Category: Oil

Burnham risks first revolt as PM over apparent support for North Sea drilling

Labour MPs fear No 10 team lack up-to-date energy insight and don’t fully recognise voters’ climate concernsAndy Burnham was told he could face the first revolt of his premiership as Labour MPs and climate experts condemned his...

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Burnham promises ‘pragmatic’ approach to North Sea oil and gas

PM tells reporters the government cannot ignore the energy resource ‘when people are struggling’Andy Burnham has said he will take a “pragmatic” approach to oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, saying the government could not...

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Burnham says he told Trump he would be ‘pragmatic’ on drilling for oil in North Sea – politics live

‘There is a resource there. When people are struggling, we can’t ignore that,’ the prime minister says when asked about his conversation with Donald TrumpQ: [From ITV’s Romilly Weeks] You say that Reform UK followed all the...

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UK faces ‘very difficult trade-offs’ in budget because of Iran war, say analysts

Leading thinktank says higher oil prices and inflation will give Andy Burnham a ‘challenging inheritance’Andy Burnham has been warned by a leading thinktank of “very difficult trade-offs in the next autumn budget” if the Iran...

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New North Sea oil drilling faces delay after gear accidentally dropped in sea

Exclusive: Blunder at Rosebank, UK’s biggest undeveloped oilfield, comes as government considers granting licenceProduction at Britain’s biggest undeveloped oil and gasfield could be delayed for months after equipment from a rig...

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North Sea oil industry urges Burnham to approve new drilling in UK waters

Lobby appeals to prospective PM’s reindustrialisation agenda as it pushes for Rosebank and Jackdaw approvalThe UK’s North Sea oil industry has made a last-ditch attempt to curry favour with the Labour government by appealing to...

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Labour MPs tell Burnham to ignore ‘deluded’ calls for more North Sea drilling

Critics debunk economic claims as research finds Rosebank development would produce estimated 250m tonnes of CO2UK politics live – latest updatesScores of Labour MPs have urged the prospective prime minister Andy Burnham to rule...

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