UK Oil & Gas plc has submitted its “retrospective” planning application to resume production at the Horse Hill oil field near Gatwick in Surrey. STUDIES The company halted operations following the Supreme Court’s 2024 ruling, which stated that environmental impact assessments must include Scope 3, or end use, emissions from produced fossil fuels. UKOG, which […]
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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Union Jack Oil plc and its partners have withdrawn their appeal against refusal of planning permission to drill a side-track and develop the Biscathorpe oil field in the Lincolnshire Wolds.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 […]
WCM’s deep coal mine remains uncertain
West Cumbria Mining Ltd’s plans appear uncertain for a deep coal mine under the Irish Sea off the coast of Whitehaven after the company last month withdrew its application. LICENCES The company has yet to make a statement on its future plans since the High Court quashed the approved mine in September 2024. The decision […]
Wressle JV to submit GHG emissions analysis
The Wressle joint venture will submit details on downstream emissions for the onshore oil project after the local authority revoked its earlier planning permission. CONFIDENT Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc and Union Jack Oil plc said last month that they expected the September consent to be quashed after North Lincolnshire Council indicated it would […]
Karelian mine boundaries finalised for Lahtojoki
Karelian Diamond Resources plc said that the mine boundaries for the Lahtojoki project have been finalised after no appeal was lodged against the August court ruling. RULING Two landowners had 60 days to appeal against the amounts of compensation due to them as well as the mine boundary. The company’s legal advisors have confirmed that […]
Wressle JV expects wells consent to be quashed
The Wressle joint venture expects September’s local authority permission to be quashed for two new wells at the onshore Lincolnshire site. SCREENING North Lincolnshire Council informed the companies that, following legal opinion and the Supreme Court decision in June, it would not resist a proposed legal action to challenge the consent. The court ruled that applications […]