EXPERTS warned the government today that fresh oil and gas drilling would send a “shock wave around the world” amid pressure to grant new licences.The call comes as the ministers consider whether to grant licences to exploit the massive Jackdaw and Rosebank oil and gas fields and ahead of a crucial global climate summit in Colombia.The Labour government has come under pressure from both the industry and Unite to allow new drilling to protect jobs, but ahead of the summit, they are facing calls to consider the wider signal new licences could send.

EXPERTS warned the government today that fresh oil and gas drilling would send a “shock wave around the world” amid pressure to grant new licences.

The call comes as the ministers consider whether to grant licences to exploit the massive Jackdaw and Rosebank oil and gas fields and ahead of a crucial global climate summit in Colombia.

The Labour government has come under pressure from both the industry and Unite to allow new drilling to protect jobs, but ahead of the summit, they are facing calls to consider the wider signal new licences could send.

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