T

The Minister of State, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (Lord Whitehead) (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 21 May 2026

Debate

Offshore Oil and Gas: Venting and Flaring

Contribution

UK oil and gas has one of the lowest upstream methane emission intensities globally. Industry and the Government have committed to the World Bank’s zero routine flaring by 2030 initiative and have gone beyond it with venting. The UK industry achieved the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative’s 2025 target for 0.2% methane intensity five years early, reaching 0.18% intensity by 2020. The NSTA projects that this will have decreased to 0.12% in the 2024 results, due to be published in autumn 2026.

More from The Minister of State, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (Lord Whitehead) (Lab)

Other recent Hansard contributions by the same speaker.

About Hansard

Hansard is the official verbatim record of proceedings in the UK Parliament. Every word spoken in the Commons and Lords is recorded and published — this page is a single contribution from that record.

Partner sites