§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the quarterly totals of(a) oil and (b) gas produced in the British sector of the North Sea were in the last 10 years. [175935]
§ Mr. TimmsInformation on production of oil and gas from the UK and UK Continental Shelf over the last 10 years is set out as in the table. The Department publishes information on production on its website. Total quarterly production of oil from 1995 is at www.dti.gov.uk/energy/inform/energy_stats/oil/3_10oilproduction-ettab13.xls and quarterly production of gas from 1996 at www.dti.gov.uk/energy_stats/gas/4_2gasproductionettabll.xls
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UK production of oil and gas Quarter (a) Oil and Natural Gas Liquids (Million tonnes) (b) Gross gas (Gwh) 1994 1 30,187 255,201 1994 2 30,825 155,320 1994 3 31,380 118,951 1994 4 34,150 221,665 1995 1 33,446 274,685 1995 2 29,596 168,762 1995 3 32,401 125,591 1995 4 34,451 253,804 1996 1 32,557 318,349 1996 2 31,260 201,669 1996 3 31,310 159,895 1996 4 34,523 298,539 1997 1 33,045 314,124 1997 2 29,320 212,947 1997 3 31,557 176,785 1997 4 34,045 294,488 1998 1 33,185 308,503 1998 2 31,735 226,684 1998 3 32,599 188,236 1998 4 34,974 324,963 1999 1 34,389 342,857 1999 2 33,061 245,617 1999 3 34,328 215,756 1999 4 35,321 347,919 2000 1 34,221 376,669 2000 2 30,803 295,244 2000 3 30,426 242,910 2000 4 30,587 345,345 2001 1 29,196 362,755 2001 2 28,339 289,959 2001 3 28,328 248,206 2001 4 30,814 329,613 2002 1 29,653 333,547 2002 2 29,531 295,520 2002 3 26,484 235,677 2002 4 30,276 339,969 2003 1 28,748 350,858 2003 2 25,849 282,958 2003 3 25,012 244,189 2003 4 26,478 317,988