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Following an initial evidence session in Parliament on the role of the UK’s refinery industry in the energy transition, the Energy and Net Zero Secturity Committee launched a new inquiry and call for evidence on the future of UK oil and gas in late 2025.

• How should the UK manage a declining domestic market in gas, including how the gas infrastructure can be partially, or completely, decommissioned without putting the burden on a shrinking number of consumers?

• Detailing the nature and scale of the ‘stranding’ crisis facing the gas network and its domestic customers
• Explaining why Ofgem’s proposed solutions to the crisis are helpful, but insufficient
• Identifying key options open to the government for dealing with the crisis

Read the response in full.