Sturgeon says extra North Sea oil and gas not solution

摘要

SCOTTISH First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said that ramping up North Sea oil and gas production is not a short-term solution to Europe’s significant dependency on Russian gas. The UK and US are banning imports of Russian oil, while the EU has ambitious plans to reduce its use of Russian gas by two thirds within a single year, in light of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The Scottish Conservatives have called for North Sea production to be raised in order to help replace Russian imports. But Sturgeon said it would take years to launch new oil and gas fields.