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Egdon appeals against refusal for Biscathorpe sidetrack

Egdon Resources UK Ltd has submitted an appeal against Lincolnshire County Council’s refusal to allow sidetrack drilling, testing and long-term oil production at Biscathorpe. PROCESS The company is the operator of joint venture PEDL253 with a 35.8% interest, Union Jack Oil plc holds a 45% economic interest, and Montrose Industries Ltd has 19.2%. Egdon submitted […]

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Egdon refused more time for N. Kelsey well

Egdon Resources plc has been refused more time to drill the North Kelsey-1 exploration oil well in Lincolnshire. APPEAL The company had applied for a further 12-month extension to the existing planning permission from 2020. Managing director Mark Abbott said that the company would appeal against the county council’s decision. “The decision of the planning […]

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Egdon notes significant potential of Wressle-1

Egdon Resources plc announced “significant potential” from analysis of the downhole hole pressure data of the Wressle-1 well, East Yorkshire. POTENTIAL Independent energy consultancy ERCE conducted the interpretation on behalf of project partners Egdon (operator – 30%), Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc (30%) and Union Jack Oil (40%). Egdon said in a statement that […]

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Egdon defers proppant squeeze due to equipment delay

Egdon Resources (UK) Ltd said that a planned proppant squeeze has been postponed by two to four weeks due to a delay in equipment arriving for the oil development at Wressle, North Lincolnshire. Main contractor Schlumberger Oilfield UK plc has been detained due to the equipment being held on a job over-run outside of the UK, as […]

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Wressle receives approval for crude oil storage

Egdon Resources plc said it had received approval to store crude oil in licences PEDL180 and PEDL182 at Wressle oil field in North Lincolnshire. North Lincolnshire Council granted the site operator permission for full use of the installed oil storage capacity at the site of approximately 2,000 barrels. Egdon said it would also allow full […]