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The UK government has confirmed there will be no new licences for onshore oil and gas in England. drillordrop.com/2025/11/27/g...
Government ban on new onshore oil and gas licences
The UK government has confirmed there will be no new licences for onshore oil and gas in England.
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November 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The UK government has confirmed there will be no new licences for onshore oil and gas in England. drillordrop.com/2025/11/27/g...
People are being inviting to give their views on proposals by Egdon Resources to drill for gas on the edge of Foxholes in the Yorkshire Wolds.
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Consultation opens on Egdon’s Foxholes gas plan
People are being inviting to give their views on proposals by Egdon Resources to drill for gas on the edge of Foxholes in the Yorkshire Wolds.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
People are being inviting to give their views on proposals by Egdon Resources to drill for gas on the edge of Foxholes in the Yorkshire Wolds.
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Key information needed for a new planning application for the controversial Horse Hill drilling site in Surrey will be submitted before Christmas, it was revealed today. drillordrop.com/2025/11/26/h...
Horse Hill latest
Key information needed for a new planning application for a controversial drilling site in Surrey will be submitted before Christmas, it was revealed today.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Key information needed for a new planning application for the controversial Horse Hill drilling site in Surrey will be submitted before Christmas, it was revealed today. drillordrop.com/2025/11/26/h...
Officials in Lancashire are recommending refusal of a bid to extend the life of the mothballed Preston New Road fracking site near Blackpool.
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Refuse more time for Lancashire frack site – planners recommend
Officials in Lancashire are recommending refusal of a bid to extend the life of the mothballed Preston New Road fracking site near Blackpool. Preston New Road in June 2025. Photo: Maple Independent…
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November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Officials in Lancashire are recommending refusal of a bid to extend the life of the mothballed Preston New Road fracking site near Blackpool.
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Updated to include copy of letter from North Yorkshire Council to energy secretary, Ed Miliband.
Burniston gas plan: Council seeks detail on government’s proposed fracking ban drillordrop.com/2025/11/13/b...
Burniston gas plan: Council seeks detail on government’s proposed fracking ban drillordrop.com/2025/11/13/b...
Burniston gas plan: Council seeks detail on government’s proposed fracking ban
The council that will decide plans for hydraulic fracturing at Burniston, near Scarborough, has asked the government for more details about its proposed ban on fracking.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Updated to include copy of letter from North Yorkshire Council to energy secretary, Ed Miliband.
Burniston gas plan: Council seeks detail on government’s proposed fracking ban drillordrop.com/2025/11/13/b...
Burniston gas plan: Council seeks detail on government’s proposed fracking ban drillordrop.com/2025/11/13/b...
Landowners in North Yorkshire who lease sites to oil and gas companies have been warned they could be responsible for the costs of clean-up and restoration.
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Landowners warned over risks of hosting oil and gas sites
Landowners in North Yorkshire who lease sites to oil and gas companies have been warned they could be responsible for the costs of clean-up and restoration.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Landowners in North Yorkshire who lease sites to oil and gas companies have been warned they could be responsible for the costs of clean-up and restoration.
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The government failed to respond directly to a parliamentary petition about lower-volume fracking for onshore oil and gas, a group of MPs has said. drillordrop.com/2025/11/18/g...
Government response to fracking petition “inadequate”
The government failed to respond directly to a parliamentary petition about lower-volume fracking for onshore oil and gas, a group of MPs has said.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The government failed to respond directly to a parliamentary petition about lower-volume fracking for onshore oil and gas, a group of MPs has said. drillordrop.com/2025/11/18/g...
The council that will decide plans for hydraulic fracturing at Burniston, near Scarborough, has asked the government for more details about its proposed ban on fracking.
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Burniston gas plan: Council seeks detail on government’s proposed fracking ban
The council that will decide plans for hydraulic fracturing at Burniston, near Scarborough, has asked the government for more details about its proposed ban on fracking.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The council that will decide plans for hydraulic fracturing at Burniston, near Scarborough, has asked the government for more details about its proposed ban on fracking.
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DrillOrDrop's review of the latest UK onshore oil and gas monthly production data. drillordrop.com/2025/11/11/u...
UK onshore oil and gas production in figures and charts – August 2025
UK onshore oil and gas production rose in August 2025 compared with the month before. But volumes did not reach the peaks recorded over the past year.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
DrillOrDrop's review of the latest UK onshore oil and gas monthly production data. drillordrop.com/2025/11/11/u...
The government risks undermining its goals to cut methane emissions without stricter regulations on onshore oil and gas operations, environmental campaigners have argued.
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Campaigners call for tougher rules on methane releases from onshore oil and gas
The government risks undermining its goals to cut methane emissions without stricter regulations on onshore oil and gas operations, environmental campaigners have argued.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The government risks undermining its goals to cut methane emissions without stricter regulations on onshore oil and gas operations, environmental campaigners have argued.
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A committee of MPs is launching a new inquiry on the future of the UK’s oil and gas industry.
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MPs seek evidence on future of UK oil and gas
A committee of MPs is launching a new inquiry on the future of the UK’s oil and gas industry.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A committee of MPs is launching a new inquiry on the future of the UK’s oil and gas industry.
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A proposal for a new sidetrack production well at the Whisby oilfield in Lincolnshire is back with planners – three years after it was previously approved. drillordrop.com/2025/11/03/p...
Plans return for new well at Whisby oilfield
A proposal for a new sidetrack production well at the Whisby oilfield in Lincolnshire is back with planners – three years after it was previously approved.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A proposal for a new sidetrack production well at the Whisby oilfield in Lincolnshire is back with planners – three years after it was previously approved. drillordrop.com/2025/11/03/p...
