IOG plc, operator of the Saturn Banks gas project in the southern North Sea, has entered a 12-month extended period of administration. The company last year faced rising costs along with demands to repay postponed interest under a €100 million senior secured bond. IOG appointed administrators in October 2023. Companies House recorded the extension, with […]
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Buchan first oil delayed pending emissions guide
Jersey Oil & Gas plc partner in the Buchan Horst project will “materially slow” activities while awaiting new government environmental guidance for oil and gas firms. LICENCE Operator NEO Energy and its owner HitecVision will wait for clarity “around the UK regulatory and fiscal framework so that the full impact can be assessed.” “This will […]
Scirocco appoints voluntary liquidator
Scirocco Energy Ltd has appointed a voluntary liquidator following approval in a general meeting earlier this month. The appointment follows shareholders‘ vote to wind up the company and for cash to be returned to them. Companies House recorded that Scirocco re-registered in June as a private company.
WCM ‘robustly’ defends coal mine
West Cumbria Mining Ltd said it had “robustly” defended the legal challenges against its planned deep coal mine heard last week in the High Court. U-TURN The company responded in a deferred rolled-up hearing between 16 and 18 July, to objections from Friends of the Earth and South Lakes Action on Climate Change to the […]
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 […]