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The boss of Britain’s largest industry body has called on the government to green-light extraction from two major North Sea oil fields and slash the windfall tax on domestic oil production in a bid to ...

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Exclusive: research finds Jackdaw field would provide only about 2% of current demand, and Rosebank only 1% Opening major new fields in the North Sea would make almost no difference to the UK’s ...

The government has denied that Ed Miliband is expected to give the green light to the first major North Sea oil and gas field project in almost 10 years, despite growing political pressure to increase ...

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Speculation that Energy Secretary Ed Miliband will approve the controversial Jackdaw oil and gas field is "unfounded", the minister's department said. The Times reported that Mr Miliband, the key ...

Reports suggest that Energy Secretary Ed Miliband is minded to approve the Jackdaw project, but a source close to him has said that is not the case. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Energy experts have urged the UK Government to approve a major North Sea gas field as uncertainty over energy supplies continues ...

Ed Miliband is set to approve a new gasfield project to ease energy pressure amid the war in Iran. The Energy Secretary could give the green light for Shell-operated Jackdaw gasfield to start drilling ...

Energy experts have urged the UK Government to approve a major North Sea gas field as uncertainty over energy supplies continues amid the crisis in the Middle East. Reports suggested that Energy ...

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