🚨 NEW: Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh is reportedly set to reject Rosebank for oil drilling in the North Sea She believes it would do less for UK energy security than Jackdaw as most of its oil would be exported
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Oct 21, 2026 · 1:37 PM UTC

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Fahnbulleh said earlier today: "One is a gasfield that caters for the domestic market, while the other is an oilfield that is mainly for export. It is right that we judge each application in its own right" Story: theguardian.com/environment/…
Energy secretary leaning towards rejecting Rosebank oilfield

Energy secretary leaning towards rejecting Rosebank oilfield

Exclusive: Officials say Miatta Fahnbulleh minded not to give approval in victory for climate campaigners

theguardian.com
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It'd put more oil on the market and bring costs down. She's either intentionally thick or they want to keep fuel prices high whilst they steal more of your money.
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It will put more oil supply into the network and bring in tax revenue. Rosebank oil field must be approved. Labour would be making a huge mistake if they reject it.
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Well you can’t have too much of a good thing in Britain 🙄
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Another foreign invader who shouldn't even be in our government making stupid decisions that wreck our country and prosperity.
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You just ruined a great day We all thought things were moving in the right direction
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But….exports are bad now?
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Are they finally learning that net zero is a giant waste of time and money?
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Is the Liberian energy secretary the thickest MP in the commons. How does she know most of the oil would be exported. Surely that depends on the price.
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We are 3 trillion in debt, export the oil, collect the revenue and pay some of our debt off, rather than borrowing more to pay off the interest on the debt.
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She is a moron, worse than milliband. We have to purge these foreigners and ideologues from government before they ruin the country completely
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Globally oil will still be drilled so what's more important ? Jobs here or abroad? Our government will prioritise the latter even if it means losing out on huge tax revenues.
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The Liberian Marxist is so spectacularly thick that she thinks we “grow” gas.
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Time to get someone British in the job
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Trump says drill, the African says no! TDS is real.
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If it is exported, it would add millions of pounds to our economy, does she not think that this would be good for the country?
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Hmmm but it would help us, jobs, less imports etc sooooo no?
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How shortsighted. I thought the government wanted growth - even if we exported most of the oil from this we would be getting the revenue from the sale of the oil. But surely it would be for us to decide whether to export or to sell in the UK. Where's the sense in not making use of our own resources?
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Why are we allowing an African to destroy our industry??
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Utterly insane. Not only are we broke, but the world needs oil. If it doesn't come from here they'll get it somewhere else. Extraction here creates jobs and huge tax revenue. Even if you favor renewables, approve Rosebank and use it to fund them! 🇬🇧 telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
Britain’s national debt tops £3tn

Britain’s national debt tops £3tn

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telegraph.co.uk
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Yeah lets just import it eh? Norway are drilling in the same waters and sending it back to us at a premium price. Yet idiots like green party think it cheaper and will bring costs down
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God forbid we make a bit of money.
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Becoming clearer by the day that foreigners who become MPs have no interest in improving the lives or British people.
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Can someone please explain how when oil is extracted locally and uk tax is payable it is bad for net zero? But imported oil from the other side of the world, thus earning no tax is good……asking for an idiotic Labour mp
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Heaven forbid we make something, pay people and then export it thereby bringing in some revenue. How mad would that be?!
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Why do we have a fucking Liberian refugee deciding policy? Deport
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Wouldn’t that be a good thing? Less reliant on Russia even if exported.
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And why would we need to do that? Maybe because you useless feks closed all our refineries!
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Because these donkeys we are led by, fucked all the refineries.
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Expected. Once again Net Zero dogma continues to plague the fortunes of this country. 🤬🤬🤬🫣😞
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Be exported for cash FFS🤦🏻‍♂️ So improve the UK’s balance of payments which could off set cheaper energy. She is utterly clueless, but then she is a Marxist.
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Ohh so one brings more gas to our country and the other one will make us money…..how terrible🤦🏾‍♂️
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There’s probably a level of depth I don’t understand around this but couldn’t selling gas from Rosebank be put into some kind of national wealth fund to send back to consumers in UK?
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Like all oil fields it produces gas as well and has its own gas export pipeline. Opening Rosebay opens multiple other fields also which can piggyback onto the export line and come on stream. Rosebank is virtually complete with billions spent on that the government will be sued fo
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Rosebank is high quality crude; which can be refined into diesel which the UK desperately short of !
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So legislate to prevent most of its oil being exported! Parliament is supreme, we can just do things if the will is there
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