How to build a oilfield: Rosebank, UK
Stuart Haszeldine
Professor of Carbon Capture and Storage at University of Edinburgh
Is Rosebank oilfield - a UK employment asset, or a new export of UK oil to make huge profits elsewhere, high energy prices in the UK, and climate damage everywhere?
Should business as usual carry on producing additional oil and gas ? The International Energy Agency says "no". Can the UK and Norway each ride two horses at the same time, claiming climate leadership, whilst still continuing to produce exsiting oil and gas fields and especially whilst exploring for, and developing to production - new sources of oil and gas.??
Those watching carefully are waiting for UK High Court judgement to decide if oil companies should be liable for the total CO2 emitted from their product. And in January 2024, the Oslo court found in favour of Greenpeace that future developments ignoring emissions from the fossil fuel itself are against the Norwegian constitution, which orderes the state to protect citizens from environmental harm. Especially future generations through the rights of the child.?
You may think thats all crazy, and there is no sign of global collapse - but looking the other way through the legal telescope, its clear that oil companies want governments to focus on the tiny few percent of emissions from the equipment used, the drilling, pipelining and refining costs. But the other 90-95% of emissions that will kill the climate - and us is one of those deferred discussions which never seems to properly happen.?
Some of these issues, from different perspecives are explored in BBC Radio4 "How to Build an Oilfield"?
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That will be broadcast?again on BBC Radio 4 at 11 am on Wednesday 6th March
Available until end March on?BBC iPlayer.?
And hopefully after that is archived at?www.sccs.org.uk/latest/news
Its not directly about CCS and did not get to radical remedies like the CarbonTakeBack Obligation - but explained through several voices it is about the dilemma of consenting Rosebank for oil production