Largely procedural. The Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) has published updated guidance on how the global environmental impacts of proposed oil and gas projects in licenced fields should be assessed following the Finch ruling. As expected, the outcome is largely administrative, and amounts to the inclusion of an assessment of scope 3 emissions within an environmental statement, submitted as part of a field development plan. The conclusion of the consultation paves the way for th ....