Energy professor predicts Scottish Government fracking ban
The Scottish Government will block fracking as the industry has no “social licence” north of the border, a professor of energy policy has predicted.
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SPE president spells out why fracking is “part of the solution”
One of the world’s top oil and gas engineers delivered a robust case for fracking during his latest visit to Aberdeen.
Updated: Government gives green light for fracking at Lancashire site
The Government has given the go-ahead for fracking at a site in Lancashire, overturning the county council’s decision on the scheme.
Fracking: What you need to know
The Government is expected to announce whether it will give the green light for two fracking schemes in Lancashire.
Fracking for gas better than importing, says Cuadrilla boss
A fracking boss has insisted drilling for gas is better than importing it as the Government prepares to rule on two sites in Lancashire.
Decision expected on Lancashire fracking schemes
The Government is expected to announce whether it will give the green light for two controversial fracking schemes in Lancashire.
IGas to be handed fate today
IGas will today be told if it can move ahead with its plan to drill two onshore wells in England.
Opec rally prompts shale oil companies to hedge prices en masse
Independent oil companies are using the post-OPEC rally to hedge their price risk for next year, banks and consultants said, a trend that’s likely to be viewed with concern from Saudi Arabia to Venezuela.
Scottish Conservatives warn fracking being kicked “into the long grass” by SNP
Scotland faces the prospect of reliance on English gas to "keep the pipes warm" because of SNP dithering on fracking, according to the Scottish Conservatives.
Scotland faces reliance on English gas to “keep pipes warm”
Scotland faces the prospect of reliance on English gas to “keep the pipes warm” because of SNP dithering on fracking, say the Scottish Conservatives.
Shale drilling licence gets green light in Nottinghamshire
Officials in Nottinghamshire have given the green light for the region’s first shale gas exploratory drilling project.
Ineos’s Ratcliffe slates SNP over moratorium again, says North Sea gone in 10 years
Ineos boss Jim Ratcliffe has claimed the Scottish Government denied his company the chance to carry out exploration for shale in Scotland.
Opinion: The economic and moral bankruptcy of UK energy policy
With its choice for Hinkley Point C - a £100billion boondoggle – its enthusiastic support for expensive and environmentally harmful fracking, and its relentless attack on renewable energy, the UK government’s energy policy is both morally and economically bankrupt, write Peter Strachan, Professor of Energy Policy at the Robert Gordon University, and Alex Russell, Professor and Chair of the Oil Industry Finance Committee. Westminster must reconsider this folly, which will be a disaster for the Conservative party, and embrace the renewable energy transition that can lead us into a clean and economically healthy future.
Video: First Ineos shale shipment arrives in Scotland
Chemicals giant Ineos has welcomed its first shipment of 27,000 gallons of US shale to Scotland.
Greens brand fracking moratorium “vague” as Ineos shale arrives in Scotland
Environmental campaigners have stepped up calls for a ban on fracking ahead of the first shipment of US shale gas arriving in the UK.
Labour commits to fracking ban … if elected
Labour is to announce that it will ban fracking if it wins the next general election.
SNP fracking position branded “ludicrous” ahead of shale gas delivery
An Aberdeenshire MSP has cast fresh doubt on the Scottish Government’s opposition to fracking in the run-up he arrival of the first shipment of shale gas at Grangemouth this week.
Opinion: Time for SNP to re-think fracking stance
It would have been hard to imagine at the height of the drama around the Ineos petrochemical plant in late 2013 that US shale gas imports would be arriving by boat three years later.
Opinion: Friends of the Earth confident of fracking ban
There’s a moratorium on fracking here in Scotland because of the huge public opposition to it.
Grangemouth ethane supplier was fined in US for pollution, report says
A US fracking company which has a contract to supply Ineo’s petrochemical plant at Grangemouth with ethane has reportedly been fined in the past for polluting the environment.
Green group urges fracking ban as Ineos ethane shipment nears Grangemouth
A green group has reiterated calls for the Scottish Government to ban fracking outright as Ineos’s first shipment of ethane from the US nears the firm's plant at Grangemouth.
Greenpeace hails overturning of ban on anti-fracking ad
Environmental campaigners have claimed victory after a ban on an ad warning that fracking would not cut energy bills was overturned.
Fracking moratorium to continue, Sturgeon insists
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the Scottish Government said it would be next year before a decision is made on fracking amid concern from energy bosses over its future in the region.
Ineos boss warns independent Scotland would need “Greek-style” bail out
Ineos boss Jim Ratcliffe has claimed an independent Scotland would end up needing a "Greek-style" bail out.
Ineos boss Ratcliffe blasts Scottish Government “hypocrisy” over fracking
The owner of Grangemouth refinery has accused the Scottish Government of “hypocrisy” by impeding fracking when shale gas imports are protecting 10,000 jobs in and around the economically vital plant.