UK oil and gas refineries have fuelled economic growth and
development at home and abroad. But the huge challenges of energy
security, affordability and sustainability mean the UK has set
ambitious targets to reduce its dependence on oil and gas.
In a one-off evidence session on Wednesday 29 October the
Committee will investigate how energy companies are approaching
these challenges and how the UK can ensure that the transition to
renewable energy is planned so that those in oil and gas have
good opportunities in nuclear and renewables.
In the first panel the Committee will question ExxonMobil and
Ørsted UK, energy companies at different stages of the energy
transition, and Fuels Industry UK, the trade association for
companies involved in refining, renewable fuel production,
terminal operations and filling stations. This will focus on the
future of oil and gas in the UK: the commercial and economic
considerations in the continued production of fossil fuels,
transition fuels and the move to renewables.
The second panel will focus the future of the North Sea and how
the UK workforce can be supported and upskilled for the new,
renewable energy economy, with the Committee questioning
witnesses including the North Sea Transition Authority and Unite
on the role of the North Sea in the UK's future energy mix and
the transition of the sector.
On Wednesday 29 October at
3pm:
- Elizabeth de Jong, CEO at Fuels Industry UK
- Benj Sykes, Head of Ørsted UK at Ørsted UK
At approximately 4:00pm:
- Stuart Payne, Chief Executive at North Sea Transition
Authority
- Katy Heidenreich, Supply Chain & People Director at
Offshore Energies UK
- Harriet Eisner, Regional Co-Ordinating Officer at
Unite.
