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Britain Is Said to Approve New Gas Drilling in the North Sea

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Jackdaw, a natural gas field off the coast of Scotland, would be the first new gas extraction project in the North Sea since a government moratorium in 2024.

Latest closeNat gas $3.136 ▼2.1%

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