UK must back North Sea oil and gas drilling, says trade body

The group says the country "urgently" needs to produce its own oil and gas to secure supplies.

Ministers rebuff trade body’s call to boost North Sea oil and gas production

Government emphasises need to ‘get off the rollercoaster of fossil fuel markets’ in response to Offshore Energies UK The UK government has dismissed a warning from an energy trade body that failing to produce more homegrown North Sea oil and gas will leave the UK increasingly reliant on imports at a time of rising global instability. The industry group, Offshore Energies UK, has said the UK “urgently” needs a greater supply of domestically produced energy or consumers will be left “more expos...

By Jillian Ambrose

UK must drill in North Sea to strengthen its energy supply, trade body warns

The report warns UK risks growing dependence on energy imports at a time of heightened global instability

By Rachel Keenan