§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give the actual United Kingdom North Sea production of crude oil in 1979, the amounts allocated to export and the home market and estimates for 1980 and 1981.
§ Mr. GrayFinal figures for United Kingdom offshore oil disposals for the full year 1979 are not yet available. The most recent estimates available—which areprovisional—are for the 11 months January-November 1979, in which total United Kingdom offshore crude oil disposals amounted to 70 million tonnes, of which 35 million tonnes went to the United Kingdom and 35 million tonnes went overseas. Forecast ranges for possible United Kingdom oil production levels in 1980 and 1981 are given in the 1979 Brown Book: these are under review. The amounts used at home and overseas406W will depend upon a variety of factors and cannot be estimated reliably.
§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the total availability of crude oil to the British National Oil Corporation under (a) equity holding and (b) participation agreements for 1980 and each of the next three years.
§ Mr. GrayI have asked the chairman of the corporation to write to my hon. Friend with such information as is not commercially confidential