Decision on Rosebank and Jackdaw Fields Needed as Soon as Possible – Badenoch

Kemi Badenoch blasts Labour for dithering over huge North Sea gas field

Kemi Badenoch has accused the Government of delaying decisions on two controversial oil and gas fields because “their heart’s not really in it”. Had work at the North Sea's Jackdaw already been approved it could have supplied British homes this Christmas, she said.Consultations on the futures of Jackdaw, a giant gas field, and Rosebank, Britain’s largest untapped oil field, closed this month.Work was stopped at both after legal challenges on cli…

Decision on Rosebank and Jackdaw fields needed as soon as possible – Badenoch

Consultations on both sites have closed in recent weeks, with the final decision now to be taken by the UK Government.

'No deadline' on Rosebank and Jackdaw decision, says UK energy minister

Michael Shanks said the government “will make a decision as quickly as possible” about whether the North Sea oil and gas fields will get the go ahead.