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There's just not much gas left in the UK North Sea. > Industry body Offshore Energy UK (OEUK) claims that more oil and gas could be extracted by 2050. However,
by laurencerowe 7mo ago
There's just not much gas left in the UK North Sea.
> Industry body Offshore Energy UK (OEUK) claims that more oil and gas could be extracted by 2050. However, the ‘High Case’ scenario for future production in a report for OEUK would still mean that 92% of production has already occurred.
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> Compared to the maximum oil production that occurred in 1999, UK output in 2025 was 77% (over three-quarters) lower.
https://eciu.net/media/press-releases/around-90-of-uk-north-sea-oil-and-gas-already-drained-dry-analysis https://eciu.net/media/press-releases/around-90-of-uk-north-...