RE: Europe out off gas:::harbour sp collapse???24 Jun 2022 08:12
That's really bad for WT tax to stay above $70/bbl, cost of production in the North Sea is not exactly the cheapest in the world. Shows how out of touch the government is with reality, you don't press a button and get oil like a search engine.
"But one executive at the meeting with Sunak in Aberdeen said the chancellor “was lacking in answers to the main questions the industry had”.
Another person with knowledge of the meeting with the chancellor said: “He found himself on the receiving end of some rather robust feedback.
“The relationship between the Treasury and the oil and gas industry might be characterised as several layers of frost.”
Deirdre Michie, chief executive of the North Sea trade body Offshore Energies UK, described the meeting with Sunak as “candid” and warned the windfall tax would undermine attempts to attract investment to Britain."