[23] Following this, on 31 March 2022, Greg Hands, Minister for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change, said in a written statement to the House of Commons that "[t]he new name better represents the breadth of work it now undertakes and its pivotal role in supporting the UK upstream oil and gas industry to achieve net zero emissions.
[25] From 2015 until December 2022, Andy Samuel was chief executive,[26] being replaced by Stuart Payne in January 2023, and since 2019 Tim Eggar has been chairman of the board.
[27] In September 2021 Greenpeace reported that eight of OGA's 13 board members and senior managers had previously worked in the industry, and three held sizeable shareholdings in oil firms.
[28] Oil and Gas Authority has one ordinary share, which from 2016 until 2023 was owned by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
[7] Its owner remained unchanged, with each subsequent confirmation statement showing no shareholder changes,[29] until 3 May 2023 when it was transferred to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero by order in council upon the incorporation of that office.