A view of the Johan Sverdrup oil field in the North Sea, January 7, 2020. Carina Johansen/NTB Scanpix/via REUTERS
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LONDON, June 23 (Reuters) – The British government is continuing to “work out the details” of a special tax on North Sea oil and gas producers announced last month, the energy minister said on Thursday. Kwasi Kwarteng at a conference.
Finance Minister Rishi Sunak is due to meet leaders in the oil and gas sector on Thursday to discuss the tax, which Harbour, the country’s largest oil and gas producer, says will hurt investment. Read more
A public consultation on the bill runs until June 28, according to a government website.
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Reporting by Shadia Nasralla; edited by John Stonestreet
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