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Gas drilling rig plan for North Yorkshire coast - as row eruots over call to delay decision
22 Jan 2026 01:03 GMT
… plans for a 38m gas drilling rig on the North Yorkshire … to install a 38m tall drilling rig on land in … it is committed to banning fracking for shale gas, ministers have recently suggested … associated risks as fracking for shale gas."
Friends of the …
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Trump is right: denying ourselves North Sea oil makes no sense
22 Jan 2026 11:23 GMT
… that it is not worth drilling there any more, other … there are Britain’s untapped shale gas reserves. In 2013 the British … didn’t cover other potential shale gas basins.
The chances of … current policy. Fracking is currently banned, while the North Sea …
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Frack, baby, frack! Reform vows to lift the ban on shale gas licences to extract 'billions in energy treasure'
26 Aug 2025 00:28 GMT
… treasure in the form of shale gas.
'It's … government promised a 'shale gas revolution', similar to the … US, but fracking was banned by Boris Johnson's … on further drilling.
Labour's manifesto pledged to ban fracking for …
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Officials enact sweeping ban that will transform energy industry: 'We know where they want to go next'
01 Nov 2025 22:12 GMT
… announced plans to permanently ban fracking "at the … ; This controversial practice extracts shale gas by blasting water, sand, … "Let's ban fracking and send the frackers … that were previously targeted for drilling, including those in Lancashire …
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Lancashire's Reform UK refuses to back permanent fracking ban after calls from opposition
19 Oct 2025 10:48 GMT
… refused to back a permanent ban on fracking – suggesting … energy sources that would include “shale gas, renewables and nuclear”.
“Past … an outright and permanent ban on fracking, Frack Free … process at its previously drilled plot in Little Plumpton. …
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Lancashire Reform reject permanent fracking ban ‘in case technology improves’
19 Oct 2025 03:45 GMT
… Fylde coast - where test drilling took place between 2017 … energy sources that would include “shale gas, renewables and nuclear”.
“Past … in Lancashire with a permanent ban. Fracking should be excluded … back an outright and permanent ban on fracking, Frack Free …
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Reform-led council refuses to back calls for fracking ban
17 Oct 2025 21:38 GMT
… hydraulic fracturing, has been banned since 2019 after a series … out a return to drilling.
During Wednesday’s council … replaced it with “extracting shale gas”.
The amendment called for … a law to permanently ban fracking for shale gas.
The process involves …
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Reform UK-led council refuses fracking ban call
17 Oct 2025 07:25 GMT
… Richard Tice about lifting bans on the controversial process … quot;.
Fracking was effectively banned in 2019 after a moratorium … ruled out a return to drilling.
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband … new law that would ban fracking for shale gas permanently in England. …
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Labour wants to ban fracking – while Reform wants to 'drill baby drill'. What does it mean for you?
03 Oct 2025 05:27 GMT
… from shale rock.
By drilling into the ground and blasting … banned for years in the UK.
David Cameron promised a “shale gas … reinstated it.
“Making that ban permanent is a natural extension … 27%. Just 22% opposing the ban.
Advertising helps fund Big …
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Lancaster MP celebrates Government's move on permanent fracking ban
01 Oct 2025 21:42 GMT
… will legislate for a ban on fracking at the … harms public health, and drilling the earth damages our environment … .”
The Government’s forthcoming ban will prevent fracking from taking … 187 constituencies that sit above shale gas areas are protected from …