§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Secretary of State for Energy what proportions of North Sea oil reserves lie in that area of the North Sea subject to Scots law and English law, respectively.
§ Dr. J. Dickson MabonThe boundary drawn for the purpose of defining the Scottish and English jurisdiction areas on the Continental Shelf is not relevant to the attribution of reserves. The estimated total of reserves in the designated areas of the UKCS as a whole remains at between 3,000 million and 4,500 million tonnes.