Monthly News Archive 2022
March 2022
UKOG accounts look beyond Weald oil and gas
UK shale gas regulator refunds licence fees because of fracking moratorium
New name for oil and gas regulator
Breaking: 20 years of oil production approved at Rathlin Energy’s West Newton-A site
Schlumberger defends Cambridge research as climate protests continue
Challenge to government funding of Mozambique gas project goes to Court of Appeal
Breaking: Councillors block third bid for more time at undeveloped Lincolnshire oil site
Date set for decision on UKOG’s Dunsfold drilling plans
Go ahead for waste reinjection at Angus Energy’s Brockham oil site
UKOG seeks two more years at Broadford Bridge oil site for “data review”
Ministers “still talking” about whether to abandon Cuadrilla’s fracking wells
Views sought on Derbyshire’s future fracking policy
Legal challenge over UK government’s climate strategy gets go ahead
Government has “no reliable cost” for net zero transition – MPs
UN climate report is an “atlas of human suffering”
February 2022
Weald Action Group Submits Response to Consultation of Criteria for new oil and gas licences
CCC backs limits on UK oil and gas production and a presumption against future exploration
Government stands firm on fracking moratorium
Shale supporters challenged over fracking facts
UK Urged not to abandon goals amid Net Zero row
Big Banks Pump Finance into Coal Industry despite Net Zero
Medical leaders urge ministers to end new oil and gas exploration
Mass support for windfall tax on oil and gas companies
Northern Ireland minister backs moratorium on all onshore oil and gas
National Park orders firm to replant abandoned oil site after trees died
15 onshore oil and gas schemes await planning decisions
Energy companies make billions while families are shivering – we need to tax one to help the other.
BP fuels calls for windfall tax as oil giant posts £11 billion profits in 2021 results.
January 2022
Beyond Cambo: 1bn tonnes of pollution in UK oil and gas pipeline
Judge rejects case against oil and gas regulator
Peers defeat government anti-protest laws
Nationwide protests against police and crime bill
Dorset oil site continues to vent hundreds of tonnes of methane
Campaigners take government to court over “inadequate” climate strategy
Onshore gas industry hits back at senior Tory’s criticism of Dunsfold drilling plans
“Extraordinary” Dunsfold drilling plan takes UK in wrong direction – ex Tory leadership contender
Latest UK onshore oil production – September 2021
Minister to decide planning appeal on Dunsfold gas site
Guest post: It’s time for consultants to take the ethical high road and not back fracking
No UK onshore oil or gas wells drilled in 2021 – official data