US EditionMiliband opens door to North Sea drilling
- The UK government published new guidance in 2024 allowing offshore developers to resume applications for oil and gas extraction in already-licensed North Sea fields like Rosebank and Jackdaw.
- This measure follows a landmark June 2023 Supreme Court ruling that emissions from burning fossil fuels must be considered in drilling permission decisions, overturning previous approvals blocked by courts.
- Operators must now conduct environmental impact assessments including emissions from fuel burning , and justify the climate trade-offs of proposed projects during the consent process.
- Energy Minister Michael Shanks emphasized that the updated guidance brings important clarity and aids a structured shift toward a clean energy future in the North Sea, while critics such as Tessa Khan condemned developments like the Rosebank project as a poor choice that conflicts with the UK's climate objectives.
- The updated policy aims to balance reducing energy costs—amid 2024 average bills around £1,881—with climate commitments, though environmentalists warn new fossil fuel developments will worsen global warming impacts.
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UK Reconsiders North Sea Oil and Gas to Lower Energy Bills
The UK government is mulling over a change to the law to oil and gas projects in the North Sea in a drive to lower energy bills. Michael Shanks, a minister working under energy secretary Ed Miliband, will be visiting Scotland on Thursday with a decision set to be made on the government’s intervention on legal cases won by environmentalists last year over an oil project by Equinor at Rosebank and a gas field by Shell in Jackdaw. The government ha…
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UK issues environmental guidance on new North Sea oil and gas drilling
Britain on Thursday published long-awaited environmental guidance which is expected to impact the future development of two vast North Sea oil and gas fields by companies including Shell and Equinor .
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