RE: Site11 Mar 2019 18:48
Views are invited on an application by Rathlin Energy to change its environmental permit for the West Newton oil and gas site north of Hull.
A public consultation runs until 11 February 2019. There is a drop-in information meeting this week near the site.
Rathlin wants to vary its existing mining waste permit to allow it to carry out extended well tests on two wells at West Newton. It also wants permission to store crude oil on the site and burn gas in a flare with a capacity above 10 tonnes a day.
The company is preparing to drill a second well at the site, after gaining a second extension of planning permission in November 2018.