McCulloch said: “If I were the secretary of state for energy security and net zero, I’d be looking closely at where’s my next source of energy security, and you’re standing on it.<\/p>\n
“The wells are drilled, they’re hooked up. We’re just readying the systems. It will be ready for the 1st of October.<\/p>\n
“Jackdaw will play a vital part of this winter’s gas supply,” he added, providing energy security, employment and taxation to the UK.<\/p>\n
Environmentalists say Jackdaw will only produce 2% of the country’s annual gas demand during the lifetime of the field.<\/p>\n
“It would be a huge betrayal of the British public for the UK government to approve new oil and gas fields at a time when ordinary people are suffering so much as a result of these record-breaking heatwaves,” said Tessa Khan, executive director of the campaign group, Uplift.<\/p>\n
In response McCulloch said: “So we all watch the same news, and we see that. <\/p>\n
“But what we’re saying is that Jackdaw should not take that on its shoulders, or it should take a very small portion of that. <\/p>\n
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