Oil firm bids to extend drilling off Dorset coast despite risk to marine life

Corallian Energy's licence was only to drill during winter to protect marine life off Jurassic coastAn oil company drilling off the Jurassic coast in Dorset is attempting to extend its licence into the spring, challenging the conditions imposed to protect the many sensitive species in the waters.Corallian Energy has set up a rig visible from the protected coastline and in close proximity to 58 marine and coastal protected areas. Sensitive and protected species using the waters include bottlenose dolphins, seahorses, rays and breeding populations of seabirds including sandwich and little terns. Continue reading...