Stock Photo: Under Repair Oil Rig, On The Moray Firth,Near Ivergordon, Ross-Shire, Scotland, Uk.
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Under Repair Oil Rig, on the Moray Firth,near Ivergordon, Ross-shire, Scotland, UK.The UK offshore oil industry is mainly located off the east coast of Scotland and England. However, there are also oil rigs and platforms in the Irish Sea and to the west of the Shetland Islands. Many companies operate across the globe, making it possible for skilled offshore workers to find employment overseas. The majority of the largest oil fields in the UK sector of the North Sea were found in the waters to the north and east of the Scottish mainland, with the more northerly fields found to the east of the Orkney and Shetland Islands. An energy independent Britain. The UK used to be fairly self-sufficient in energy, in oil, gas and coal. But that's changed recently as the North Sea reaches depletion (of oil and gas). We're also exposed to the global energy markets and commodity speculators. Academics warn oil and gas reserves in Scotland and the UK could only last a decade. Oil and gas reserves in Scotland and the UK may last only a decade, according to academics. A new study of output from offshore fields estimates that only about 10% of the UK's original recoverable oil and gas remains. At that point, there were 184 offshore rigs in the North Sea. The North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico (United States) are home to many offshore rigs, totalling 184 rigs and 175 rigs, respectively as of January 2018. Offshore oil rigs enable producers to extract and process
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