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14 Jun 2013
Leading energy company Centrica has purchased a share of the Lancashire based shale gas exploration project operated by Cuadrilla, it has announced.
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10 Jun 2013
The Government has asked the former head of a leading oil services company to look at ways to maximise the recovery of the remaining oil and gas supplies from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
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09 Apr 2013
Internal changes at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) must not be allowed to detract from the regulator's expertise in health and safety at offshore oil and gas facilities, an expert has said.
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28 Mar 2013
The Government is to outline plans to provide more "certainty" to energy firms over the tax breaks they would receive when decommissioning oil and gas projects.
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22 Mar 2013
The Government has rebuffed criticism that it is not doing enough to ensure that the UK's energy supply is sufficient to meet the country's demand.
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21 Mar 2013
The referendum on whether Scotland should be an independent country will be held on 18 September 2014, Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond has announced.
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20 Mar 2013
Announcements made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer as part of the 2013 Budget will "ultimately define" how a new shale gas industry will develop in the UK, an energy law expert has said.
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22 Feb 2013
Oil and gas firms operating in the EU could have to submit emergency response plans and prove that they can afford to remedy potential environmental damage if new laws proposed by the European Commission come into force.
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07 Feb 2013
The UK is regularly exporting gas for a lower price than it pays to import the fuel, according to analysis by the Guardian newspaper.
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13 Dec 2012
Energy companies will have to monitor for earthquakes when undertaking hydraulic fracturing, or 'fracking', for shale gas, the Energy Secretary has announced.
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