Europa Oil & Gas and Egdon Resources, two of the companies behind controversial proposals to drill for gas near the North York Moors National Park, are looking to raise more than £6.5m for the scheme. drillordrop.com/2025/11/03/e...
Europa and Egdon seek £6.5m+ funding for Burniston gas plans
Two of the companies behind controversial proposals to drill for gas near the North York Moors National Park are looking to raise more than £6.5m for the scheme.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Europa Oil & Gas and Egdon Resources, two of the companies behind controversial proposals to drill for gas near the North York Moors National Park, are looking to raise more than £6.5m for the scheme. drillordrop.com/2025/11/03/e...
DrillOrDrop's latest news on UK planning and permitting applications for onshore oil and gas.
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Planning update
DrillOrDrop reports on the latest news on UK planning and permitting applications for onshore oil and gas.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
DrillOrDrop's latest news on UK planning and permitting applications for onshore oil and gas.
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The energy department was questioned in parliament yesterday on the legal definition of fracking.
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Government quizzed on fracking definition
The energy department was questioned in parliament yesterday on the legal definition of fracking.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The energy department was questioned in parliament yesterday on the legal definition of fracking.
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Guest post: Community challenges with the planning system drillordrop.com/2025/10/28/g...
Guest post: Community challenges with the planning system
David Eddy, chair of Foxholes and Butterwick Parish Council, in North Yorkshire, reports on the challenges facing local communities dealing with oil and gas developments.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Guest post: Community challenges with the planning system drillordrop.com/2025/10/28/g...
Residents in North Yorkshire are being urged to stand together to fight plans for lower-volume fracking.
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United stand will block fracking plans, residents told
Residents in North Yorkshire are being urged to stand together to fight plans for lower-volume fracking.
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October 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Residents in North Yorkshire are being urged to stand together to fight plans for lower-volume fracking.
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MP calls for Balcombe oil licence to be withdrawn over water contamination fears drillordrop.com/2025/10/26/m...
MP calls for Balcombe oil licence to be withdrawn over water contamination fears
The government has been urged to withdraw the licence for oil operations at Balcombe in West Sussex because of the risk of water pollution.
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October 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
MP calls for Balcombe oil licence to be withdrawn over water contamination fears drillordrop.com/2025/10/26/m...
Controversial proposals by Egdon Resources to produce oil at Biscathorpe in the Lincolnshire Wolds are due to be decided by a full planning inquiry.
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Biscathorpe oil scheme heads for inquiry
Controversial proposals by Egdon Resources to produce oil in the Lincolnshire Wolds are due to be decided by a full planning inquiry.
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October 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Controversial proposals by Egdon Resources to produce oil at Biscathorpe in the Lincolnshire Wolds are due to be decided by a full planning inquiry.
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Oil and gas companies will “pile in” with fracking plans all over the country to exploit a legal loophole if scheme at Burniston in North Yorkshire gets the go-ahead, a Labour MP has warned.
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“Legal loophole” could prompt multiple fracking plans, MP warns
Oil and gas companies will “pile in” with fracking plans all over the country to exploit a legal loophole if a North Yorkshire scheme gets the go-ahead, a Labour MP has warned. Alison Hume. Photo: …
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October 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Oil and gas companies will “pile in” with fracking plans all over the country to exploit a legal loophole if scheme at Burniston in North Yorkshire gets the go-ahead, a Labour MP has warned.
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An official online petition calling for a ban on all forms of fracking has passed an important milestone, with 10,000 signatures.
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Official petition to ban all fracking tops 10,000
An official online petition calling for a ban on all forms of fracking has passed an important milestone.
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October 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
An official online petition calling for a ban on all forms of fracking has passed an important milestone, with 10,000 signatures.
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Residents in a North Yorkshire village where there are plans for lower-volume fracking have called on the energy minister to apologise over claims he made about the process.
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Minister should apologise over fracking claim – residents
Residents in a North Yorkshire village where there are plans for lower-volume fracking have called on the energy minister to apologise over claims he made about the process.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Residents in a North Yorkshire village where there are plans for lower-volume fracking have called on the energy minister to apologise over claims he made about the process.
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An environmental campaigner is challenging the government over what he says are “misleading” and “inaccurate” claims about the controversial issue of fracking.
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Minister challenged over “misleading” fracking claims
An environmental campaigner is challenging the government over what he says are “misleading” and “inaccurate” claims about the controversial issue of fracking.
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October 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
An environmental campaigner is challenging the government over what he says are “misleading” and “inaccurate” claims about the controversial issue of fracking.
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UK onshore gas production fell to its lowest level in July 2025 since November 2023.
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UK onshore oil and gas production in figures and charts – July 2025
UK onshore gas production fell to its lowest level in July 2025 since November 2023.
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October 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
UK onshore gas production fell to its lowest level in July 2025 since November 2023.
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Long-awaited annual accounts for UK Oil & Gas plc show a £35m drop in the value of the company’s oil and gas assets. drillordrop.com/2025/10/01/d...
Delayed UKOG accounts reveal £35m cut in value of oil assets
Long-awaited annual accounts for UK Oil & Gas plc show a £35m drop in the value of the company’s oil and gas assets.
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October 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Long-awaited annual accounts for UK Oil & Gas plc show a £35m drop in the value of the company’s oil and gas assets. drillordrop.com/2025/10/01/d...