Permission for Rosebank, a giant oil field was granted in autumn 2023, while Jackdaw, a smaller gas field, was approved by the former Conservative government and the North Sea Transition Authority ...

On Thursday a judge upheld a legal challenge brought by Greenpeace and Uplift at the Court of Session in Edinburgh over decisions to give approval to the Rosebank oil field north west of Shetland and ...

A judge on Thursday ruled that the previous Conservative government acted unlawfully in granting consent to the Rosebank oil field north west of Shetland, and the Jackdaw gas field off Aberdeen.

The companies will be allowed to continue work developing the fields but not extract oil and gas while the North Sea Transition ... for Jackdaw and in 2023 for Rosebank, must now consider the ...

The contentious proposals were approved by the North Sea Transition Authority on behalf of Conservative UK government ministers. Rosebank, the largest untapped oil field on the UK Continental ...

The judge, Lord Ericht, banned production at the Jackdaw gas and Rosebank oil projects in the North Sea, operated by Shell and Equinor respectively, after ruling that “the private interest of ...

Greenpeace and Uplift brought the challenge at the Court of Session in Edinburgh over decisions to give approval to the Rosebank oil field north west of Shetland and the Jackdaw gas field off Aberdeen ...

Rosebank is estimated by developers to contain about 300million barrels of oil, making it the largest untapped reserve in the North Sea. Analysts say it could be worth around £3.2billion to ...

Oil production has slowed in the past decade but new discoveries are still being made in the North Sea. 16:29, 30 JAN 2025 Rosebank oil field approval ruled unlawful by Scots judge with multi ...

The oil and gas developers Equinor, Ithaca, and Shell have vowed to continue work on the controversial Rosebank and Jackdaw North Sea projects despite the Scottish court ruling the projects unlawful ...

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