HC Deb 02 August 1972 vol 842 c142W
54. Mr. Strang

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is his latest estimate of the amount of oil which will be extracted from the North Sea in 1980.

Mr. Emery

Accurate estimates are impossible because we are still at an early stage of exploration, but there are good hopes of around 75 million tons per annum by about 1980.