Between COP, Cambo and a host of other increasingly political issues around fossil fuels, EV puts it to Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) chief executive Deirdre Michie that the trade body’s rhetoric to defend the sector has ramped up in recent months.
The Faroe Islands plan on staying open for offshore oil and gas exploration and for sharing in the spoils of any UK Atlantic Frontier development where reserves might straddle the Faroe-UK maritime boundary.
France has joined a group of countries and states that support fixing a date to end fossil fuel exploration, putting its name to an initiative that was snubbed by the UK.