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Welcome to the Egdon community website where you’ll find information about Egdon, our sites and operations around the UK, and how we work with local communities.

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Introduction


Egdon Resources is a UK focussed energy business with more than 25 years’ experience of working in the UK. Our vision is to provide locally derived, secure, affordable, and sustainable energy to meet the UK’s evolving energy needs.

We are the operator of a number of UK Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences (PEDL's) issued by the Government that allow us to undertake oil and gas activities within a given area, subject to drilling/development consents, planning permissions and environmental permits. We have several operational sites in the East Midlands, the North East and Southern England.

In our PEDL licence areas, we evaluate the potential for oil and gas reserves (collectively known as hydrocarbons), undertake drilling and testing operations and, if successful, we produce oil and gas over the longer term. At the end of the life of a site it is restored to its prior use, usually agricultural land.

Health, safety and environmental protection are absolutely key to the success of our business, as are our relationships with the communities where we operate. We work with all parties to understand local concerns, mitigate any potential disruption and keep people updated about our operations.

Since 1851…

The UK onshore oil and gas industry has been in existence for more than 150 years.

1851

Oil was first discovered in Scotland

Oil was first discovered in Scotland in 1851 followed by gas in England in 1896 during construction of Heathfield rail station in Sussex, during the digging of water wells. The gas was used to power the lights for the station.

1851
20
,000
Barrels of oil per day of onshore UK production in 2022
2000
Wells have now been drilled onshore in the UK
250
Operating wells onshore UK
120
Sites onshore UK

The UK has a growing import dependence for both oil and gas, so home-produced hydrocarbons remain an important source of energy security for our homes and businesses.

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