§ Mr. Waldegraveasked the Secretary of State for Energy If he will make a statement on further confirmations of sixth round licences.
§ Mr. Gray[pursuant to his reply, 1 November 1979, c. 626]: I am today confirming the award of further licences of blocks conditionally allocated under the sixth round of offshore licensing, as follows:
Block 73/7
BNOC Phillips Petroleum Exploration UK Ltd, Hispanoil (UK) Ltd, Century Power and Light Ltd
Block 73/1
BNOC, Swedish Petroleum Ltd
Block 20/2
BNOC, Burmah Oil Exploration Ltd, Charter-house Petroleum Development Ltd, Petroswede (UK) Ltd, Canadian Industrial Gas (UK) Ltd, DSM Hydrocarbons (UK) Ltd, Norsk Hydro Oil and Gas Ltd
Blocks 206/2 and 209/7
BNOC, Shell UK Ltd