Proposed new UK oil and gas fields would provide at most three weeks of energy a year
by Fiona Harvey Environment editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#6CW1B)
Experts and former ministers have also said the developments would not reduce energy prices in the UK
New oil and gas fields in the North Sea would produce only enough gas to satisfy the UK's needs for a few weeks a year, with a minimal impact on energy security, analysis has found.
Fields now under consideration would supply at most an additional three weeks of gas a year to the UK, from 2024 to 2050, even if none of the gas was exported.
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