Shell defends North Sea business as Shetland field plan angers campaigners
PREMIUM Shell operates a range of assets in the North Sea including the Shearwater Platform east of Aberdeen Picture: Shell ROYAL Dutch Shell boss Ben van Beurden has mounted a vigorous defence of the production of oil and gas in the North Sea insisting calls to ban it on environmental grounds are misguided. Speaking after the Anglo-Dutch giant posted a dramatic increase in profits, Mr van Beurden said: “As long as the UK still needs oil and gas in its consumption for its society … it’s better to produce it in its own back yard for the climate, for the balance of payments.