A government minister is to decide whether there should be a detailed environmental study of plans to expand oil production ...

Partners seeking to produce oil in the protected Lincolnshire Wolds have abandoned their challenge to the refusal of planning ...

Key information that will determine the future of the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey has been delayed, officials have revealed ...

An official report by UK Oil & Gas plc reveals why it gave up a licence to develop hydrocarbons in parts of Surrey and West ...

Work to plug and abandon wells at a dormant oil site in West Sussex is due to begin this month, DrillOrDrop has learned.

The government said today there was no evidence of risk from lower volume fracking. Energy minister, Michael Shanks, speaking ...

Work to plug and abandon wells at a dormant oil site in West Sussex is due to begin this month, DrillOrDrop has learned. The government said today there was no evidence of risk from lower volume ...

A council which opposed drilling for gas near a Surrey village has taken the first step to fight ministerial approval of the scheme.

David Eddy, chair of Foxholes and Butterwick Parish Council, in North Yorkshire, reports on the challenges facing local communities dealing with oil and gas developments.

Surrey County Council interrupted its meeting today when campaigners, calling for a halt to oil drilling, began singing the hit song by The Police Every Breath You Take.

The government is seeking to change the rules that help people make legal challenges to environmental decisions. The proposals, if approved, could make it more expensive and risky to seek a judicial ...