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Following widespread outrage at UK Oil & Gas PLC (UKOG) continuing to produce oil at Horse Hill without planning permission, we are pleased that they have now suspended operations.
But we are appalled that it took protests by Extinction Rebellion, news coverage by Drill or Drop, Channel 4 and BBC Surrey, questions from the local MP and the threat of legal action by Friends of the Earth to bring them to this conclusion.
Press release from Friends of the Earth
Surrey County Council given one week deadline to respond to legal complaint over unlawful oil extraction at Horse Hill
A copy of the letter can be accessed here: friendsoftheearth.uk/climate/urgent-letter-complaint-surrey-county-council
The environmental organisation Friends of the Earth has written to a local authority over oil wells in Surrey that continue to operate, despite the fact its planning permission was quashed in a landmark Supreme Court ruling months ago.
Continue reading “Call for immediate stop to “brazenly unlawful” oil production at Horse Hill”
Planning permission for oil production at Horse Hill was quashed this summer as a result of the legal challenge which Sarah Finch brought on behalf of the Weald Action Group.
The ruling has led to a number of other planning applications being quashed around the UK.
Yet at Horse Hill itself, Horse Hill Developments Ltd (HHDL) continues to produce oil at the site, according to figures submitted by its parent company UK Oil & Gas plc (UKOG) to the industry regulator. Read more on Drill or Drop
Continue reading “We ask Surrey County Council about unlawful oil production at Horse Hill”
UK Oil & Gas (UKOG) PLC, the fossil fuel extraction company that has proved so unsuccessful at Horse Hill, Dunsfold, Broadford Bridge, the Isle of Wight and in Turkey, now wants to create salt caverns beneath the Isle of Portland in Dorset, for hydrogen storage. It is promoting the project through its new subsidiary UK Energy Storage Ltd (UKEn).
Continue reading “Do UKOG’s plans to store hydrogen in salt caverns in Dorset add up?”