The company with the biggest stake in the Wressle oil field has agreed a £1m loan from the site operator, Egdon Resources.

The controversial shale gas site at Preston New Road in Lancashire must be returned to farmland by the end of the year, officials confirmed today (8 June 2026). Preston New Road shale gas site. Photo: ...

The controversial shale gas site at Preston New Road in Lancashire must be restored to farmland by the end of the year, officials confirmed today (8 June 2026).

A lower-volume frack and well test at the West Newton-A oil and gas site in East Yorkshire could start within three months, ...

DrillOrDrop’s round-up of announcements from three companies with UK onshore oil and gas interests: investor raises stake, director resigns and refinancing continues. West Newton oil and gas field.

In a statement issued this afternoon, Cuadrilla responded to the refusal by Lancashire County Council of its plans for Grange Hill site at Singleton.

The company that gave up on oil operations in the protected landscape of the Lincolnshire Wolds is now trying to keep the ...

Union Jack Oil announced this morning that the proppant squeeze planned for the Wressle oil well in North Lincolnshire had been approved.

North Lincolnshire Council has paid costs of £403,000 after losing an appeal on plans for oil production at Wressle, the site operator has confirmed.

A government department has confirmed it has acted on a threat of legal action from the onshore shale gas industry over the moratorium on fracking.