Read our Privacy noticePrime Minister Andy Burnham has told Donald Trump that he would “open up the North Sea” for oil drilling, the US president has said. open image in gallery Mr Burnham said, according to Mr Trump, that he would allow new drilling for oil ( Getty/AP )There had been reports then that the new prime minister would back new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. He said he’s going to open up North Sea oil. It sells its oil from the North Sea, and Scotland has a better part of the North Sea,” Mr Trump said. How much longer North Sea oil reserves would last is disputed.