If you talk to people actually in the industry, the reasons for the shutdowns (apart from The licensing stuff) is things like inconsistent tax regime and the demand to move to “green” power for the r… (View Post)

Don’t use ChatGPT Instead look at the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. They are drilling wells. Lots of them. Right next door to fields we are shutting down. (View Post)

I hear that Labour MPs and councillors in rural seats are already lobbying the government to back off the big house building plans. Their pitch is that it will lose them seats, deliver nothing before… (View Post)

As @Richard_Tyndall keeps pointing out, look at what the Norwegians are doing. With largely similar geology. In some cases their fields are so close to the U.K. ones being shut down, that they will e… (View Post)

An idea Turn over the entire UK sector in the North Sea to Statoil. Norwegian tax and development rules apply. The Norwegian government turns over the tax revenue to the UK, minus 10 percent for thei… (View Post)