{"id":280825,"date":"2023-09-28T11:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T09:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=280825"},"modified":"2023-09-28T11:33:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T09:33:05","slug":"rosebank-biggest-untapped-uk-oil-field-approved-by-regulators-net-zero-climate-obsessives-chew-the-wasp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=280825","title":{"rendered":"Rosebank: Biggest untapped UK oil field approved by regulators \u2013 net-zero climate obsessives chew the\u00a0wasp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"280829\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=280829\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/01192349069.webp?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"01192349069\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/01192349069.webp?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/01192349069.webp?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/01192349069.webp?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/01192349069.webp?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/01192349069.webp?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/tallbloke.wordpress.com\/\">Tallbloke&#8217;s Talkshop<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">September 27, 2023 by\u00a0<strong>oldbrew<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"429\" data-attachment-id=\"280827\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=280827\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-27-at-09.40.53-1.png?fit=1892%2C1122&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1892,1122\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screenshot-2023-09-27-at-09.40.53-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-27-at-09.40.53-1.png?fit=723%2C429&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-27-at-09.40.53-1.png?resize=723%2C429&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-27-at-09.40.53-1.png?resize=1024%2C607&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-27-at-09.40.53-1.png?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-27-at-09.40.53-1.png?resize=768%2C455&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-27-at-09.40.53-1.png?resize=1536%2C911&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-27-at-09.40.53-1.png?resize=1200%2C712&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-27-at-09.40.53-1.png?w=1892&amp;ssl=1 1892w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-27-at-09.40.53-1.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Opponents don\u2019t have much to say about where they think the essential oil and gas should come from, but churn out the usual dogmatic moans anyway. Even by 2050 under net-zero policies, large quantities of these products are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/hundreds-of-new-north-sea-oil-and-gas-licences-to-boost-british-energy-independence-and-grow-the-economy-31-july-2023\">still expected to be needed<\/a>&nbsp;keep the country functioning. Renewables just don\u2019t scale up enough to replace them.<\/em><br>\u2013 \u2013 \u2013<br>Summary&nbsp;<em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/uk-66933804\">by BBC News<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 The UK\u2019s largest untapped oil field has been approved by regulators<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 It\u2019s estimated that Rosebank, 80 miles west of Shetland, could produce 300 million barrels of oil&nbsp;<em>[or more]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 The UK government welcomes the decision, saying it will raise billions of pounds and \u201cmake us more secure against tyrants like Putin\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 \u201cAs we make the transition to renewables, we will still need oil and gas \u2013 it makes sense to use our own,\u201d says Rishi Sunak<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 But Scotland\u2019s First Minister Humza Yousaf says he\u2019s \u201cdisappointed\u201d, while the Green Party calls the decision \u201cmorally obscene\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>BBC Live Reporting&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/uk-66933804\">here<\/a>.<\/em><br>\u2013 \u2013 \u2013<br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/green-light-for-rosebank-oil-field-helps-labour-label-tories-as-the-party-of-the-past-12970908\">Sky News reports:<\/a><\/em><br>The GMB Union agrees with the government\u2019s approach to granting new oil and gas licences in the North Sea and similarly believes it will make the UK less reliant on imported gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their general secretary, Gary Smith, even took a swipe at Labour\u2019s stance, claiming: \u201cWe need a plan, not bans.\u201d<br>\u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opponents don\u2019t have much to say about where they think the essential oil and gas should come from, but churn out the usual dogmatic moans anyway. Even by 2050 under net-zero policies, large quantities of these products are\u00a0still expected to be needed\u00a0keep the country functioning. Renewables just don\u2019t scale up enough to replace them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":280829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691823040,691818154,691820076,691818248],"class_list":["post-280825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-biggest-oil-field","tag-net-zero","tag-rosebank","tag-uk","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/01192349069.webp?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1b3r","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":280798,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=280798","url_meta":{"origin":280825,"position":0},"title":"Net Zero Watch welcomes green light for Rosebank","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"09\/28\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Campaign group Net Zero Watch has welcomed the decision by the UK Government and the North Sea Authority to give the go-ahead to the giant Rosebank oil and gas field off the coast of Shetland.","rel":"","context":"In \"Climate change\"","block_context":{"text":"Climate change","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=climate-change"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/01200x800.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/01200x800.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/01200x800.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/01200x800.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/01200x800.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":433224,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=433224","url_meta":{"origin":280825,"position":1},"title":"Britain&#8217;s Biggest Untapped Oil Field Set for Autumn Startup \u2014 If Ed Miliband Gives the Green Light","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"03\/22\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Rosebank oil field is the UK's largest undeveloped oil and gas project in the North Sea, located about 60 miles west of the Shetland Islands. 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