Natural Gas and Oil: Exploration
(asked on 13th April 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of a ban on issuing new oil and gas exploration licences on (1) supply chain capacity, and (2) retention of skilled offshore workers in the oil and gas sector.
This question was answered on 27th April 2026
The natural decline of North Sea oil and gas has seen more than 70,000 jobs lost in the last decade. New exploration licences will not reverse this trend. We published the North Sea Future Plan (November 2026), setting out how we will support supply chains, protect jobs and secure the next generation of good jobs.