UK risks being 'uninvestable' if new oil and gas fields not approved, warns Equinor

Rising energy prices have prompted renewed debate over the UK's energy security, with UK production forecast to halve by 2035.

The UK already relies on Norway for half of its gas needs, and the Norwegian government has continued to issue new licences for oil and gas exploration in its own North Sea waters.

Equinor has predicted production will remain at current levels until the middle of the next decade.

Opedal said he remained confident that Prime Minister Andy Burnham's talk…