THE North Sea’s gas supplies are depleting so rapidly that Britain will soon rely completely on imports, new research has warned.

Analysis of North Sea data by the End Fuel Poverty Coalition shows that by 2027, domestic gas production will fall short of what’s needed to heat our homes.

It calculated that in two years, more than two-thirds of Britain’s gas needs will be completely dependent on imports.

Even if new fields are approved, Britain will still be 94 per cent reliant on imports by 2050, the analysis found.

According to official statistics, only 14 per cent of the gas originally estimated to be in the North Sea basin remains commercially viable.

The data indicates that even if Britain only supplied national needs, at the current levels of demand, existing fields would hold just three years of gas, while new fields would add less than half a year.

Despite this, Reform’s Nigel Farage called for Britain to be “self-sufficient” in gas during a rally in Durham earlier this year.

US President Donald Trump also claimed on his social media platform Truth Social that there’s a “century of drilling” left in the North Sea.

Uplift executive director Tessa Khan said: “Politicians are deliberately and dangerously misleading the public into thinking this country has a secure energy supply in the North Sea, when it is clear we do not.

“The hard truth is that, after 60 years of drilling, the UK has burned most of its gas and no amount of new drilling will change that.

“Our reliance on foreign gas is going to increase unless and until we shift to renewable energy, like wind, which we’re lucky to have in abundance.”