What Jackdaw’s Approval Means for the Future of North Sea Drilling

A lot has happened since 1 June 2022, the date when ministers first granted permission to tap the Jackdaw gas field. The Conservatives were halfway through their ill-fated final term of three. Kwasi Kwarteng was the business secretary, with equally ill-fated aspirations for higher office. And the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero , now responsible for overseeing all major energy policy decisions , did not even exist. In the more than four years since then, Britain has been treated to five new energy secretaries and six Chancellors.…