The North Sea can help provide the UK with “secure and safe energy” for the next 50 years, while also helping meet climate change targets.
That's according to Deirdre Michie, chief executive of Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), who made a plea to ministers ahead of the publication of the UK Government’s upcoming energy security strategy.
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine means energy security is now also a national security issue, she said, adding: “Our industry has provided the UK with secure, safe energy for the last five decades and we can do the same for another five decades – while also helping the nation reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
