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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 […]

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Rathlin plans reservoir stimulation at West Newton

Rathlin Energy (UK) Ltd has now “duly made” its application to conduct a “reservoir stimulation” within the Kirkham Abbey gas reservoir in the existing West Newton A-2 well in East Yorkshire. PROPPANT The joint venture operator said that the reservoir stimulation involved squeezing a “small volume of oil-based fluid” into the formation located within PEDL183. […]

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Two new wells approved for Wressle JV

The Wressle oil joint venture will continue developing the onshore well site after receiving planning permission from North Lincolnshire County Council. PRODUCTION Approval covers extension of the existing site to drill two new wells and construction of gas processing facilities and an underground gas pipeline to connect Wressle to the local gas distribution network. The […]

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Union Jack increases Oklahoma interests

Union Jack Oil plc today confirmed two commercial successes and expansion of its onshore portfolio in Oklahoma, USA. ANDREWS Spud in March and targeting the Hunton Limestone, Andrews 1-17 in Seminole County underwent restricted and periodic test production during late May 2024. The company said that the well had since produced 6,460 barrels of high-quality, […]

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Union Jack nears testing Andrews 2-17

Union Jack Oil plc will begin completion and production testing in the next 14 days of the Andrews 2-17 well in Seminole County, Oklahoma. PIPELINE Partner and operator Reach Oil & Gas Company Inc spud the well eight days ago, drilling to a total depth of 4,850 feet and penetrating the Hunton Limestone at 4,180 […]

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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 […]