Government to ‘U-turn’ on oil and gas licences: LBC callers react
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband is expected to approve plans for the first major North Sea oil and gas field project in almost ten years.
0:00 | Iain is joined by former energy boss Angela Knight
7:34 | Caller John says the UK should be going nuclear 'all the way'
11:29 | Caller Chris on the cost to the consumer
14:34 | Caller Andrew says solar could be 'revolutionary'
In 2024, after the High Court ruled against a licence for the Jackdaw gasfield because carbon emissions generated from burning the gas it produced had not been taken into account.
But amid political pressure during the war in Iran, Whitehall officials say the energy secretary may approve drilling at the gasfield, 150 miles off Aberdeen.
If it goes ahead, the company said it could produce six per cent of the UK’s future gas supply from this winter.
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