UK Plans New Environmental Guidance for North Sea Oil and Gas Firms

The UK government plans to introduce new environmental guidance for oil and gas companies operating in the North Sea, following the landmark ruling of the Supreme Court which requires regulators to consider the Scope 3 emissions of future projects when approving them. The UK Supreme Court ruled in June that a local council unlawfully granted approval to an onshore oil drilling project as planners must have considered the emissions from the oil’s future use as fuels, in a landmark case that could upset new UK oil and gas project plans. The…