Oil and gas companies will “pile in” with fracking plans all over the country to exploit a legal loophole if a North ...

An environmental campaigner is challenging the government over what he says are “misleading” and “inaccurate” claims about ...

Residents in a North Yorkshire village where there are plans for lower-volume fracking have called on the energy minister to ...

An official online petition calling for a ban on all forms of fracking has passed an important milestone. It received more ...

Opponents of plans to drill and frack in a North Yorkshire village have criticised the “inappropriate” technology, “inadequate” risk assessments, missing, incorrect and inconsistent information and a ...

Europa Oil & Gas, the company behind plans to carry out lower-volume fracking at Burniston in North Yorkshire, contacted DrillOrDrop today about our article which reported on a response to a public ...

No new onshore oil and gas licences will be issued in England, the government announced today. The news followed a speech to the Labour conference in which the energy secretary confirmed his ...

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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. The accounts, due six months ago, were released at 6pm yesterday – exactly a year ...

Supporters and opponents of a scheme to drill for oil in the Surrey Hills had their last chance today to persuade a planning inspector of their arguments.

In this week’s listings: Key planning decisions in Lancashire, Cheshire and Rotherham. Plus public meetings, gatherings, fundraisers and information events.

The oil and gas company, Star Energy, said this week it was under increasing strain in a challenging operating environment.