RE: bbc local news6 Feb 2021 16:14
Will Gardiner From Drax and Dan Sadler from Equinor both have very realistic approaches. This is about the world working together which requires collaboration and investment. The Humber ticks many of the boxes in a green industrial revolution and in decarbonising a huge industrial cluster.
Natural Gas from West Newton would be one way of producing Hydrogen. This will take time and money to reconfigure pipe work, the distribution network and domestic boilers. The Gas from West Newton will be very valuable whether it is sold now as natural gas or in the future to be made in to Hydrogen. In my mind David will have no problem selling our Gas to a refinery/energy company, and my guess is he is already in talks. The Oil too has multiple uses and oil can not just be written off as a commodity. This is about a smooth transition over many years for the whole world. You can not just rely on solar panels on roofs or wind farms for immediate power. There are many new ideas being researched with big investment being made and it is about having a level headed approach.
As for Oil, the lack of investment in to oil has already pushed the price up recently with the lack of supply, decline in US and Chinese stockpiles and OPEC are working together better. Goldman Sachs predict 65$/barrel this July. Travel will resume - vaccines. Predictions of up too 100 $/ Barrel being mentioned. So yes.. Union Jack’s Oil will be in demand for many years.
The COP26 summit in November will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. It will be a very important meeting.
To me it is very clear that West Newton is an impressive Gas find. As Malcy said in the week we don’t really need to flow test it, but we will. I do not think we will ever drill WN C or D. It is all part of the 'for sale' board to add value. We have our AA Carbon Intensity study which again is a huge tick from Union Jack Oil to do our part in heading towards climate change.
So my point Mirasol is whilst Union Jack in itself won’t contribute directly, it’s the ‘Asset’ of West Newton which is of importance here.