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Arreton oil drilling

Drilling for oil in Arreton, Isle of Wight, is a reality.

Exploration for oil was first carried out in Arreton during the 1970s, but in 2016 Solo Oil said that hope ‘modern techniques’ like horizontal drilling will give access to oil. Their Jan 2016 estimate was of 219 million barrels.

The official designation for the license is PEDL 33.

Solo Oil are on record as saying that they don’t envisage that fracking will be used.

21, December 2015·1 min read

Oil exploration in Arreton gets licence

A licence for oil exploration in a 200 sq km area on the Isle of Wight was approved in the same week Parliament approved changes allowing fracking in National Parks, AONBs and SSSIs.

28, January 2016·1 min read

Plans for Isle of Wight oil exploration full steam ahead

Despite it being suggested at last week's full council that oil exploration on the isle of Wight is unlikely due to the high cost of extraction, UKOG say the economic viability of project is robust and they intend to move forward with plans.

$Anti Fracking demonstation, Compton Bay, Isle of Wight, England, 31 Janaury 2016, About 80 people braved the wind and the rain to demonstrate in the car park at Compton Bay, against onshore and offshore fracking operations. That hydraulic fracturing is planned for the Island has been confirmed by Solo Oil in a recent press statement. Compton Bay is National Trust land and part of an area of outstanding natural beauty. It is also part of the Jurassic Coastline famed for fossils.$

1, February 2016·3 min read

Isle of Wight anti-fracking campaigners join national day of action

More than 130 Islanders gathered at Compton on Sunday to voice their concerns about fracking on the Isle of Wight. The gathering raised awareness of the campaign and even made it onto the BBC local news (watch the video below).

$frack free public meeting in totland$