A few more things about the #MERUK and Oil and Gas Authority Strategy, before the oil and gas bots get onto it... I compared these word for word, and at the face of it there are a few differences. /I

https://twitter.com/AnneVelenturf/status/1426258640411967491

The strategy's "central obligation" remains that "Relevant persons must, in the exercise of their relevant activities, take the steps necessary to: a) secure that the maximum value of economically recoverable petroleum is recovered from the strata beneath relevant UK waters" /II;

Extremely happy to see UK government tax mechanisms to cover #decommissioning costs being raised in @SkyNews Daily Climate Show. But as usual, somehow only half the story came out, so here is the other half for context! 🧵1/9

https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1426210064965251074

It is UK government policy to extract all remaining oil and gas from below the North Sea. This strategy used to be called “Maximising Economic Recovery of UK petroleum” published by @beisgovuk and delivered by Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) UK. 🧵2/9 gov.uk/government/pub…