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https://drillingcontractor.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/UK-offshore-web.jpg620330By Stephen Whitfield, Senior Editor Heading deeper into the latter half of the 2020s, the offshore oil and gas industry in the UK is at an inflection point. The country will continue to need significant volumes of oil and gas for decades. According to Offshore Energy UK’s (OEUK) Business Outlook Report 2026, oil and gas …