Offshore Industry: North Sea
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure the North Sea Transition Authority maximises the economic recovery of oil and gas in the North Sea.
Answered by Michael Shanks
The Department is responsible for the policy framework within which the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) operates. The OGA Strategy outlines how the NSTA’s principal objective will be met. The NSTA does so in several ways – for example, facilitating collaboration across the basin.
The Building the North Sea’s Energy Future consultation, which closed on 30 April 2025, sought views on whether the NSTA’s principal objective of maximising economic recovery adequately reflects the current context in the North Sea and supports the Government’s strategic objectives. The Government will respond in due course.
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