Offshore Industry: Licensing
(asked on 27th October 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many licences have been granted for oil and gas projects in the UK since 2020.
This question was answered on 1st November 2022
Licensing is a matter for the North Sea Transition Authority who publish all figures and statistics regarding licence awards for oil and gas exploration and development.
The North Sea Transition Authority has awarded a total of 278 licences for oil and gas exploration and development since 2018. This comprises 123 awarded in 2018, 42 awarded in 2019, and 113 awarded in 2020. No awards were made in 2021 or 2022.