§ Mr. Campbellasked the Secretary of State for Energy what approvals and further consents he has issued to holders of petroleum production licences under model clause 15 of the licence terms.
§ Dr. J. Dickson MabonOn 24th December an approval was issued for a development and production programme in respect of the Argyll field. This is the first approval issued and the programme covers the period to the end of 1981. The programme contains details of the field area, the offshore facilities and maximum and minimum quantities of petroleum to be produced in each year. Under model clause 15 of the licence terms the licensee may not develop or produce from a field without my right hon. Friend's consent or in accordance with an approved development and production programme.
At the end of 1976 further temporary consents were issued for other oil fields to enable development and production to continue pending the review of their development and production programmes. Further temporary consents have also been given for gas fields that are producing or under development.