DRILL OR DROP?
Oct 4, 2024 · Keep up to date with October 2024’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas. Opponents of plans by Europa Oil & Gas to drill and do small-scale fracking at Burniston in North Yorkshire. Photo: DrillOrDrop Thursday 31 October 2024…
Rosebank oilfield decision ruled unlawful – DRILL OR DROP?
3 days ago · A court in Edinburgh has ruled that the former UK government’s go-ahead for the Rosebank oilfield off Shetland was unlawful. London, UK. 28 October, 2024. Parents and children from climate activist group Mothers Rise Up stage a Halloween themed protest at the offices of Norwegian state-owned oil company Equinor, which plans to exploit the Rosebank…
Who drilled where in 2024? – DRILL OR DROP?
Dec 31, 2024 · The three Furzy Island wells were spudded between 3 May 2024 and 21 July 2024. The public wellbore search classed them as either horizontal or deviated wells.