2025 has seen a renewed debate about fracking, particularly with lower-volume operations proposed for Burniston, Wressle and West Newton. Among the key issues are how should fracking be defined and ...

The decision on controversial plans to drill for gas and carry out lower volume fracking near the North York Moors National Park should be delayed, a council was urged today.

A government minister is to decide whether there should be a detailed environmental study of plans to expand oil production ...

Key information that will determine the future of the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey has been delayed, officials have revealed ...

Partners seeking to produce oil in the protected Lincolnshire Wolds have abandoned their challenge to the refusal of planning ...

An official report by UK Oil & Gas plc reveals why it gave up a licence to develop hydrocarbons in parts of Surrey and West ...

Work to plug and abandon wells at a dormant oil site in West Sussex is due to begin this month, DrillOrDrop has learned.

The government said today there was no evidence of risk from lower volume fracking. Energy minister, Michael Shanks, speaking ...

The North Yorkshire village of Foxholes has opposed plans by Egdon Resources to explore for gas. The parish council voted unanimously last night to object to the company’s planning application, which ...

Plans to carry out a lower-volume hydraulic fracture at the West Newton-A oil and gas site in East Yorkshire look likely to get the go-ahead. West Newton-A wellsite, April 2025. Photo: DrillOrDrop The ...