바카라 사이트 consults on new allowance to support investment in ultra high pressure, high temperature oil and gas fields
Consultation open until end of September 2014.
Today (23 July 2014) the government has published a consultation on a new cluster area allowance to encourage investment in ultra high pressure, high temperature oil and gas fields.
There is still a considerable amount of oil and gas to recover in the North Sea 바카라 사이트“ up to 21 billion barrels of oil equivalent. However, exploration and production is becoming harder and more expensive.
The new allowance builds on Sir Ian Wood바카라 사이트™s recommendations for maximising economic production of oil and gas. It has been designed not only to support investment in technically challenging development projects, but also to encourage exploration in the surrounding areas.
The allowance will reduce the tax on a portion of a company바카라 사이트™s profits from 62% to 30% at current rates.
The government is committed to maximising the benefits that the UK바카라 사이트™s oil and gas resources can bring to the economy 바카라 사이트“ not just through tax, but through jobs, skills and exports. The UK offers the strongest basis to maximise these benefits because of the size and diversity of its economy. It provides the stability and predictability needed for companies to invest and is able to adopt a long-term approach to the sector because of its broad shoulders.
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said,
This is another example of how we are backing investment that creates jobs across the UK. The UK바카라 사이트™s oil and gas industry is one of the country바카라 사이트™s greatest industrial success stories, and this allowance will help ensure we continue to maximise the benefits from the sector for decades to come.
The government welcomes responses from industry, and will announce the final policy design in the autumn.
The allowance builds on the success of the government바카라 사이트™s previous allowances, which directly incentivised around £7bn of investment in the North Sea last year, according to industry estimates. This investment supported over 100,000 jobs across the UK.