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Sir Kerr Starmer and Rashil Reeves want two controversial oil and gas fields in the North Sea to move forward despite fears between the Labor and Environment Party deputies about the huge carbon emissions of projects.
Last week, the Civil Court in Scotland Eliminate Shalas Jacqua Gas and the Rosbank Project approved 3 billion pounds, which was developed by Equinor in Norway and Ethaka's energy in the United Kingdom.
The developers are expected to apply for new permissions after government issues on how to consider requests in view of the Supreme Court of 2024, which must include emissions from the burning fossil fuel during environmental impact assessments.
One of Starmer's ally said: “Our position is clear. We have supported these fields.” “The problem arose because the previous government system found it illegal. New applications will have to pass the new system, but our position in the current fields is very clear: we support them.”
The CEO of available Anders Opal told the Financial Times that he expected the government to support the project, given the Labor Party's promise to allow current oil projects to move forward even while preventing the new exploration.
“We expect the government to move forward with this project,” he said. He said that the court’s decision last month allowed development work to continue, adding that Rosapank remained “on the right track” to start production in 2027.
Philip Matthew, CEO of eventually responsible, said that the company was in a “continuous and constructive” dialogue with the Ministry of Energy, Desans.
He said that the repeated expected to receive clarity on the new regulatory requirements by April, and then will provide a new environment study.
Rosebank is the largest unparalleled oil reserve in the UK and is believed to have 500 million barrels of oil.
Court court Last week's ruling The aforementioned permissions granted to Jakda in 2022 and Rose Bank in 2023 had to be reviewed due to the Supreme Court ruling in a separate case known as Vinci.
The ruling threatened the government's government's approach to the North Sea and Gas oil.
Ed Miliband, in 2023, described the opposition's Labor Party – the license issued to Rosebank as “a huge waste of taxpayers and climate sabotage money.”
But Reeves said last week, “We were really clear in our statement (elections) that we will respect all current licenses, including in Rosebank and Jackdaw, and we will stick to these obligations,” but Reeves.
“It has an opportunity to show a global climate leadership”, “Clav Lewis, the BBC, told Britain.
“We are supposed to be a social democratic government that has climate obligations. It is time for us to go up and live in those obligations that we have pledged to the British public only a few months ago.”
The government is currently providing new guidelines for environmental impact assessments in response to the Vinch decision, which will be published in the spring. The ribbon guidance is expected to place higher for fossil fuel projects.
Energy companies will then have to re -submit environmental impact assessments to the environmental oil regulator and stop the evaluation, which is Quango answering Miliband.
People familiar with the government's thinking said that the Labor Party will adhere to its interview to end the exploration in new areas, although there may be a “eager room” for the operators. One of them said: “Some people (the environments) will not like them.”
However, Desnz has been delayed in spreading this new consulting amid broader governmental concerns about how to see it in the United States, as Donald Trump is a supporter of fossil fuel.
Although the work government is committed to achieving net carbon emissions by 2050, the UK's path will continue to burn huge quantities – albeit hanging – from fossil fuel over the next 25 years.
“The government has consulted instructions to provide certainty of this industry. A spokesman for the Downing Street said that oil and gas will be with us for decades to come.
We are committed to the North Sea administration and current oil fields. Once we are directed, developers will be able to return to apply for approvals under this revised system. “
Meanwhile, the government is preparing to deploy a consultation on how the new oil and gas licensing system in the North Sea works with the long -awaited restrictions on the new exploration.
