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Offshore Industry: Carbon Emissions

Asked by Harriet CrossConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 2 June 2025UIN 53770

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 52787 on Offshore Industry: Carbon Emissions, how many offshore oil and gas projects are awaiting the resumption of environmental impact assessment evaluations.

Answered by Michael Shanks

There are a variety of factors beyond the publication of the guidance that will influence a developer’s decisions on whether to proceed with a project, so it is therefore difficult to predict the exact number of projects waiting to commence the environmental impact assessment process.

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