Halt on Oil and Gas Licenses Will ‘Starve UK of Energy’: Industry Chief

The Total Culzean platform is pictured on the North Sea, about 45 miles (70 kilometres) east of the Aberdeen, Scotland's northeast coast, on April 8, 2019. Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Labour’s plans to halt oil and gas development will starve the UK of energy and increase its dependence on imports, a leading oil and gas producer has warned.

Gilad Myerson, executive chairman of oil and gas operator Ithaca Energy, told the BBC, “It’s impossible to just turn off a switch and imagine we can live in a world without hydrocarbons.”