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$Ukraine is seeking private investors for natural gas fracking on a revolutionary scale.$

Cuadrilla · Lviv Oblast

Ukraine is seeking private investors for natural gas fracking on a revolutionary scale.

The Ministry of Energy is leveraging Ukraine’s diplomatic ties to find private investment funds to finance drilling and attract technological partners. During an energy forum in Azerbaijan, government representatives promoted Ukraine’s potential as a shale hub. Specific geological zones for the implementation of fracking technology were announced mostly in the western regions: Lviv-Lublin (on the Ukrainian-Polish border) and the Oleska shale blo…See the Story

West Newton well stimulation scheduled

United Kingdom · United Kingdom

West Newton well stimulation scheduled

A well at West Newton in East Yorkshire could be fractured in the next four to nine months, according to a partner in the project. West Newton-A site in East Yorkshire. Photo: DrillOrDrop Reabold Resources, now the majority investor in West Newton, said it: “anticipates re-entering and recompleting an existing West Newton well in Q4 2025/Q1 2025 [October 2025-March 2026] in order to establish sustained gas flow”. The company indicated that the…Read Article

UK onshore oil and gas production in figures and charts – March 2025

United Kingdom · United Kingdom

UK onshore oil and gas production in figures and charts – March 2025

Daily onshore gas production was down 10% in March 2025, compared with February – the lowest level since July last year. Daily oil production was down 3% on the month. Total oil volume was up 8% but not as much as would have been expected because of the longer month. Total monthly gas volume was down slightly, despite the more days available for production. The UK’s largest onshore gas field, at Saltfleetby in Lincolnshire, saw volumes fall for …Read Article

Government fracking ban to consider all volumes – minister

The government is to consider all volumes of hydraulic fracturing when it introduces its ban on the process, an energy minister has said. Photo: DrillOrDrop Michael Shanks wrote in a parliamentary answer, published yesterday: “We are committed to banning fracking for good and any future decision on national planning policy for fracking will take into account all volumes of hydraulic fracturing.” He was responding to a question from the Labour …Scarborough, England · Scarborough Read Article

Cuadrilla to seek more time at fracking site – days before restoration deadline

The fracking company, Cuadrilla, has revealed it is to seek two more years at its mothballed shale gas site near Blackpool – just four days before the land should have been returned to agriculture. Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site, 30 May 2025. Photo: Maple Independent Media A notice in today’s Lytham St Annes Express said the company intended to submit a planning application to extend the life of Preston New Road at Little Plumpton.…Cuadrilla · Lancashire Read Article

Cuadrilla seeks more time for Elswick gas production

The former fracking company, Cuadrilla, is seeking another five years to extract gas from its site at Elswick, in Lancashire. Site plan for Elswick gas site. Source: planning application Cuadrilla recently restarted gas production at the site near Blackpool and has installed a new electricity generator. A planning application, submitted to Lancashire County Council this month, described the site as “Elswick Generation Station”. The company seeks…Cuadrilla · Lancashire Read Article

Questions remain over Foxholes gas plan

Many residents who attended an information meeting about gas drilling in a North Yorkshire village said they were unconvinced about the plans. Egdon Resources event on Foxholes gas drilling plans, 30 May 2025. Photo: DrillOrDrop Egdon Resources hosted the event today in Foxholes, near Driffield, as part of its community consultation for an exploration well. The company said 57 people attended the four-hour session. Of those, some were campaigner…Foxholes · Foxholes Read Article

Burniston MP to quiz minister on fracking ban

The MP for the North Yorkshire village of Burniston, where there are plans for a form of fracking, has promised to question the government on its commitment to ban the process. At a meeting with residents, Labour’s Alison Hume repeated her opposition to proposals by Europa Oil & Gas for a proppant squeeze at Burniston. “I am against fracking in all its forms, including small-scale fracking, such as the proppant squeeze Europa are proposing to …Burniston · Burniston Read Article

Angus works with lender on takeover

The operator of the UK’s largest onshore gasfield is working with its lender on the potential takeover of production assets off the southern USA. Angus Energy had been due to make the first payment today on its loan with Trafigura . But in a stock market statement this afternoon, Angus said the payment deadline had been extended to the end of the week. The statement said Angus was working with Trafigura on the potential takeover and on a resculp…Lincolnshire, England · Lincolnshire Read Article

Milestone at frack site

Cuadrilla’s former fracking site in Lancashire passed a milestone event this morning. A workover rig left the mothballed site near Blackpool after apparently decommissioning the UK’s only onshore horizontal shale gas wells. The rig, which has been at Preston New Road for 11 weeks, was transported out at about 11am. Local campaigners, who have opposed Cuadrilla’s Preston operations for more than a decade, were delighted to witness the rig leave. …Cuadrilla · Lancashire Read Article

Egdon meeting on Foxholes gas plans

Egdon Resources says it is giving more details this week of its new plans to explore for gas near a village in North Yorkshire. The company wants to drill a well on the edge of Foxholes, south of Scarborough and inland from Flamborough Head. Egdon’s proposed gas exploration site on the edge of Foxholes, North Yorkshire. Photo: DrillOrDrop It announced it is hosting a drop-in information event in the village on Friday 30 May 2025. Egdon said the …Foxholes · Foxholes Read Article

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