It takes about 10 years to develop an oil or gas well.

Leave it under the sea.

It's not going to solve the current 'energy' crisis.

Screw vested fossil fuel interests.

Times have changed and #renewables are now much cheaper.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25993559.uk-government-set-approve-jackdaw-gas-field-north-sea/

@wood5y it's absolutely pointless. The output will be owned by private companies. They'll sell it at market rate. And as it'll make only a fraction of a percent difference to global production, it won't make a dent in demand or cost. The only benefactors are the fossil fuel companies (that pay very little tax). And the politicians that take their backhanders.