10 to 15 years from the initial discovery to the first commercial production. "Tie-back" projects can be started in 2 to 5 years.
If the field is small or technically difficult, the average is >15 years.
It's not a quick fix.
The idea we might build refineries is pie on the sky.
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If you issued new licenses for oil and gas in the North Sea how many years would it be before any oil or gas was produced? #bbcpm

Better Connected: tap-and-go travel across trains, trams and buses announced in government's new transport strategy

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Reform UK candidate expresses admiration for Oswald Mosley and wants to keep migrants in slave labour These are the kinds of people Reform is putting up for election.

Hope not Hate exposed his views after uncovering comments he has left on Youtube videos from his ‘Fluffy McSpankins’ account.

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Fearna Storage | Renewable energy storage for future generations The Fearna Storage project is a proposed pumped storage hydro scheme with an installed capacity of up to 2,000 MW making it one of the largest PSH projects.

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Highland councillors raise an objection to major hydro project The project would repurpose a scheme that has been operational on Loch Quoich since 1955.

Fearna PSH Ltd proposes repurposing a 1950s-built hydro scheme as a pumped storage hydro (PSH) facility.

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Government to go "further and faster" in becoming energy secure The Energy Secretary outlines measures to protect consumers and make Britain energy secure.

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Apparently the only debate over energy supplies is more drilling in the North Sea.

Not
- plug-in solar
- bringing forward the next annual renewables auction to July
- applying the results of the Fingleton Review into speeding up the building of nuclear power stations also to renewables

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Discover exhibition opens tomorrow: Colchester reveals Juliasaurus following national TV feature Alongside the dinosaur skeleton, the exhibition presents an array of “discovered” objects from Colchester’s past

Juliasaurus

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A toy has been thrown out of the cot. #bbcpm

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Selective safe passage seems unsustainable as a strategy though. The whole idea for Iran is to create global shortages.
Offer too many safe passage and the volume squeeze is no longer significant enough. #bbcpm

The Opening of Trump’s Box - The American Prospect Iran has put a tollgate across the Strait of Hormuz. This fundamentally changes the global economy.

"This war has been an elaborate, destructive way to teach Iran a lesson, and unfortunately for the U.S., Israel, and the world, that lesson has been: Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz."

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Yes we got ours too. Likewise, so far we have only managed to decide who we won’t be lending our support to. #bbcpm

They did see this one coming. And the president in 1941 wasn't stupid enough to pretend it didn't mean anything.

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Is this a bit like 'Pearl Harbor'? #bbcpm

When will these people realise that killing the ost sesnior people doesn't lead to the collapse of the régime. #bbcpm

Should we arm the Clangers to fend off a future US invasion? #bbcpm

Iran claims strike on US Fifth Fleet commanders in Bahrain | News.az In a statement released on Monday, the IRGC’s public relations department said its naval forces had destroyed four gathering sites and facilitie...

Trump, last night: We don't need the Strait of Hormuz.
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Bahrain is the home of the US Fifth Fleet. And CentComm itself in fact.
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So Trump is crying because Mrs Macron is treating him badly. Ere Donald, give your head a wobble and have a thought for over 100 children your military murdered on day one of your illegal war on Iran. #bbcpm

UK Foreign Sec needs to read the public room before making statements. The Iranians are not the aggressors in this war, they're just using the best defence they know.

FFS. Let's grow a spine like the Spanish.

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Our poll cards arrived yesterday, which prompted a discussion about who deserves our votes. Labour weren't mentioned.

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I'm struggling to figure out why Iran would be attacking British interests in the Middle East. Help me out Mr Davis? #bbcpm

Reckless Iran says Yvette Cooper. Is it not reckless to take Britain into an illegal war by allowing the US to use British bases to bomb Iran. #bbcpm