Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc intends to make an appeal after North Yorkshire Council decided it was “minded to” refuse permission for a well on the Cloughton gas prospect in Burniston. SUPPORTIVE The planning committee’s made its decision in a meeting on 24 April 2026. Europa said that the council’s planning department had made a […]
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Union Jack JV exits Biscathorpe
Union Jack Oil plc and its partners have withdrawn their appeal against refusal of planning permission to drill a side-track and develop the Biscathorpe oil field in the Lincolnshire Wolds. INQUIRY The JV is expected to relinquish PEDL253 “in due course”, some ten years after operator Egdon Resources UK Ltd acquired the licence. Union Jack […]
Tertiary wins appeal against refusal for Storuman
Tertiary Minerals plc has won its appeal against the refusal for an exploitation concession for its 100% owned Storuman fluorspar project. EXAMINE The company today said that the Swedish Government had annulled the country’s Mining Inspectorate decision not to grant the 2019 mining concession. The Government has also instructed the inspectorate to re-examine its decision […]
Kistos wins appeal to extend Netherlands licence
Kistos Holdings plc has won its appeal against Dutch regulators for a five-year extension to the M10/M11 licence in the Netherlands North Sea Shelf. ESTIMATES Third-party technical reports estimate the licence contains technically recoverable 2C resources net to Kistos of 174 bcf or 31.7MMboe. Kistos estimates the group’s 2P reserves of 36.2MMboe and 2C resources […]
Angus wins appeal for extended well test at Balcombe
Angus Energy plc has won its appeal against West Sussex County Council’s refusal to grant permission for an extended well test at its Balcombe oil site. DRILLING FLUIDS The company holds a 25% interest along with Cuadrilla Balcombe Ltd (56.25%) and Lucas Bolney Ltd (18.75%) in PEDL 244 targeting the Kimmeridge limestones. The Balcombe 2Z […]
Angus to appeal against Balcombe well test refusal
Angus Energy plc said it would appeal against West Sussex County Council’s refusal to allow a short well test at the Balcombe oil field, within PEDL244, southeast of Crawley. PARTNERS The company added that it had had further discussions with the local authority, whose planning officers had recommended approval. Angus, which has a 25% interest […]