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 […]
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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 […]
Biscathorpe oil production consent quashed
Egdon Resources plc and the Government have conceded that permission has been quashed for oil production at Biscathorpe in the Lincolnshire Wolds. IMPLICATIONS The move follows last month’s Supreme Court landmark ruling that a consent, issued in 2019 for oil production at Horse Hill in Surrey, must include end-use emissions. Biscathorpe lies within licence PEDL253 […]
WCM coal mine approval was “error in law”
West Cumbria Mining Ltd’s plans for a new deep coal mine again face uncertainty after the new Labour Government said that the initial 2022 approval was an “error of law”. NET ZERO The Government’s words, said yesterday to the BBC, follows the Supreme Court’s ruling that oil production at Horse Hill in Surrey must include […]