UK government to make Jackdaw gas field announcement
Source: BBC ·
The long-awaited decision about the controversial North Sea field is expected on Wednesday morning.
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The Jackdaw gas platform and drilling rig stand east of Aberdeen in the North Sea The UK government is expected to announce a long-awaited decision on whether to approve the Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea. It is widely believed in Westminster that Jackdaw will be approved but that a decision on the Rosebank oil field off Shetland will not yet be made. The question of whether to approve the two sites has become hugely politically significant and has been delayed for several months. Multiple Whitehall sources have told BBC News the government would make an announcement on Jackdaw on Wednesday morning with the Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh expected to address MPs in the afternoon. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has spoken repeatedly of the need for a "flexible" approach to energy and is believed to be in favour of drilling more where licensing already exist in the North Sea. Labour's 2024 manifesto pledged not to issue any new oil and gas licences in the North Sea but to honour…