Keyword: Fracking

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Ineos Slams Scottish Fracking Ban

05.10.2017 - Ineos has slammed Scotland’s decision to ban fracking, saying it will negatively affect the country’s jobs, energy security and growth. Tom Pickering, operations director at Ineos...

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UK Court Upholds Ineos Shale Gas Order

15.09.2017 - Britain’s High Court has granted Ineos’ request to renew the injunction it obtained at the end of July, prohibiting “unlawful acts” by protestors at its shale gas exploration sites...

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Mining Giant BHP to Exit US Shale

29.08.2017 - Anglo-Australian mining group BHP is actively pursuing a sale of its US shale assets, which it has determined as non-core to its portfolio. The company unveiled the plans during...

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Ineos Obtains Injunction Against Fracking Protest

09.08.2017 - In advance of beginning to explore for shale gas in the UK, Ineos has won an injunction from the country’s High Court against “unlawful protests” at future drilling sites. The...

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Ineos Threatens Action against National Trust

25.07.2017 - Ineos Shale has verbally ramped up its fight with the UK’s National Trust, the charity that runs the historic Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire, where the company wants to conduct...

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Ineos Wins Environment Permit for Derbyshire Drill

04.07.2017 - The UK’s Environment Agency has granted Ineos Upstream, subsidiary of the Switzerland-based chemical group, an environmental permit allowing it to drill an exploratory borehole at...

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Ineos Shale Reveals English Midlands Timetable

17.05.2017 - With roads to fracking across Scotland’s Central Belt still blocked by an ongoing moratorium and public consultation, Ineos is pressing ahead with plans to explore for shale gas in...

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Maryland Poised to ban Fracking

03.04.2017 - The state legislature of the US state of Maryland has voted to ban fracking in the state. Governor Larry Hogan, a Republican Party member, is expected to sign the measure formally...