The UK government has acknowledged that oil extracted from the Rosebank field, previously touted for domestic energy security, will be sold on the international market

Chris Skidmore has called for the suspension of the Rosebank oilfield in the North Sea, warning that it could harm the country’s net zero efforts and climate credibility

The Rosebank oil and gas field is located 130 kilometres off the coast of the Shetland Islands

It is estimated to hold 300m barrels of potential recoverable volumes of oil and gas