Overview
- Adura released a 159‑page environmental impact assessment this week that says Jackdaw would account for about 0.02% of global greenhouse gas emissions and “will not materially influence” future global GHG levels.
- The Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning and the North Sea Transition Authority have opened a public consultation on the revised filing, with responses invited through August 10.
- A judge quashed the original 2022 approval after finding its emissions analysis was inadequate, which forced Adura to prepare the new EIA and restart the consenting process.
- Adura says it has invested about £1.5 billion, could begin drilling from October 1 and estimates the field might supply up to roughly 6% of UK gas demand, while campaigners dispute those figures and estimate around 2% over the field’s life.
- Regulators will complete the technical review and pass advice to the Energy Secretary for a final decision, a choice that could affect winter supply, local jobs and the UK’s wider approach to North Sea production.