December 2024 – DRILL OR DROP?
6 days ago · 10 posts published by Ruth Hayhurst during December 2024. Equipment is to be removed from the unlawful oil site at Horse Hill, stripped of its planning permission by the Supreme Court, Surrey County Council (SCC) said today (18 December 2024).
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10+ years of independent journalism on UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and the reactions to it
What to watch in 2025 – DRILL OR DROP?
3 days ago · 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 ...
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 Friday 27 December 2024 DrillOrDrop review of…
Who drilled where in 2024? – DRILL OR DROP?
2 days ago · All the new onshore oil and gas wells in the UK in 2024 were drilled on a single small island in Poole Harbour, according to official data analysed by DrillOrDrop. Furzey Island in Poole Harbour, s…
Review of 2024: landmark judgement sparks tumult for onshore oil …
6 days ago · The judgement by a majority of Supreme Court justices on 20 June 2024 found that greenhouse gas emissions from the use of hydrocarbons must be assessed before any decisions could be made on production plans.. The case, brought by campaigner Sarah Finch on behalf of the Weald Action Group, has already had widespread repercussions for …
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…
Horse Hill oil site to be cleared of plant and machinery, council ...
Dec 18, 2024 · Equipment is to be removed from the unlawful oil site at Horse Hill, stripped of its planning permission by the Supreme Court, Surrey County Council (SCC) said today (18 December 2024). But the council has not demanded that the site be restored to woodland and agriculture. Horse Hill oil site, 2021. Photo: HHDL In response…
February 2024 headlines – DRILL OR DROP?
Thursday 29 February 2024. UKOG pushes ahead with share plan to raise money for Loxley gas site. DrillOrDrop reports that UK Oil & Gas has revived a bid to reorganise its share capital, needed to raise money for future projects, including planning conditions on the Loxley gas site near Dunsfold in Surrey.. UK gives £600m backing to …
March 2024 headlines – DRILL OR DROP?
Thursday 28 March 2024. Analysis: New oil and gas projects since 2021 could emit 14bn tonnes of CO2. Analysis by CarbonBrief of Global Energy Monitor finds that burning all the oil and gas from new discoveries and newly approved projects since 2021 would emit at least 14.1bn tonnes of carbon dioxide (GtCO2). Surge of new oil and gas …