§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the estimated additional cost resulting from the Greater London Council's decision to speed up construction of the Thames flood barrier ; and what representations he has received about the safety of the revised construction programme.
§ Mr. StrangThe Greater London Council's estimates suggested that a shorter construction programme would not involve a net increase in costs. No representations have been made to my right hon. Friend the Minister about the safety of a revised programme.
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§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the latest estimated construction cost of (a) the Thames flood barrier and (b) the associated flood defences as compared with the original estimates.
§ Mr. StrangThe estimated costs at June 1978 prices and the original estimates given in December 1973 are as follows.
December 1973 (a) Thames barrier £88 million (b) Associated flood defences £143 million June 1978 (a) Thames barrier £284 million (b) Associated flood defences £237 million
Rig Name Flag Derivation Owner/Operator Oil companies to which they were contracted Aladdin … Norway … Waage Drilling Amoco, Hamilton Atlantic I … United Kingdom … Atlantic Drilling Co. Elf, Pan Ocean, Phillips Atlantic II … United Kingdom … Atlantic Drilling Co. BP Borgny Dolphin … Norway … Fred Olsen Co. Monsanto Chris Chenery … United States … Offshore Co. Amoco, Conoco Deep Sea Saga … Norway … K/S Deep Sea Saga Amoco, BP, Burmah Drill Master … Norway … A/S Norse Drill Esso, Texaco Dundee Kingsnorth … United Kingdom … Kingsnorth Marine Conoco Dyvi Beta … Norway … K/S Dyvi Drilling Conoco Key Gibraltar … United States … Keydrill Ltd. BP Kingsnorth … United Kingdom Kingsnorth Marine … Mobil Norjarl … Norway … Rowan. Burmah, Union, Zapata Ocean Kokuei … Bermuda … Odeco Transocean Ocean Rover … Bermuda … Canan Offshore Ltd. Hamilton Ocean Voyager … Bermuda … Canan Offshore Ltd. Shell Odin Drill … Norway … Oslo Drilling Pan Ocean Offshore Mercury … United States … International Drilling Co Hydrocarbons G.B. Pelican … France … Foramer Total Pelerin … Norway … Dynamic Drilling Total Penrod 65 … United States … Penrod Drilling Co. Amoco,Mesa Penrod 67 … United States … Penrod Drilling Co. Mesa Penrod 71 … United States … Penrod Drilling Co. Placid Pentagone 82 … Panama … Sea & Land Drilling Inc./Forex Neptune Deminex, Elf Pentagone 84 … Panama … Triton Industries Inc./Forex Neptune Total Polyglomar … Norway … Rasmussen Global Marine Esso Sea Conquest … United Kingdom … BP BP Sedco 135G … United States … Sedco Amoco Sedco H … United States … Sedco Mobil Sedco J … United States … Sedco Occidental Sedco 700 … United States … Sedco Shell Sedco 703 … United States … Sedco BP Sedneth 701 … Netherlands … Sea Drilling Netherlands/Sedco Texaco Sinbad … Norway … Waage Drilling Amoco,Mobil Stadrill … United States … Stadrill No. 1 Trust/Shell UK Ltd. Shell Venture I … United States … Pel Lyn Godager Co./Dixilyn Int A.G. British Sun Oil, Cheveron, Conoco Venture II … United States … Pel Lyn Godager Co./Dixilyn Int A.G. Mobil, Pan Ocean Western Pacesetter I … United States … Western Oceanics Inc. Phillips Zapata Nordic … United States … Zapata North Sea Inc. Shell Zapata Ugland … Norway … Ugland Shipping Co./Zapata Ugland Drilling Inc. Hamilton