@ChrisMayLA6 It's also worth noting that the North Sea fields are 90% depleted. The gold rush was back in the 1970s and first half of the 1980s. Our best use for them today is probably compressed air storage using solar/wind to pressurize them (and release through turbines during low renewable times), or for CO2 disposal.
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