Thousands of North Sea jobs at risk because of Government’s zealotry, Tories say Thousands of jobs in the North Sea are being put at risk because the Government is driven by “zealotry”, the Conservatives have said.
Shadow environment minister Andrew Bowie said the Government will be forced to rely on imports if it shuts down the UK’s oil and gas industry, as he pressed the Government on its plans for Rosebank and Jackdaw.
Energy minister Michael Shanks said the Government is having to “clear up a mess” created by the Tories and it will be following “due process” when it comes to the two Scottish oil and gas fields.
Conservative MP Bradley Thomas (Bromsgrove) said “there is a double standard in the Government backing expansion at Heathrow to drive economic growth, but not providing maximum possible support to our domestic oil and gas industry”.
Greenpeace and Uplift said the former Conservative government and North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) had acted unlawfully when granting consent to the projects, because assessments did not take into account downstream emissions resulting from the burning of the extracted fuels.
