DrillOrDrop will be reporting in 2025 on the continuing repercussions of the Finch judgement at the Supreme Court.

In 2024 the country’s highest court ruled  on the climate impact of UK onshore oil and gas production, with tumultuous ...

This year has been dominated by the landmark legal judgement from the Supreme Court in the case brought by Sarah Finch ...

Work to decommission mothballed shale gas wells at the Preston New Road fracking site in Lancashire is now expected to take ...

Work to decommission mothballed shale gas wells at the Preston New Road fracking site in Lancashire is now expected to take until the end of March 2025, Cuadrilla has revealed.

Campaigners are urging a council to insist on the speedy restoration of a suspended oil site in West Sussex where decommissioning deadlines have been missed. The Broadford Bridge site, near ...

The UK’s most controversial shale gas site has failed to meet the deadline to plug two fracked wells – putting it in breach of planning consent. Cuadrilla’s mothballed Preston New Road shale gas site ...

Onshore oil’s contribution to UK total production: 2.08% (August 2024 2.70%, July 2024 2.16%) Onshore gas’s contribution to UK total production: 0.92% (August 2024 0.96%, July 2024 0.74%) Volume of ...

Reabold Resources has acquired a further 20.4% of shares in Rathlin Energy, the operator of two exploration sites in East Yorkshire. Rathlin Energy’s West Newton-A site in East Yorkshire, September ...

The Environment Agency (EA) has extended a public consultation on changes to the operation of an East Yorkshire oil and gas site after pressure from residents. An information event will also be held, ...

The UK’s second largest onshore oil producer is seeking permission to refine gas and carry out small-scale fracking. Site plan for changes to the Wressle oil site. Source: Application for variation of ...