Michael Shanks

He went to go see Maritime Developments Limited.

He went to go see ETZ's new ship, incubator and then at last with a fanfare he uh met with dan mcgrail at gb energy who's their chief executive and of course michael shanks the energy secretary was there so um now uh i didn't get a chance to actually meet the king but i know a lot of people who did you know maybe next time pretty sure charles

was i did i did hear a rumor that charles was kicking himself about that actually i

know right

Now, that's quite an interesting transition from the 1,000 direct jobs to 1,500 indirect jobs from their employment, from their investment.

But still, obviously, jobs are jobs, and that is very good.

You were also speaking with Michael Shanks, who was in Aberdeen for the launch as well, UK Energy Minister.

And he was talking about Rosebank and Jackdaw, which ties back to the task force point you were making at the top of the segment.

Well, there's a clear read-across, but what is crucial is how you respond to those challenges.

And so I've been in with Michael Shanks, the oil and gas minister, and made it very clear, you know, we think there are 50,000 jobs at risk in the oil and gas supply chain.

We want to work with the government to give those workers assurances for the future.

You mentioned your plans for a tax.

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I was just saying, going to observe that as I'm sitting here, one of my colleagues is going to be doorstepping, Michael Shanks, who's doing a presentation here in Stavanger.

But he's not talking about Rosebank and Jackdaw.

He's talking about SMRs.

So these are small modular reactors, aren't they? So these are nuclear power plants that are physically smaller.

They're kind of built in sections.

Just talk to us a little bit about how Michael Shanks is attempting to, I suppose, sell the idea of SMRs.

Yeah, well, I mean, they of course, the UK Labour government is pioneering, you know, what it called a new age of nuclear.