A court in Edinburgh has ruled that the former UK government’s go-ahead for the Rosebank oilfield off Shetland was unlawful.

Singleton produces about 0.8-1.1m standard cubic feet of gas a day, Star Energy has said. The gas is likely to be largely ...

Egdon Resources wans to drill for gas at a new site between Bridlington and Scarborough, official documents have shown. Proposed location of gas drilling site and trajectory of well, (both shown in ...

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.

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 ...

Contamination from a West Sussex oil site could potentially end up in a drinking water reservoir, villagers told the Court of Appeal today. Members of Frack Free Balcombe Residents’ Association (FFBRA ...

Residents from the West Sussex village of Balcombe are at the Court of Appeal in the morning (Tuesday 28 January 2025) in their latest challenge against oil development. Campaigning residents in ...

A court in Edinburgh has ruled that the former UK government’s go-ahead for the Rosebank oilfield off Shetland was unlawful.

Shale drilling and fracturing techniques could drive the development of geothermal power, the world’s leading energy organisation said today.

Planners at North Lincolnshire Council granted planning permission for more drilling and small-scale fracking in an expansion of the Wressle oil site near Scunthorpe. The proposals include increasing ...