§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy what are the average recoverable reserves per field (a) of those currently producing oil in the. North Sea, (b) of those now under development and (c) of the remaining discoveries thought to have substantial potential.
§ Mr. GrayThe answer to part(a) of the question is obtained from appendix 13 of the Brown Book 1981 (The Secretary of State's latest report to Parliament on the 235W development of oil and gas resources of the United Kingdom). This gives an average figure of 72.97 million tonnes.
The answer to part (b) of the question is obtained from appendix 14 of the Brown Book 1981 and this gives an average figure of 36.5 million tonnes.
The answer to part (c) is that the average recoverable reserves per field of the remaining discoveries thought to have substantial potential equals 12.9 million tonnes.