Nicola Sturgeon criticises new North Sea oil and gas plan



Nicola Sturgeon criticises new North Sea oil and gas plan

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8 Oct 2022 at 00:28
Nicola Sturgeon criticises new North Sea oil and gas plan



Scotland's first minister has criticised UK government plans to issue up to 100 new North Sea oil and gas exploration licences.

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The government says it will make the UK more self-sufficient and create jobs.

But Nicola Sturgeon said she had not seen any evidence to justify the expansion on environmental or energy security grounds.

She also said the current system of climate compatibility checks was not robust enough.

Ms Sturgeon wants a much faster transition to renewable energy production, which she sees as a better route to economic growth.

The first minister, who is also SNP leader, was speaking in Aberdeen ahead of her party's annual conference which opens on Saturday, with her speech to delegates scheduled for Monday afternoon.

She told BBC Scotland political editor Glenn Campbell that North Sea oil and gas was currently an important part of the country's energy mix, and supported many jobs in the Scottish economy.

But she said it was a declining resource, and was therefore not the future of energy - and that any new licenses should only be issued if a "robust" climate compatibility check is done.

The first minister said she did not think the current system was robust enough, adding: "We need to make a careful, just transition away from oil and gas, which my government is focused on.

"The route to lower energy costs and to energy security is renewable energy".

Speaking earlier on Friday, Ms Sturgeon said she hoped it would not be necessary to tell households in Scotland to restrict winter energy use.