Onshore conventional oil and gas - call for evidence: analysis of responses

Annex 2: Catalogue of evidence

Eight respondents (all organisations) provided references to published material as part of their response to the call for evidence. This annex provides a list of the reports, articles, and other resources drawn on or cited by respondents. These are listed below under the headings: (i) climate change, (ii) energy security, (iii) economic impact, and (iv) just transition. It should be noted that, in some cases, respondents included information and statistics in their responses without providing details about the source of the information.

Climate change

• Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance Redefining Climate Leadership.
• Calverley D and Anderson K (2022) Phaseout Pathways for Fossil Fuel Production Within Paris-compliant Carbon Budgets. University of Manchester.
• Climate Change Committee (2020) Letter from Lord Deben, Climate Change Committee, to Roseanna Cunningham MSP. 9 December 2020.
• Dunne D (2022) Fact check: Can new UK oil and gas licences ever be 'climate compatible'? Carbon Brief. 24 February 2022.
• Cran-McGreehin S (2022) Insulation and gas prices, Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit. 16 June 2022.
• Gluyas J, Adams C and Busby J et al. (2018) Keeping warm: a review of deep geothermal potential of the UK. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 232(1), pp. 115–126.
• The Guardian (2021) No new oil, gas or coal development if world is to reach net zero by 2050, says world energy body. 18 May 2021.
• HotScot network HotScot Blog
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2022) Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2022) Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change.
• International Energy Agency (2021) (May 2021, revised October 2021) Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector.
• Rosenow J (2022) Analysis: Running costs of heat pumps versus gas boilers. Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP). February 2022.
• Scottish Government (undated) Renewable and low carbon energy – Geothermal energy.
• Scottish Government (2019) Unconventional oil and gas: Ministerial statement. October 2019.
• Scottish Government (2021) A Fairer, Greener Scotland: Programme for Government 2021–22.
• Scottish Government (2021) [news item] Unlimited recovery of hydrocarbons not sustainable.
• Scottish Government (2021) [speech] COP26 – Scotland's priorities: First Minister's speech – 25 October 2021.
• SEI, IISD, ODI, E3G and UNEP (2021) The Production Gap. 2021 Report.
• United Nations (2021) [press release] Secretary-General calls latest IPCC climate report 'Code Red for Humanity', stressing 'irrefutable' evidence of human influence. 9 August 2021.
• United Nations Environment Programme (2022) Stockholm 50+. Key recommendations for accelerating action towards a healthy planet for the prosperity of all. June 2022.
• US Energy Information Administration (2021) Russia – Analysis – Energy Sector Highlights. Updated 13 December 2021.
• Walker A and Abesser C (2022) Research briefing: Geothermal energy. UK Parliament.
• Welsby D, Price J, Pye S and Ekins P (2021) Unextractable fossil fuels in a 1.5°C world. Nature, 597, pp: 230–234.
• Westaway R (2016) Repurposing of disused shale gas wells for subsurface heat storage: preliminary analysis concerning UK issues. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 49, pp. 213–227.

Energy security

• BP (2022) BP Statistical Review of World Energy.
• Brown FJ, Astin TR and Marshall JEA (2018) The Paleozoic petroleum system in the north of Scotland – outcrop analogues. Geological Society of London, Special Publications, 471, pp. 253–280.
• Dean G (2018) The Scottish oil-shale industry from the viewpoint of the modern-day shale-gas industry. Geological Society of London, Special Publications, 465(1), pp. 53–69.
• Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (2022) Digest of UK Energy Statistics Annual data for UK, 2021 (DUKES).
• Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (2022) British Energy Security Strategy. Updated 7 April 2022.
• Fyfe LC, Schofield N, Holford SP, Heafford A and Raine R (2020). Geology and petroleum prospectivity of the Larne and Portpatrick basins, North Channel, offshore SW Scotland and Northern Ireland. Petroleum Geoscience, 26(2), pp. 272–302.
• Fyfe LC, Schofield N, Holford S, Hartley A, Heafford A, Muirhead D and Howell J. (2021) Geology and petroleum prospectivity of the Sea of Hebrides Basin and Minch Basin, offshore NW Scotland. Petroleum Geoscience, 27(4).
• Hallett D, Durant GP and Farrow GE (1985) Oil exploration and production in Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 21(4), pp. 547–570.
• Huxley J (1983) Britain's Onshore Oil Industry. MacMillan Publishers Ltd.
• International Energy Agency (2022) A 10-Point Plan to Reduce the European Union's Reliance on Russian Natural Gas.
• Monaghan AA (2014) The Carboniferous Shales of the Midland Valley of Scotland: Geology and Resource Estimation. British Geological Survey for Department of Energy and Climate Change. London.
• North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) Open Data – Field Production (PPRS) to April 2022.
• Pye M and Brown S (2002) Hydrocarbons. In Trewin NH (ed) The Geology of Scotland, 4th Edition. Geological Society, London.
• Scottish Government (2014) The potential in Scotland. Expert Scientific Panel on Unconventional Oil and Gas Report.
• Underhill JR, Monaghan A and Browne M (2008) Controls on structural styles, basin development and petroleum prospectivity in the Midland Valley of Scotland. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 25, pp. 1000–1022.
• Watson SM, Falcone G and Westaway R (2020) Repurposing hydrocarbon wells for geothermal use in the UK: The onshore fields with the greatest potential. Energies, 13(14), pp. 3541.

Economic impact

• Brown S (2021) Fossil gas costs drive UK electricity price increases. Ember. 21 September 2021.
• Cran-McGreehin S (2022) Out with the old – gas crisis blows up conventional wisdom about household bills, Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit. 11 January 2022.
• Evans S (2022) Analysis: Cutting the 'green crap' has added £2.5bn to UK energy bills, Carbon Brief. 20 January 2022.
• iGas (2016) Lybster public information day. Presentation by iGas Energy plc at Lybster Village Hall. 8 June 2016.

Just Transition

• Friends of the Earth Scotland, Platform, Greenpeace (2020) Offshore. Oil and Gas Workers' Views on Industry Conditions and the Energy Transition.