A new analysis of environmental monitoring in the North Sea oil and gas industry published by Offshore Energies UK gives welcome evidence of performance outstripping official targets. There has been a 34% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions between 2018 and 2024, comfortably exceeding a 25% emissions reduction target outlined in the North Sea Transition Deal (NSTD) for 2027. Official industry targets require a 10% total emissions reduction by 2025, 25% by 2027, and 50% by 2030, relative to the 2018 baseline. This should be seen in the context of oil and gas production creating only 3.3% of total UK greenhouse gas emissions. It is better from all points of view – financial, environmental and social that energy comes from our own homegrown North Sea supplies.'