When the UK’s government slapped a 25% windfall tax on oil and gas producers in 2022, the industry warned this could be the death knell for local oil and gas production. Four years later, the UK’s oil and gas industry is being described as “irrelevant”. The UK’s oil and gas production has slumped from some 4.4 million barrels of oil equivalent daily 25 years ago to some 1 million barrels of oil equivalent daily to date. This is seen dropping to as little as 150,000 barrels by 2050. In fact, it may drop even more sharply…