# UK Weighs Scrapping Its Largest Untapped Oilfield With Oil Over $100

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- Published: 2026-10-27T00:00:00+00:00
- Category: Markets
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Britain is deciding whether to drill its largest untapped oilfield in the middle of an oil shock, with Brent above 100 and more than 70% of its oil already coming from abroad. Rosebank, west of Shetland, is an £8.7 billion (~11.6 billion) development that its operator says would pump about 69,000 barrels a day at peak, roughly a tenth of the country’s expected oil output. The production vessel has

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