Support

Representation ID: 279

Received: 10/10/2019

Respondent: IGas Energy

IGas supports the strategic policies for the plan; they will establish the vision and objectives for development, including minerals, to 2036. IGas supports the intentions of paragraph 3.6 for minerals developments to minimise the impacts on climate change and transition to a low carbon economy. IGas is of the view that onshore oil and gas development is compatible with this vision, specifically through the development of an adequate supply of domestic minerals under a regulatory environment superior to that of countries from which the UK imports its minerals. It is also important that the plan recognises the need to combat climate change. A domestic oil and gas supply offers significant carbon savings over fuels, which otherwise would be imported from overseas, possibly without regulatory regimes as strong as those in the UK, generating much needed local jobs in fields such as engineering and contributing to the transition towards a low carbon economy.