Sir Ed Davey Says Jackdaw Gas Field ‘Makes Sense’ as Decision Looms for Government

Sir Ed Davey says Jackdaw gas field ‘makes sense’ as decision looms for government

Sir Ed Davey says Jackdaw gas field 'makes sense' as decision looms for government

A consultation on the gas field - located 150 miles northeast of Aberdeen - closed last month, with the prime minister set to make a decision.

Ed Davey set to back North Sea drilling as Lib Dems break from climate activists

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has signalled he would support the approval of Jackdaw, a controversial gas field in the North Sea. Sir Ed said he had long thought Jackdaw “made sense” because “we’re going to need a lot of gas in the transition”. He said that, provided it passed the “climate test”, he would prefer to use domestically produced gas than imports that often have a larger carbon footprint. The futures of both Jackdaw and Roseban…