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Jackdaw gas project owner says emissions will be under 0.02% globally

The updated Environmental Impact Assessment was required after the regulator found gaps in an earlier submission and after a judge ordered new climate analysis.

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Adura, the owner of Scotland's controversial Jackdaw gas field, says emissions from the project would not materially influence global warming, according to an updated Environmental Impact Assessment provided ahead of new approvals.

The assessment estimates the field would account for less than 0.02% of annual global greenhouse gases during its lifetime, and it was required after the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning, Opred, said parts of an earlier submission were not adequately addressed.

Adura also faced a new legal and regulatory path for the project, with campaigners challenging ministerial consent and a judge ruling the original approval unlawful, requiring fresh approval before production could begin. The updated submission says displacing imported US liquified natural gas could save the equivalent of four million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, while it also projects that imported gas substitution could bring around 20% more emissions from imports than gas produced domestically, citing differences in liquefaction, transport, and regasification.

BBC Business reports that Adura is a joint venture between Shell and Equinor, and the earlier revised EIA submitted in November estimated Jackdaw could produce up to 35.8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions or equivalent over its lifetime, roughly matching about 90% of Scotland's total emissions.

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