Climate
UK approves Jackdaw gasfield after climate court challenge
October 20, 2026 at 07:58 PM · Updated 3h ago
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UK approves Jackdaw gasfield in North Sea
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What does the approval of the Jackdaw gasfield mean?
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What is happening with the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields?
(opens the publisher’s site)The UK government has approved production at the Jackdaw gasfield, 150 miles east of Aberdeen, owned by Shell and Equinor.
- Energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh and chancellor John Healey made the announcement from Aberdeen on Wednesday.
- The approval follows a Court of Session ruling last year that quashed the original consent over unassessed emissions from burning the gas.
- Fahnbulleh said the consent does not violate Labour's manifesto pledge against new licences because Jackdaw was licensed in 2022.
- Uplift's Tessa Khan said the field would supply about 2 percent of gas demand and urged Burnham to reject the Rosebank field.
- The government also delayed a decision on the neighbouring Rosebank field while approving Jackdaw.
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham framed the approval as pragmatic, citing cost-of-living pressures.
- Jackdaw is expected to start supplying gas within a month and boost domestic production by about six percent at peak.