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๐ฌ๐ง Energy security starts at home.
Right now Britain is becoming more dependent on foreign oil every year.
Here are the facts most people arenโt told:
โข The UK used around 61 million tonnes of oil in 2024
โข We only produced around 31 million tonnes ourselves
That means over half of the oil we rely on now comes from overseas.
So where does it come from?
Countries including the United States, Norway and the Middle East.
Meanwhile, the UK still has billions of barrels of oil equivalent remaining in the North Sea, particularly in:
โ The Central North Sea
โ The Northern North Sea
โ West of Shetland
Estimates suggest Britain still has around 2.9 billion barrels of proven reserves and potentially billions more yet to be developed or discovered.
Thatโs over 100 billion gallons of energy still in British waters.
Yet instead of producing our own energy, we are increasingly importing it from other countries.
And hereโs the uncomfortable truth:
If Britain doesnโt drill itโฆ
we still use it.
We just buy it from somewhere else.
Energy security isnโt just about climate policy.
Itโs about national resilience, jobs, tax revenue and strategic independence.
Britain will still need oil for decades, for transport, manufacturing, aviation, plastics and industry.
The real question is simple:
Do we produce it ourselvesโฆ
or rely on the rest of the world?
๐ฌ๐ง Drill Baby Drill.
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