Why a North Sea oilfield is emerging as British PM Burnham’s big test
- In 2020, Andrea Sanchez Quiroz moved from Edinburgh to her husband’s native Shetland, an archipelago in the North Sea between Scotland and Norway.
- About 130km (81 miles) from her house lies the United Kingdom’s largest unexploited oil and gas field, known as Rosebank.
- With Andy Burnham taking office as Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade, speculation has swirled over whether he might support new North Sea drilling.
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- In 2020, Andrea Sanchez Quiroz moved from Edinburgh to her husband’s native Shetland, an archipelago in the North Sea between Scotland and Norway.
- About 130km (81 miles) from her house lies the United Kingdom’s largest unexploited oil and gas field, known as Rosebank.
- With Andy Burnham taking office as Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade, speculation has swirled over whether he might support new North Sea drilling.
Sources: Al Jazeera