Don't Drill The Wight!
Monthly News Archive 2021
August 2021
Wytch Farm operator loses £101m+
Climate protest begins in London against investment in fossil fuels
Head of hydrogen trade body quits over “expensive distraction” of blue hydrogen
Consultation opens on low-carbon standard for blue hydrogen – DRILL OR DROP?
Two sides disagree on benefits of Arreton oil drilling plans
More time for UKOG drilling at Horse Hill
“Disappointing” pause on UKOG’s Turkish well
Latest UK onshore oil production data: April 2021
July 2021
Breaking: IGas ordered to restore Misson shale gas site
CCUS must be safe and it must work, ministers told
“No plans to support shale gas exploration” – minister
The “energy revolution” that has produced no gas
Dunsfold drilling inquiry – what to watch
June 2021
UKOG reports £1m+ loss in six months
Guest post: Surrey hydrogen plans greenwash continued fossil fuel production
Radioactive waste disposal allowed to continue at oil site in national park
Date set for appeal hearing over Surrey oil production
IGas announces two hydrogen schemes in Surrey
Planners seek more details on national importance of Egdon’s Biscathorpe oil plans
Latest UK onshore oil production data: February 2021
Updated: Climate activists blockade BP Hamble oil terminal
May 2021
Climate change: How can the UK reach its new 2035 target?
UK target to cut emissions 78% by 2035 is world-leading – but to hit it, action is needed now
UK Tariff Charges a threat to UK Green Energy Industry
MPs reject Labour call for full ban on fracking in England
Court orders Shell to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030
Environmental campaigner joins gas company board to develop renewables
UKOG issues 262m shares to complete Horse Hill equipment purchase
Alba cuts value of Horse Hill stake by a quarter
No new oil and gas projects if world is to reach climate goals – IEA report
Fossil fuel sector has greatest scope for methane cuts to tackle climate crisis – UN
April 2021
Climate change: How can the UK reach its new 2035 target?
UK target to cut emissions 78% by 2035 is world-leading – but to hit it, action is needed now
Study calls for new fracking definition to close regulatory loopholes
Government misses its own deadline on shale gas decisions by one year
Drilling consent for UKOG’s Turkish well
Horse Hill production continues slide
UK onshore oil production drops again
Don’t lift fracking moratorium without climate review – government advisor
March 2021
Climate dispute over UKOG's Surrey oil wells to go to Court of Appeal
Views sought on water injection plan at Angus Energy’s Brockham site
UK government to allow new North Sea oil and gas exploration
Bill seeking to curb rights to protest gets second reading
Government warned over “rushed and ill-judged” curbs on protest
Protest policing plans are an “assault” on human rights – campaigners
Fracking fears hit public trust in climate technologies – study
Government announces new curbs on right to protest
Better climate reporting needed from oil and gas companies – regulator
“No government plan for net zero, two years on” – MPs
Changes sought to Horse Hill environmental permit
Date set for Dunsfold drilling inquiry
Breaking: Test plan for Balcombe oil well refused unanimously
No immediate production peak after Horse Hill workover – new data
Minister asked to rule on environmental study for oil site expansion
February 2021
£9.9 billion still invested in fossil fuels by local government pension funds
WAG Letter to The Secretary of State re Emissions
Weald Action Group Report - Changes Needed in Planning Policy
Fracking moratorium doesn’t cover proppant squeeze – minister
Third Energy to begin decommissioning of North Yorks gas site
New plan for Notts shale gas site criticised as “speculative, misleading and unsound”
Council urged to rethink ruling on West Newton drilling plans
Bill Gates: Solving Covid easy compared with climate
UKOG submits appeal on Dunsfold refusal
Judge “radically scales back” UKOG protest injunction
Mark Carney: Climate crisis deaths 'will be worse than Covid'
Campaigners claim victory over UKOG injunction
Report - UKOG & The End of Oil
UKOG abandons injunction on slow walking protests
Isle of Wight MP renews his call for ‘Island Park’ designation
Horse Hill oil production drops during workover – latest data
The North Sea oil giants fueling climate change with millions of tonnes in preventable emissions.
January 2021
West Newton-A expansion: 90 weeks of drilling and 20 years of production
Expansion and long-term production planned at East Yorkshire well site
Details on new production wells and water reinjection at Horse Hill – UKOG
Isle of Wight council set out strategy for Island to become CO2 net zero in nine years
Formal approval of UKOG’s Turkish acquisition
Horse Hill protest case dropped “in the public interest”
CCS can’t solve the climate crisis – new report
Second consultation on UKOG’s Isle of Wight drilling plans
Horse Hill monthly oil production falls to record low