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Rosebank oilfield: why more UK oil means more global emissions

By Fergus Green, Associate Professor in Political Theory and Public Policy, UCL

The UK government will soon face a momentous decision over whether to approve production in the Rosebank oilfield off the coast of Shetland.

Rosebank is the UK’s biggest undeveloped field. Its proponents – the largest of which is Norwegian state-owned petroleum company, Equinor – estimate that it will produce the equivalent of up to 500 million barrels of oil between 2026 and 2051. When burned,…

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