Now, campaigners have raised concerns over how the site could affect an area of outstanding natural beauty.
The group included teachers, mothers with children, local farm workers, as well as artists and lecturers.
“No oil” sign on a fence at the oil well site in Biscathorpe where Egdon Resources were given a drilling extension.
Fiona McKenna, one of the protesters, said campaigners were raising awareness of the effect the site could have on the local area.
“We really must leave fossil fuels in the ground where they belong if we have any hope of tackling climate breakdown before it really is too late,” she said.
“We do not believe that it is an option to be ignorant to facts and science or to choose short term gain over the long term survival of future generations on our planet.”
Campaigner next to a lorry coming into the Biscathorpe well site.
It comes as Egdon Resources secured a three-year extension to to continue drilling at the site.
Frack-free Lincolnshire campaigner Elizabeth Williams said she was “appalled” at the decision by the county council to approve the proposal.
Since then, further approval has been given to Egdon to increase security at the site.
Local campaigner Elizabeth Williams (right) with resident Amanda Suddaby following the Biscathorpe decision at Lincolnshire County Council in May 2018.
It comes as the company secured a further extension for a site in North Kelsey.
Egdon said its proposal to the council “comprehensively addressed” any concerns that councillors had.
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Lincolnshire Police have found the body of a missing Lincoln boy.
The force appealed at around 4pm on Sunday, April 11, to find Daniel Coupland, 16, from Lincoln, after he went missing.
At 9.30pm police said that a body has been found, which has been identified as the missing boy.
In a statement, Lincolnshire Police said: “We would like to sincerely thank the media and the public for their support with this appeal and request that the family be given time to process this devastating news without intrusion or speculation.”