Drill or Drop?
BY RUTH HAYHURST
AUGUST 2, 2017
DrillOrDrop’s August2017 digest of
news about fracking, shale and onshore oil and gas updated daily. For headlines
from previous months, click here
9 August 2017
UKOG drills sidetrack at Broadford Bridge oil site
after section of borehole is “washed out”. DrillOrDrop report
Lidsey: Drilling approved but rig delayed and planning
permission breached within days of council warning. DrillOrDrop report, Energy
Voice and Proactive Investors
Actors Sue Jameson and James Bolam join residents to
hand in objections to exploration plans at Broadford Bridge in West Sussex.
DrillOrDrop report
Campaigners raise fears as fracking firm INEOS gets
injunction to prevent ‘militant’ protest. The Winsford Guardian reports on the
INEOS injunction and reaction from local campaign groups. See DrillOrDrop
report on 31 July.
These are the oil drilling sites active or awaiting
commission in and around Surrey. Get Surrey reports on sites at Horse Hill,
Leith Hill, Brockham and Bletchingley, which all have planning or environmental
permit applications with regulators.
Cheap Gas and Money for Schools: An Oil Industry Plan
to Save the World. DeSmogUk reports on a UN-sanctioned document which outlines
the oil and gas sector’s vision to be a “key part” of efforts to encourage
sustainable development. DeSmog says the document was written by International
Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA), the oil and
gas industry’s main access point to the UN climate negotiations. It was
co-authored by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, which has
previously provided hundreds of millions of dollars in loans to coal power
plants in the name of economic development.
8 August 2017
Date set for Cuadrilla lock-on trial. DrillOrDrop
report on preliminary court hearing on lock-on protest on 3 July involving
three local councillors. Blackpool Gazette, The Visitor….
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