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Revealed: The Bermuda-based firm crucial to new North Sea oil
A firm in Bermuda is providing insurance coverage to companies behind two of the biggest and most controversial new oil fields in the North Sea.
FFS explains: The UK energy crisis
Energy bills are predicted to rise again as the cost of living crisis continues to affect people across the UK.
Banks urged to stop funding Shell if it proceeds with Jackdaw gas field
Environmentalists want banks to stop funding Shell if it proceeds with the controversial new Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea.
Two insurance companies rule out covering new North Sea fields
Campaigners argued that the insurance companies had recognised that allowing "new fields to proceed goes against climate science".
NatWest has lent £3 billion to North Sea firms since Paris Agreement
Edinburgh-based bank NatWest lent £3 billion to North Sea oil and gas firms between 2016 and 2021 prompting criticism from environmentalists.
Beyond Cambo: 1bn tonnes of pollution in UK oil and gas pipeline
29 new oil and gas projects in the UK North Sea could cause one billion tonnes of emissions despite the pausing of the Cambo oil field.
Cambo oil plan is ‘uneconomic’, say experts
The plan to drill for oil deep under the sea at Cambo, north west of Shetland, is “uneconomic” and would breach international targets to cut climate pollution.
The North Sea oil industry’s £6.8 billion plan to breach climate targets
Ten oil companies are planning to invest £6.8 billion in six major new projects in the North Sea in breach of international targets to cut climate pollution.
