UK hopes to put overlooked East Irish Sea back on map

Oil & Gas Authority working with players holding exploration licences to unlock untapped potential of region that once supplied 20% of UK gas demand

Resources: UK Oil & Gas Authority area manager for the southern North Sea and East Irish Sea Eric Marston (left) and (right) a cockle-picker and fisherman in Flookburgh, Morecambe Bay
Resources: UK Oil & Gas Authority area manager for the southern North Sea and East Irish Sea Eric Marston (left) and (right) a cockle-picker and fisherman in Flookburgh, Morecambe BayPhotos: EEEGR/REUTERS/SCANPIX
Published 16 October 2019, 17:09Updated 18 October 2019, 07:43