§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the peak production level expected from oil production platforms presently under construction for placement in the Scottish sector of the North Sea Continental Shelf; and what is the corresponding estimate for platforms for which definite orders have been placed, although with no construction yet started, giving in each instance the operator, contractor, yard location, type of platform, delivery date and oilfield for which it is intended.
§ Mr. John SmithThe information on platform and peak production rates from the oilfields in waters off the coast of Scotland and in the United Kingdom sector of the Continental Shelf is given in the table below. Where a field will be served by more than one platform it will usually be the case that the platforms will have comparable peak production rates.
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Field Operator Platform contractor Site Platform type Scheduled platform delivery date Operator's estimated field peak production* (million tons p.a.) PLATFORMS ORDERED AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION Piper … Occidental … McDermott … Ardersier … Steel … … … 1975 10.6 Union Industrielle et d'Enterprise … Le Havre … Brent … Shell/Esso … A. Redpath, Dorman, Long … Methil … Steel … … … 1975 22.0 B. Hoyer Ellefson/Aker/Selmer … Stavanger, Norway … Concrete … … … 1975 C. McAlpine … Ardyne Point … Concrete … … … 1975 Forties … BP … III. Highland Fabricators … Nigg Bay … Steel … … … 1975 20.0† IV. Laing Offshore … Teesside … Steel … … … 1975 Beryl … Mobil … Hoyer Ellefson/Aker/Selmer … Stavanger … Concrete … … … 1975 6.0 Montrose … Amoco … Union Industrielle et d'Enterprise … Le Havre … Steel … … … 1975 2.3 Dunlin … Shell/Esso … Andoc … Rotterdam … Concrete … … … 1976 6.0 Thistle … Signal … Laing Offshore … Teesside … Steel … … … 1976 Figures not released Claymore … Occidental … Union Industrielle et d'Enterprise … Le Havre … Steel … … … 1976 Figures not released Argyll … Hamilton … Conversion by Wilson Walton … Teesside … Converted Drilling Rig … Late 1974; early 1975 Initial rate of 1.6 PLATFORMS ORDERED: CONSTRUCTION NOT YET STARTED Cormorant … Shell/Esso … McAlpine … Ardyne Point … Concrete … … … 1976 Figures not released Heather … Unocal … McDermott … Ardersier … Steel … … … 1977 Figures not released Ninian … Burmah … Howard/Doris … Loch Kishorn … Concrete … … … 1977 20.0 Brent … Shell/Esso … D. Hoyer Ellefson/Aker/Selmer … Stavanger, Norway … Concrete … … … 1976 See above * Published in the Report to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Energy in May 1974. † 2 platforms already on location.