Shell Urges Court Not to Halt UK North Sea Oil and Gas Projects Over Flawed Permits
- Climate groups are challenging licenses for Jackdaw, Rosebank
- Outcome of case has big implications for future of North Sea
Environmental groups are demanding a halt to both developments until a new approval process can be completed.
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/BloombergShell Plc urged a UK court not to threaten the commercial viability of a North Sea gas field by halting its development, despite acknowledging that the approval process for the project was flawed.
In a case that’s likely to have significant implications for the future of the country’s oil and gas industry, Shell accepted that a legal error was made in the granting of its license for the Jackdaw gas field off the coast of Aberdeen, but asked Scotland’s top civil court to let the development continue.