The government is to fast-track recommendations giving easier access to companies unlocking North Sea gas and billions of oil barrels, a move which will add £200bn to the UK economy over the next 20 years.
The recommendations, made last June by Sir Ian Wood, former head of oil services supplier Wood Group, includes the setting up of a new regulator for the industry as well as increasing collaboration between the Oil & Gas and energy sectors. Other proposals, seen as a method of persuading Scotland to stay part of the…
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