Is it getting closer22 Sep 2025 11:49
Saw this on the Serica board, has to be good news if this come to life for the £30m Skerryvore (27.45p per share) and £90m Fynn B (82.3p per share), PMG seems way undervalued based on the current cash balance being the market cap and it produces
Https://www.thetimes.com/article/89ad570b-44dd-4fdf-8700-ee6d2ed78048
"Labour looks to water down North Sea drilling ban
Ed Miliband is expected to allow exploration next to existing sites to increase fossil fuel production without breaking a manifesto pledge"
"Ed Miliband is poised to soften the government’s position on North Sea oil and gas exploration as he seeks to appease Labour’s union backers and see off the growing threat from Reform UK.
The energy secretary is under mounting pressure to dilute his party’s ban on new drilling to help to boost jobs and smooth the transition to renewables.
Several sources familiar with the discussions expect him to approve “tie-backs”, allowing new fields to be explored via adjacent existing sites.
This is expected to lead to the extraction of new reserves of fossil fuels and extend the lifespan of the North Sea oil and gas sector, which supports about 120,000 direct and indirect jobs in the UK. Earlier this year, Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), the industry trade body, warned that 1,000 jobs a month were being lost."
"OEUK believes there are another 7.3 billion barrels within reach of current infrastructure — making them viable as tiebacks. Energy lobbyists estimate this would deliver a £136 billion boost to the economy by the middle of the century."
"Offshore Energies UK commissioned research in June illustrating how to slow the basin’s decline by linking licensed discoveries via tie-backs to the North Sea’s 67 production facilities. Viable accumulations of oil and gas within 50km of current hubs could be developed “quickly and cleanly” through tie-backs, according to OEUK.
These pipelines, most of which are less than 25km-30km long, could play a role in “more cost-effective production”, the North Sea Transition Authority said in July."