"It is pure fantasy to think that the North Sea can somehow satisfy the UK’s demand for gas. As this research shows, there just isn’t that much gas left in UK waters... Stopping drilling is not ‘turning off the taps’, as some have put it, for the simple fact that the taps aren’t flowing any more, they’re dripping."

It was never an energy policy decision, and trade union support for new oil and gas exploration is shameful.

#NorthSeaGas #FossilFuels

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/11/new-north-sea-oil-and-gas-fields-will-not-meet-uks-energy-needs?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Proposed new UK oil and gas fields would provide at most three weeks of energy a year

Experts and former ministers have also said the developments would not reduce energy prices in the UK

The Guardian