§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy assuming a 10 per cent. depletion across the board after 1982, for how many additional years he estimates oil reserves will be available on current projections.
§ Mr. GrayTaking account of the various assurances which have been given limiting the scope of production cut-backs for depletion control purposes, it is estimated that the likely effect of a 10 per cent. across the board cut applied from 1982 to 1990 would be to defer production equivalent to rather under one year's consumption at current rates.