UK approves Jackdaw gas field as Rosebank decision looms before Christmas
BBC journalists become first to visit the controversial Rosebank oil field, where workers await a government verdict that could shape Britain's energy future
Just hours after the UK government granted consent for gas production at the Jackdaw field in the North Sea, attention has shifted to the larger and more contentious Rosebank project, where Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh is expected to make a decision before Christmas. The first journalists to visit the floating production vessel at Rosebank found a workforce hopeful that approval will secure their jobs for decades, while environmental campaigners warn that greenlighting the UK's largest untapped oil field would be a disastrous step backwards for climate action.