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Select committee: Scottish Affairs Committee

The future of the oil and gas industry inquiry

Closed Opened 25 Apr 2018 Closed 25 Apr 2018

Scottish Affairs Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗

Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
The Scottish Affairs Committee investigates the future of the oil and gas industry. The Committee will consider: What challenges does Scotland’s oil and gas industry face, and how can they be addressed? How can the economic return from Scotland’s oil and gas reserves be maximised? What action is the UK Government taking to support the long-term future of the oil and gas industry in Scotland, and how effective has this been? How well do the different stakeholders (UK Government, Scottish Government, companies) work together? Does the current devolution settlement enable all stakeholders to support the sector? How can Scotland maximise its expertise, technology and infrastructure in oil and gas industry to secure the industry’s future as reserves decline? What support is needed from Government to maximise these opportunities?

Where it stands

The inquiry is closed, opened 25 April 2018.

The committee has published 1 report, most recently 6th Report - The future of the oil and gas industry on 4 February 2019.

The government's response

Published 9 May 2019.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government welcomes or accepts several of the committee's recommendations, while saying that any Sector Deal must meet Industrial Strategy expectations and that some workstreams are already progressing without a formal deal.

  • On maximising economic recovery, it "welcomes the committee's conclusion" and says domestic oil and gas production "will remain an important part of the UK's energy mix over the medium term".
  • On decommissioning, it says BEIS has launched a call for evidence, and that a formal government response will be published after it concludes, outlining "potential next steps".
  • On skills transfer, it "accepts this recommendation" but does not think it is "contingent on the agreement of a formal Sector Deal".
  • On CCUS cluster funding, it will invest "up to £170million" through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, with further details "in due course".

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Reports

All reports

Evidence

  • 6 oral evidence sessionsLatest 18 December 2018
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Recent activity

Reports

1 report

Oral evidence sessions

6 sessions

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Date Session and witnesses Source
18 Dec 2018
Oral evidence session
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13 Nov 2018
Oral evidence session
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10 Oct 2018
Oral evidence session
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5 Sep 2018
Oral evidence session
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25 Jun 2018
Oral evidence session
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12 Jun 2018
Oral evidence session
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Correspondence

2 letters

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PublishedDirectionLetter
2 Jul 2019 To committee Letter from the Minister for Energy and Clean Growth, BEIS, to the Chair of the Scottish Affairs Committee (SAC), regarding Government's response to the SAC report on the future of the oil and gas industry, 24-06-2019
3 Jul 2018 From committee Letter to the Chair from Deirdre Michie on the oil and gas sector deal, 21 June 2018