The British authorities announced yesterday, Wednesday January 31, the allocation of 24 new hydrocarbon exploration and drilling licenses in the North Sea. This therefore makes 51 new exploration licenses, if we add the 27 already granted in October 2023.
With the relaunch of this program, started following the war in Ukraine, London announced that hundreds of additional oil and gas licenses would still be granted. These decisions come at the same time as the trial of activist Greta Thunberg, which began on February 1 before a London court.