The companies will be allowed to continue work developing the fields but not extract oil and gas while the North Sea Transition Authority considers their renewed applications for licenses.

Shell has begun drilling for oil and gas at a North Sea site days after a Scottish court blocked a major project following legal action by green campaigners. The energy giant announced yesterday ...

A court ruling requires the British government to consider the potential climate impact of the oil and gas produced in the North Sea. By Stanley ... courts in Britain to block or hamper activities ...