TAG: North Sea oil and gas

The UK’s great disappearing energy summit

LONDON — It was billed as the summit that would “rewire the global energy system” — a chance for Bre...

8 months ago

UK Labour’s secret love: The oil and gas industry

LONDON — It was an unlikely stage for a political love-in.Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer and Ed Mi...

8 months ago

Former Tory energy minister quits as MP over Sunak’s ‘harmful’ push for new oil and gas

The former energy minister who signed the U.K.’s 2050 net-zero target into law has quit the Conserva...

8 months ago

Claire Coutinho: The UK’s chancellor-in-the-wings?

LONDON — Late summer 2023. Claire Coutinho, a junior minister at the Department for Education and a rising star in the U.K. Conservative government, is enjoying a quiet morning at home when her phone rings.The caller has a message from one of Coutinho’s o...

6 months ago