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Rosebank shows the UK's offshore oil regulator no longer serves the public good

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par Gisa Weszkalnys, Associate Professor of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science
Gavin Bridge, Professor of Geography and Fellow of the Durham Energy Institute, Durham University

In a four-line statement announcing the approval of the new Rosebank oil field 80 miles west of Shetland, the UK’s offshore oil and gas regulator showed its mission no longer serves the public good.

The announcement by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), which regulates oil and gas extraction in the waters off the British coast, asserted that net zero considerations had been taken into account – a technical definition that makes it appear long-term oil…

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