From Linkedin15 May 2026 12:27
Ian Cloke
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Chief Operating Officer & Co founder at Afentra PLC
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This feels surreal. As the UK attempts to put into law the shut down of oil and gas in the UK sector of the North Sea with its consequent impacts, the government of Angola is in London roadshowing the investment opportunities in both the mining and oil and gas space. Recognizing the role of the UK in finance. ANPG said it well ‘if you don’t have new license rounds and drilling you have no sustainable industry’. Agility (learn), flexibility (listen to the investors), Pragmatism (respond quicker). Hope DESNZ is in the room and listening & learning. The current UK North Sea production & investment trajectory is a political choice & its consequent knock on impacts on jobs, tax and Uk industry. It can be changed but time is ticking.
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