{"id":399737,"date":"2025-09-03T08:55:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T06:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=399737"},"modified":"2025-09-03T08:55:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T06:55:30","slug":"the-north-sea-has-a-great-future-kemi-but-it-wont-be-oil-and-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=399737","title":{"rendered":"The North Sea has a great future, Kemi \u2013 but it won\u2019t be oil and gas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"399741\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=399741\" 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for fossil fuels is just a tactical stunt to navigate the culture war<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the Conservative Party must sacrifice a climate pawn to appease the <strong><em>Zeitgeist<\/em><\/strong> and maintain electoral viability, going for broke on North Sea oil and gas is the least important one to give up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kemi Badenoch\u2019s plan to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2025\/08\/30\/badenoch-no-more-net-zero-extract-every-drop-oil-north-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">extract every last hydrocarbon from UK waters<\/a>\u00a0would not raise this country\u2019s long-term output of oil and gas by more than homeopathic amounts. And even if it did, it would not move the needle on UK energy prices. <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2025\/09\/02\/north-sea-great-future-kemi-wont-be-oil-and-gas\/?msockid=0774796a77d1632c12ed6f5476f46272\">The Telegraph<\/a> has the story.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oil is a fungible commodity priced off the global market, and the gas price would continue to track the international cost of liquefied natural gas \u2013 unless we cut off our European interconnectors, tore up our EU trade deal and retreated into energy autarky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would make no difference to the UK\u2019s internal CO2 emissions, which are determined by the legacy structure of our 20th century energy system and by how quickly Britons switch to more efficient electrotech in their own interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More drilling would lower global greenhouse gases in aggregate. The North Sea Transition Authority says the embedded carbon of imported LNG is four times higher than for pipeline gas from well-regulated drilling in UK waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Newly available satellite data shows that methane leakage from shale fracking in Texas is twice as high as other global gas fields. A study by Cornell University concluded the overall greenhouse emissions of American LNG exports are 33pc higher than burning coal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So yes, you can make a case of sorts that the \u201cgreen\u201d option is to drill locally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, the status quo of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2025\/01\/27\/oil-lng-trump-america-exports-gas-prices\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">importing large volumes of gas from the US<\/a>&nbsp;is bleeding our balance of payments, and is strategically unsafe. Donald Trump is just as likely to use energy dependency for coercion as Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately for British fossil fuel nostalgics, the best UK zones of the North Sea are heavily depleted and new deep-sea fields are barely competitive at global market prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New technology may help. The latest 3D seismic imaging has pin-pointed some 450 overlooked pockets \u2013 \u201cpay intervals\u201d \u2013 far below the surface. Norway\u2019s Aker BP says it can cut inspection and maintenance costs by 70pc using long-distance drones. 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