THE Tories “final raid” on Scotland’s oil and gas resources in the North Sea is set to ramp up as Westminster returns from recess.
The UK Government’s Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill (OPL bill) is set for its second reading in the House of Commons on Monday January 8, making it a legal requirement for regulators to hold annual licensing rounds for the North Sea.
The plans have been condemned by climate campaigners, while the SNP accused UK ministers of exploiting “Scotland’s natural resources”.
But what does the legislation say and what does this mean for Scotland and the North Sea?
**What does the bill do?**
The three-page OPL bill requires the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), the oil and gas regulator, to invite companies to apply for at least one licensing block each year, essentially running an annual licensing round.
The NSTA already has the power to issue licenses when it chooses, with annual licensing rounds for most of the past decade, so it is unlikely to prompt any significant change to how the process works.
The legislation also includes two tests relating to emissions and imports which must be passed before the NSTA can offer licences, tests that Uplift say will be “impossible to fail”.
The carbon intensity test requires the production of emissions of UK gas to be lower than liquified natural gas (LNG) imported to the UK. While the net importer test requires the amount of oil and gas produced in the UK to be less than the demand.
What is the raid exactly? Headline doesn’t match the actual story.
EDIT: Anti-establishment Express articles are my favourite – like finding a rare penny and tend to be downvoted because its off narrative for the Express – Unionists then have to argue poor journalism but only for articles that don’t fit the narrative – or it could be simply be because their mobile website is shite 😂
Worth clarifying India was treated much worse but just because other countries were treated much worse doesn’t mean Westminster and their private sector chums aren’t implementing financial tactics backed by legislation to rinse Scotland
1. there is no “raid”
2. it means fuck all, its a headline grab to try to force a culture war over oil+gas extraction. in reality the licencing authority who deals with this says it wont make a bit of difference.
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THE Tories “final raid” on Scotland’s oil and gas resources in the North Sea is set to ramp up as Westminster returns from recess.
The UK Government’s Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill (OPL bill) is set for its second reading in the House of Commons on Monday January 8, making it a legal requirement for regulators to hold annual licensing rounds for the North Sea.
The plans have been condemned by climate campaigners, while the SNP accused UK ministers of exploiting “Scotland’s natural resources”.
But what does the legislation say and what does this mean for Scotland and the North Sea?
**What does the bill do?**
The three-page OPL bill requires the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), the oil and gas regulator, to invite companies to apply for at least one licensing block each year, essentially running an annual licensing round.
The NSTA already has the power to issue licenses when it chooses, with annual licensing rounds for most of the past decade, so it is unlikely to prompt any significant change to how the process works.
The legislation also includes two tests relating to emissions and imports which must be passed before the NSTA can offer licences, tests that Uplift say will be “impossible to fail”.
The carbon intensity test requires the production of emissions of UK gas to be lower than liquified natural gas (LNG) imported to the UK. While the net importer test requires the amount of oil and gas produced in the UK to be less than the demand.
What is the raid exactly? Headline doesn’t match the actual story.
Corporate needs you to find the difference…
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1059012/india-news-bombshell-how-british-empire-stole-36trillion-from-india-lied-spt
EDIT: Anti-establishment Express articles are my favourite – like finding a rare penny and tend to be downvoted because its off narrative for the Express – Unionists then have to argue poor journalism but only for articles that don’t fit the narrative – or it could be simply be because their mobile website is shite 😂
Worth clarifying India was treated much worse but just because other countries were treated much worse doesn’t mean Westminster and their private sector chums aren’t implementing financial tactics backed by legislation to rinse Scotland
1. there is no “raid”
2. it means fuck all, its a headline grab to try to force a culture war over oil+gas extraction. in reality the licencing authority who deals with this says it wont make a bit of difference.