Starmer wants contentious North Sea oil and gas fields to go ahead

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Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves want two new controversial oil and gas fields in the North Sea, despite the concerns of the work deputies and environmentalists on enormous carbon emissions.

The best Civil Court of Scotland last week Canceled Contents Jackdaw Gasfield and 3bn Rosebank is developed by Norway’s Equinor and UK IThaca Energy.

The developers are expected to apply for new government permits, after the government guides on how to take into account the applications in 2024. The decision of the Supreme Court that the emissions of “BOSSIL fuel” should be included under the influence of the environment.

“Our position is clear, we have supported these areas,” says one ally of the state. “The problem has arisen because the previous government regime was found illegal. New programs will have to pass the new regime, but our position on existing spheres is very simple. We support them. “

Equinor’s chief executive Anders Oaid said in the financial times that he expects the government to support the project, which was awarded to work, allowing oil projects to move forward.

“We expect the government to move forward with this project,” he said. The decision of the Court of Last month has allowed the development of development, adding that Rosebank remained “tracks” to start production in 2027.

The chef’s executive, which, after all, Philip Matthi, who is responsible for Rozbark, said that the company was in the “Continuing and Constructive” dialogue with energy, Desnz’s energy department.

He said that the reliability expects to be clarified until the new requirements regulating in April and then presented a new study on the environment.

Rosebank is the largest british oil reserves and thinks that it contains 500 ml barrels.

Session court Ruling last week Including that the permissions for Jackdaw and in 2023 Rosebank should have been reviewed due to the decision of the Supreme Court, which is known as Finch.

The decision threatened to endanger the government’s heavyweight to the North Sea oil and gas.

Energy Secretary Ediv Secretary, in 2023, when the work was in the opposition. Described Rozbank’s license as “Taxpayer’s Money and Climate Vandal Pandock” license.

But Reeves said last week that “we were really clear to us [election] Manifesto that we respect all the existing licenses, including Rosebank and Jackdaw, and we will stick these obligations. “

Driving MP Clive Levis told the BBC that Britain has “chance to show global leadership” climate policy.

“We must be a social democratic government that has climate obligations, it’s time for us to raise and achieve its obligations we have only done to the British community just a few months ago.”

The government is currently making a new guide for the environmental impact assessment in response to the Finch decision, which will be published in the spring. Leadership is expected to be bars for higher, mineral projects.

At that time, energy companies need to re-establish environmental impact assessments to the environment and dismantling offshore oil regulator, Migango, who answers Milibo.

People familiar with the government’s thinking, who say that the work will stick to the promise of his manifest to complete the exploration in the new fields, although some “Sriggle Room” can be for operators. “Some [environmental] People don’t like it, “said one.

However, DENNZ has postponed the publication of this new advice, as a result of the government’s wider concerns how it will be seen in the United States, where Donald Trump is destroyed by fossil fuels.

Although the working government is obliged to reach zero carbon emissions in 2050, the British trajectory will still include huge burning.

“The government has consulted on guidance for industry. Oil and gas will be with us for decades that will come, “said the street on the street.

“We are committed to the management of the North Sea and the existing oil leaders. When we published that guide, the developers will be able to return to the consent measures under this revised mode. “

At the same time, the government is ready to convene a consultation on the long-awaited restrictions on new research on its new North Sea oil and gas licensing mode.