Uplift and Greenpeace UK filed a legal challenge against the previous Tory government’s decision to grant planning permission ...

The future of the Rosebank project and Shell's Jackdaw project have been in doubt after a court overturned their approvals, ...

A court has ruled that consent for two new Scottish oil and gas fields was granted unlawfully and their owners must seek fresh approval from the UK government before production can begin.

Sir Keir Starmer has said that “oil and gas is going to be a big part of the future” for decades to come as he would not “pre-empt” the decision on the Rosebank oil field. The Prime Minister said that ...

The Court of Session in Edinburgh ruled on 30 January that the original decisions to grant permission for the new oilfield at ...

The proposed Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields in the North Sea have been ruled unlawful by the Court of Session in Edinburgh. The Conservative government granted permission for drilling in ...

Norwegian oil and gas producer Equinor will proceed with the development of its Rosebank oil and gas field, the company's UK ...

The Scottish Court of Session has ruled that two major North Sea oil and gas fields were approved unlawfully, as their environmental impact assessments did not consider their full lifecycle emissions.

Rosebank contains about 300 million barrels of oil, most of which would be exported. The smaller amounts of gas from Jackdaw were destined for UK use, but were not expected to make a dent in ...

Shell's Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea was originally approved by the previous UK Conservative government, and the industry regulator, in summer 2022. Permission for the Rosebank oil ...

A worker inside Shell's Jackdaw gas platform in Aker's yard at Verdal, Norway A court has ruled that consent for two new Scottish oil and gas fields was granted unlawfully and their owners must ...