Prime minister unveils plan to authorise more than 100 new North Sea licences on visit to Scotland
Rishi Sunak has pledged to “max out” the UK’s oil and gas reserves as he unveiled a new round of intensive North Sea drilling, which experts warned could be catastrophic for the climate.
Unveiling a plan to authorise more than 100 new North Sea licences on a visit to north-east Scotland, the prime minister also indicated he would approve the UK’s largest untapped reserves in the Rosebank field, which hold 500m barrels of oil.
