§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he will tabulate for the last 10 years (a) United Kingdom oil consumption, (b) United Kingdom oil discoveries and (c) a cumultative estimate of United Kingdom remaining oil reserves net of depletion and for each year, consumption as in (a) minus discoveries as
Oil consumption (million tonnes) Remaining reserves net of depletion (million tonnes) Exports of UKCS crude to EEC (million tonnes) Wells drilled and completed (numbers) 1970 … … … 103.9 2,506—4,506 — 63 1971 … … … 104.7 2,506—4,506 — 75 1972 … … … 111.3 2,506—4,506 — 76 1973 … … … 113.7 2,506—4,506 — 98 1974 … … … 106.3 2,506—4,506 — 131 1975 … … … 93.2 2,504—4,504 — 149 1976 … … … 92.6 2,492—4,492 1.5 142 1977 … … … 92.9 2,454—4,454 9.1 198 1978 … … … 94.0 2,400—4,400 11.9 169 1979 … … … 94.5 2,322—4,322 22.4 152