§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy how many contracts for the purchase of uranium have been negotiated by the United Kingdom with South Africa, including Namibia.
§ Mr. EadieThere are no contracts for the purchase of uranium produced in South Africa. There is a contract with Rossing Uranium Limited for the purchase of uranium produced in Namibia, which is not a part of South Africa.
§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the current position of the United Kingdom stockpile of uranium for power station requirements.
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§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy from what countries the United Kingdom derives its main uranium supplies; and what are the terminal dates of existing contracts.
§ Mr. EadieThe current main sources are Canada and Namibia. Details of the contracts concerned, including terminal dates, are commercially confidential.
§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy whether the United Kingdom is prepared to allow the renegotiation of South African contracts for the purchase of uranium.
§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy whether the purchases of Australian uranium by the United Kingdom have now been made conditional
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Rig—Name Owner/Operator Oil companies to which they were contracted Britannia … Santa-Fe UK Ltd … Conoco Gulf Tide … Canam Offshore Ltd … Phillips, Burmah Ocean Victory … Canam Offshore Ltd … Occidental Ocean Voyager … Canam Offshore Ltd … Shell, Shell/Seagram, Premier/Ball & Collins. Ocean Rover … Canam Offshore Ltd … Phillips Offshore Mercury … International Drilling Co … Cluff, BGC, Mobil Penrod 65 … Penrod Drilling Co … Mesa Penrod 67 … Penrod Drilling Co … Mesa Penrod 71 … Penrod Drilling Co … Transocean, Sun Oil Key Gibraltar … Keydrill Ltd … BP Deep Sea Saga … K/S Deep Drilling Co A/S … Burmah Chris Chenery … Offshore Co … Shell Sindbad (ex-Waage II) … Waage Drilling … Mobil, Zapata Pentagone 84 … Triton Industries Inc … Total Atlantic I … Atlantic Drilling Co … Pan Ocean Borgny Dolphin … Fred Olsen Co … Burmah Sea Quest … BP … BP Sea Conquest … BP … BP Sedco 135F … Sedco … Amoco Sedco 135G … Sedco … Amoco Sedco 700 … Sedco … Shell, Shell/Total Sedco 703 … Sedco … BP Sedco 704 … Sedco … Mobil Sedco 707 … Sedco … Shell Ocean Kokuei … Odeco … Chevron Drillmaster … A/S Norsedrill … Texaco, Hydrocarbons, Texas/BGC Zephyr I … MS Drilling SA … Texaco Western Pacesetter … Western Oceanics … Siebens, Hamilton, Phillips Zapata Ugland … Zapata Ugland Ltd … Total Deep Sea Driller … K/S Deep Sea Drilling … Total Kingsnorth Dundee … Kingsnorth Marine Ltd … Conoco, Conoco/Chevron Pentagone 82 … Sea and Land Drilling Inc … Conoco, Transworld Norjarl … Rowan … Conoco Venture 1 … Dixilyn Int AG … Placid, Esso, Conoco Dyvi Alpha … K/S Dyvi Drilling A/S … Mobil Odin Drill … Oslo Drilling … Pan Ocean, Home/Chieftain Sedneth 701 … Sedneth Panama … Ranger, Texaco, Transworld, Texas Stadrill … Shell UK … Shell upon the purchase by the United Kingdom of Broken Hill Pty Ltd. steel and steel products.
§ Mr. EadieThere are as yet no uranium contracts with Australia. No condition of the kind mentioned has been suggested in our bilateral discussions with the Australians.