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New North Sea drilling would barely reduce UK gas imports at all, data shows

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/04/new-north-sea-drilling-jackdaw-rosebank-uk-gas-imports

A gas platform in the North Sea off Norway. New fields in Scottish waters would leave the UK still dependent on supplies from Norway and elsewhere. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Exclusive: research finds Jackdaw field would provide only about 2% of current demand, and Rosebank only 1%

Opening major new fields in the North Sea would make almost no difference to the UK’s reliance on gas imports, research has shown.

The Jackdaw field, one of the largest unexploited gasfields in the North Sea, would displace only 2% of the UK’s current imports of gas, which would leave the UK still almost entirely dependent on supplies from Norway and a few other sources.

The Rosebank field, also in Scottish waters but mainly containing oil, would displace only about 1% of the UK’s gas imports.

Tessa Khan, executive director of Uplift, the campaign group, which compiled the data from public sources, said: “New fields like Jackdaw and Rosebank would do vanishingly little to boost UK gas production. Even in the most optimistic scenario, and assuming none of its gas is exported, Jackdaw would provide just 2% of UK demand over its nine- to 12-year lifetime.”

It has already been shown, by authorities including the UK Energy Research Centre, that new drilling would not reduce oil and gas prices, or improve the UK’s energy security. It is also unlikely to produce durable jobs or major new tax revenues, as 90% of the UK’s North Sea oil and gas has already been burned, putting the industry in steep and irrecoverable decline. Companies are also demanding tax breaks to tap the new fields, which are harder to access than existing supplies.

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UK government put on notice: potential international law breach if controversial Rosebank oil field is approved

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https://www.scottishpsc.org.uk/uk-government-put-on-notice-potential-international-law-breach-if-controversial-rosebank-oil-field-is-approved/

The UK government is set to make its final decision on the future of the controversial Rosebank oil field, situated off the coast of Shetland. The project was overturned by the Scottish courts last year on climate grounds and has long faced opposition in the UK.

The argument against Rosebank, however, is not just environmental. The project could send over £200 million towards Israel’s Delek Group if reapproved. 

Delek has been flagged by the UN for links to human rights violations in Occupied Palestinian Territory through its operations in the West Bank, and provides fuel to the Israeli military through its subsidiary, Delek Israel. Rosebank’s minority owner – Ithaca Energy – is majority owned by Delek Group.

Since its initial approval, the field has faced mounting criticism for its links to Delek in both Norway and the UK, with campaigners, politicians and Scotland’s former First Minister Humza Yousaf, speaking out about the risks associated with North Sea profits flowing towards Delek.

With a decision on Rosebank due imminently, the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign has put the UK government on urgent notice of a number of legal risks if Rosebank is given the green light, identifying potential breaches of the UK government’s obligations under international humanitarian law.

The UK Government has been a given a deadline of 13 February to respond to SPSC with a timetable for a comprehensive assessment of the risks associated with a decision on Rosebank, including:

  • The risk of violations of Common Article 1 and Articles 49 and 53 of the Fourth Geneva Convention
  • Exposure under section 1 of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 and section 51 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001
  • The risk that profits generated by Ithaca/Delek constitute criminal property under Part 7 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and the consequent need for safeguards, reporting and, if appropriate, restraint
  • The risk of failure to meet the obligation to prevent genocide under Article 1 of the Genocide Convention
  • The application of Articles 16 and 41 of the Articles on State Responsibility.

Follow the latest, including calls to action, on Stop Rosebank here.

https://www.scottishpsc.org.uk/uk-government-put-on-notice-potential-international-law-breach-if-controversial-rosebank-oil-field-is-approved/

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Climate groups stage protest outside Equinor HQ

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https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/climate-groups-stage-protest-outside-equinor-hq

Climate activists at a previous protest. Photo: Fossil Free London

CLIMATE activists staged an “oil spill” protest outside an energy firm’s headquarters set to start extraction in Britain’s largest untapped oil field.

Posting its yearly profits on Wednesday, Equinor announced billions of pounds in income in the last quarter of 2025, explained by its CEO Anders Opedal as a result of “new fields on stream” and “record-high production.”

The government is set to publish its decision over allowing the new project in the Rosebank fields.

Fossil Free London director Robin Wells said: “Equinor are getting filthy rich from filthy fossil fuels, whilst the UK public foots the bill. And it’s never been more of a rip-off.

“As Equinor drives Rosebank forward, they’ve newly buddied up with Shell in a new North Sea venture to dodge £1.3 billion in tax.

“The UK government must not back Big Oil’s Big Money and support climate denial. They must back people’s survival, and stop this carbon bomb. They must stop Rosebank.”

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/climate-groups-stage-protest-outside-equinor-hq

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Greens call for year of climate action with rejection of Rosebank

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Climate activists from Greenpeace and Uplift during a demonstration outside the Scottish Court of Session, Edinburgh, on the first day of the Rosebank and Jackdaw judicial review hearing, November 12, 2024

THE Scottish Greens called today for a year of climate action, starting with the rejection of Rosebank oil field project.

Net Zero spokesman Patrick Harvie urged both the Scottish and Westminster governments to reject the plans for further oil and gas extraction from the North Sea, instead committing to reaching their net zero targets.

The Labour government has not ruled out production from the Rosebank oil field, and all new exploration, despite numerous warnings from experts that the cost to our climate would be catastrophic.

Mr Harvie said: “We are trapped in a deepening climate crisis, and drilling for new oil and gas will do nothing but worsen the conditions and put unnecessary pressure on our climate already at breaking point.

“There is no going back and starting again. There is no planet B for us to go and live on.

“People cannot afford the rising costs of energy bills that are being made worse by maintaining a link between the cost of gas and electricity.”

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Article continues at https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/greens-call-year-climate-action-rejection-rosebank

Campaigners take part in a Stop Rosebank emergency protest outside the U.K. Government building in Edinburgh, after the controversial Equinor Rosebank North Sea oil field was given the go-ahead Wednesday, September 27, 2023. (Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images)
Campaigners take part in a Stop Rosebank emergency protest outside the U.K. Government building in Edinburgh, after the controversial Equinor Rosebank North Sea oil field was given the go-ahead Wednesday, September 27, 2023. (Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images)
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UK Labour Party shits on climate

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The commitment was no new oil or gas extraction. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to abandon that today by announcing new oil and gas extraction in the North Sea. There will be some BS explaining that it’s somehow not new when of course it is. This was expected from these shits (they abandon all their commitments) from the expansion of airports and possibly allowing the huge Rosebank proposed oil field.

Ed Miliband is a useful idiot pretending that the Labour Party have a responsible climate policy which is shown to be untrue and they’re just climate wrecking shits like other right-wingers.

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