Tag: Matthew Hancock

• Friday, March 15th 2019 - 05:13 UTC

  Parliament votes to ask EU for a delay to Brexit; MPs rejected a second referendum

  

  MPs voted on Thursday by 413 to 202 - a majority of 211 - for Prime Minister Theresa May to ask the EU for a delay to Brexit. This means the UK may not now leave on 29 March as previously planned. Mrs. May says Brexit could be delayed by three months, to 30 June, if MPs back her deal in a vote next week.

• Saturday, October 25th 2014 - 12:50 UTC

  BP and GDF Suez announce discovery of new field in UK Central North Sea

  

  Oil firms BP and GDF Suez have announced the discovery of a new field in the UK Central North Sea. The find, which spans adjacent blocks operated separately by the two companies, has been flow-tested at a maximum rate of 5,350 barrels per day.

• Wednesday, July 30th 2014 - 01:34 UTC

  UK to encourage extraction of natural gas and oil from shale rock to help with declining production

  

  The British government plans to make more land available for licensing for oil and natural gas exploration in the first such expansion since 2008. The move, which had been anticipated by the oil and gas industry, could prove to be a milestone in efforts by the government of Prime Minister David Cameron to encourage the extraction of natural gas and oil from shale rock.