HC Deb 08 May 1980 vol 984 c181W
Mr. Eggar

asked the Secretary of State for Energy how much gas has been flared off from all United Kingdom sea fields each month from September 1979 to March 1980.

Mr. David Howell

Gas from United Kingdom continental shelf fields was flared at the following average daily rates from September 1979 to March 1980, expressed in million cubic metres a day:

September 1979 … … 20mmcm/d
October 1979 … … … 16mmcm/d
November 1979 … … 15.5mmcm/d
December 1979 … … … 14mmcm/d
January 1980 … … … 14mmcm/d
February 1980 … … … 14.5mmcm/d
March 1980 … … … 13.5mmcm/d

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