Burnham set to close North Sea to new oil and gas drilling
The Independent ·
The bill hopes to fulfil Labour’s manifesto and permanently protect Ed Miliband’s moratorium on new oil and gas drilling projects
UK government to ban new North Sea oil and gas licences
The bill hopes to fulfil Labour’s manifesto and permanently protect Ed Miliband’s moratorium on new oil and gas drilling projects
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UK government to ban new North Sea oil and gas licences
Offshore Technology ·
The UK government has announced the introduction of the Energy Independence Bill, which aims to prohibit the granting of new licences for oil and gas exploration in the North Sea.