TotalEnergies to cut UK investment by 25% after windfall tax

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TotalEnergies will cut its investment in British North Sea oil and gas projects by a quarter next year after the UK government hiked a windfall tax on the sector, the French firm's British exploration and production chief said on Wednesday.

plans after the windfall tax was raised to 35% from 25% this month to help plug Britain's fiscal hole.overall tax rate to 75%"For 2023 alone, our investments will be cut by 25%," Jean Luc Guiziou said in a statement, first reported by Energy Voice.

TotalEnergies, the British North Sea's second-biggest oil and gas producer according to Woodmac data, had originally planned to spend 400 million pounds in the British North Sea next year, a spokesperson said.Guiziou said in its current form without a mechanism to reflect any falls in oil and gas prices, the windfall tax will particularly affect short-term investments such as infill wells near existing production.

 

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Shock horror. Next you will be saying we could face energy outages.

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