Angus Energy is set to bring online its onshore Brockham oilfield in southern England after securing approval from the UK’s Oil & Gas Authority for the field development plan.

The agency’s nod is the final regulatory consent needed to start production via the BR-X4Z well from the Kimmeridge formation to tap 200 metres of a 385-metre thick shale and limestone layer.

Production will be launched once a connection to the national grid has been installed for the distribution of excess power generated on-site, the London-listed player said in a statement.

It added there will be no hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, at the conventional field.

Angus holds a 55% operated interest in PL235 that hosts the field and aims to boost its stake to 65% following regulatory approval.

The earlier BR-X4Z sidetrack well drilled at Brockham struck pay in the Portland, Kimmeridge and Corallian formations, and results indicated a similar thickness of reservoir and properties to those reported at the nearby Horse Hill field in the Weald basin.

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Angus gains Brockham nod