26.08.2014
- The UK's Labour party has said it want to strengthen regulation of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. It planned to introduce a series of amendments to the infrastructure bill...
20.08.2014
- Ineos has acquired the 51% stake owned by BG Group in a UK shale gas exploration license. The remaining 49% is in the hands of Dart Energy, which is in the process of being taken...
04.08.2014
- It looks "more or less likely" that Ineos will apply for a license to explore for shale gas in the 14th round of onshore applications launched by the UK government at the end of...
31.07.2014
- The UK government is pressing ahead with plans to fully embrace shale gas. On July 28, the Department for Energy and Climate Change launched the "14th onshore licensing round,"...
04.07.2014
- Scotland, heading for a September 2014 independence referendum, could hold enough shale gas resources to cover UK gas needs for more than 30 years, a new geological report...
09.06.2014
- The UK government plans to ease the rules for exploration companies drilling for shale oil and gas as well as sweetening the pill for communities affected by the drilling. At the...
30.04.2014
- UK shale gas exploration company Cuadrilla has received the green light to test oil extraction in Balcombe, the West Sussex village that saw major anti-fracking protests in 2013...
28.04.2014
- Citing an independent report, exploration company Egdon Resources now estimates that its UK shale gas licences hold around 18 trillion cubic feet of gas, enough to supply Britain...
