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Centrica wins first approval to reopen UK’s biggest gas storage site

The UK’s biggest natural gas storage site has taken a step closer to reopening after the authority that governs the North Sea gave an initial go-ahead. The North Sea Transition Authority (NTSA) said it had given a licence to Centrica – the first ...

21 Jul 2022 at 14:20

UK’s first carbon storage licensing round gets under way

The launch of the UK’s first carbon storage licensing round has been hailed as an “important day on the path to net zero”. Andy Samuel, the chief executive of the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), spoke out as the process of areas being ...

14 Jun 2022 at 01:01

North Sea regulator recommends measures to boost oil and gas production

Oil and gas production in the North Sea should be boosted in the coming years through a number of measures, the regulating body has recommended. In a report released on Thursday, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has said drilling ...

20 Oct 2022 at 12:32

Rees-Mogg: New oil and gas licensing will boost UK economy and energy security

A new licensing round for oil and gas exploration will boost both the UK’s economy and energy security, Business and Energy Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg has insisted. The UK Government minister spoke out as the North Sea Transition ...

07 Oct 2022 at 09:39

New oil and gas exploration good for environment, insists climate minister

A new licensing round for oil and gas exploration in the North Sea will be “good for the environment”, climate minister Graham Stuart has said. The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) will begin the 33rd round of offshore ...

07 Oct 2022 at 16:25

Plan to cut use of foreign gas ‘will fail without insulation and heat pumps’

The Government’s plans to make the UK energy independent cannot be met simply by drilling for more gas without reducing demand, research has found. The country will instead be forced to import more gas from abroad, even ...

24 Apr 2023 at 00:01

Campaigners bring legal challenge over North Sea oil and gas licensing

Environmental campaigners are bringing a High Court challenge over the Government’s decision to open a new round of North Sea oil and gas licensing. Greenpeace and Uplift will contest the decision that a new round of ...

25 Jul 2023 at 10:18

Scotland

North Sea oil and gas industry ‘on track to meet emission reduction targets’

The North Sea oil and gas industry is on track to meet early emissions reduction targets, according to new analysis from the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA). The organisation, formerly known as the Oil and Gas ...

21 Sept 2022 at 01:01

North Sea has ‘pivotal’ decade ahead for decommissioning, says report

Decommissioning could provide the North Sea oil and gas sector with a “massive £21 billion opportunity” over the course of the next “pivotal” decade, a new report has revealed. Over the period 2017 to 2022, the ...

09 Aug 2023 at 11:16

Russian ‘spy’ ship gathered intelligence around Scots wind farms – report

A Russian “spy” ship stopped at sites around wind farms in the North Sea – including off the Scottish coast – in order to gather intelligence, an investigation by European broadcasters claims. A joint report ...

19 Apr 2023 at 20:44

Scotland

Oil industry will spend £20bn on decommissioning over next decade, say chiefs

More than 2,000 oil and gas wells are expected to be decommissioned in the North Sea over the next decade at a cost of about £20 billion, according to the industry. A number of decommissioning projects have ...

22 Nov 2022 at 01:01

Sunak: New North Sea licences ‘entirely consistent’ with UK net-zero pledge

Rishi Sunak has insisted that granting more than a hundred new licences for oil and gas extraction in the North Sea was “entirely consistent” with the UK’s net-zero commitments – despite climate ...

31 Jul 2023 at 15:49

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