Adura Warns Jackdaw Could Cover 6% of UK Gas by Oct. 1 as Approval Still Hangs
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 8
Adura Warns Jackdaw Could Cover 6% of UK Gas by Oct. 1 as Approval Still Hangs
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 8
Summary
Jackdaw could meet 6% of UK gas demand from Oct. 1, but Adura says the field cannot start without government approval and warned of winter supply risks if it is delayed.
Neil McCulloch said the UK has only about eight days of gas storage, leaving limited options in a supply emergency caused by prolonged low wind and solar output or foreign disruption.
£1.5 billion has already been spent on the North Sea project, which Adura says is in final checks and could supply 1.4 million homes through a tie-back to the Shearwater field.
That approval process was reopened after a court ruled Jackdaw and Rosebank were unlawfully approved because regulators had not fully assessed emissions from burning their output.
The dispute now sits at the center of Britain’s energy-security debate, with campaigners citing record heatwaves to oppose new fields and industry allies pressing Labour to reopen the North Sea.