The UK government has given a green light to a large new North Sea gasfield that was seen by the energy industry as a “test case” for whether ministers would deliver on promises to increase domestic fossil fuel production following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Jackdaw project, in waters 250 kilometres east of Aberdeen, is expected to account for 6.5 per cent of total gas output from the UK North Sea when it starts production, potentially as early as 2025, according to its developer, the oil major Shell.
But the scheme has proved highly controversial with climate campaigners. It was rejected by oil and gas regulators on environmental grounds last year, shortly before the UK hosted the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow.
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