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Miliband’s North Sea raid puts £20bn bill hurtling taxpayers’ way
Since Shell tried to scuttle an oil storage buoy off the west coast of Scotland in 1995, energy companies have had to dispose of offshore installations on dry land when they’re decommissioned. Shell’s plan to sink the redundant Brent Spar caused outrage on …