RE: Shell28 Feb 2022 23:47
Haggis you wrote
It's great to see the beginning of the end for fossil fuels unfolding around the World
NOW READ ON
Governments across Europe are belatedly realising that energy security not only means reliable continuity of supply, but at an affordable price point, too. Such has been the laissez faire attitude to embracing cheap overseas energy during the accelerated transition to renewables that consumers and businesses are now massively overexposed to price spikes in fossil fuels. The UK wholesale gas price forward curve is 250p a therm or higher through to next winter, or almost double the level embedded into next month’s new UK energy price cap. Another massive price hike for consumers in the autumn is a racing certainty.
Furthermore, if Russia turns off the gas taps to Europe – the continent brings in 40 per cent of its gas from the country – then the wholesale price will go parabolic. This impacts the UK given that half our domestic gas usage is bought on the international market, mainly from Qatar and Norway. Given this backdrop, speculation is rife that the UK government regulator will approve new drilling across six UK fields (Rosebank, Jacdaw, Marigold, Brodick, Catcher and Tolmount East) to tap into 62mn tonnes of oil equivalent reserves.