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 ...

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

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

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Residents in a North Yorkshire village where there are plans for lower-volume fracking have called on the energy minister to apologise over claims he made about the process.

UK onshore daily oil production in June 2025 was the lowest for eight months. The monthly oil volume dropped 7% compared with the month before. The fall was more than twice what would have been ...

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.

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

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

Judge Tim Pattinson has just ruled that Caroline Lucas and four other environmental campaigners are not guilty of obstructing the highway. This means that all five campaigners were cleared on all the ...

Keep up to date with August 2023’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas.