West Cumbria Mining Ltd (WCM) today urged Cumbria County Council to support once more the company’s plans for a metallurgical coal mine off the Cumbrian coast. The company’s comments follow yesterday’s (9 February) announcement by the local authority to return the application to its Development Control and Regulation Committee for redetermination. bit.ly/3tJEzGz The council referred […]
Month: November 2024
UKOG injunction upheld over Horse Hill oil protest
UK Oil & Gas plc has had its injunction upheld by the High Court against protesters at its Horse Hill oil site near Gatwick Airport in Surrey. The company said that the judge, Mrs Justice Falk DBE found yesterday (9 February) that there was “a sufficiently real and imminent risk to justify the interim injunction […]
UKOG appeals over refusal for Loxley gas appraisal
UK Oil & Gas plc said it had submitted an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate against Surrey County Council (SCC)’s decision to refuse permission for the Loxley gas appraisal. The onshore hydrocarbon company added that it expected a public inquiry to be held during the autumn and a decision by the end of 2021. UKOG […]
WCM plans for deep coal mine under fresh scrutiny
West Cumbria Mining (WCM)’s plans for a coking coal mine will be reconsidered by the local authority which cited new government guidelines on greenhouse emissions for its decision. CLIMATE CHANGE The company, backed by Australian investment company EMR Capital Resources, hopes to start extracting coking coal in mid-2022 off the Cumbrian coast near Whitehaven. WCM’s […]
Block restarts oil production at West Rustavi
Block Energy plc has restarted production from WR-38Z and WR-16aZ wells at West Rustavi oil field in Georgia. TIE BACK Oil and gas flowed through its new in-field flowline to its early production facility (EPF) in the West Rustavi field at the WR-16aZ wellsite. Gas is separated in the EPF from the crude oil before […]
Red Rock quickens to drill stage in Luanshimba
Red Rock Resources plc said it intended to speed up progress towards drilling at its 80% owned copper-cobalt Luanshimba licence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The announcement followed further positive results from the ground geophysics programme at the site. The natural resource development company said that the first two phases of the programme […]