BP will reopen a key North Sea field as it plans to pump new oil and gas for at least a decade - defying Ed Miliband increasingly derided Net Zero ush to shut down the offshore industry.
The British energy firm is reactivating the Murlach field, 120 miles off Aberdeen, after it was declared uneconomic and taken out of use by previous operator Shell in 2004.
BP said new technology meant the field could be viable again and new equipment has been installed after the previous government agreed that it could be used again.
Production could now begin later this year, infuriating environmental campaigners as the Energy Secretary tries to end new fossil fuel production in the North Sea.
This project is technically not new because it gained approval in 2023 - and the Government has said it will back existing licences such as this one for their duration.
