Offshore Industry: Employment
Commons · Question 73701 · Tabled 1 Sep 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 9 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of net zero policies on employment in the oil and gas sector in England.
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 9 Sep 2025
The North Sea basin is super-mature, and production is in natural decline. Oil and gas production fell by 72% between 1999 and 2023. Direct jobs in oil and gas extraction fell by around a third between 2014 and 2023. The clean energy transition creates an...