HL Deb 27 November 1985 vol 468 c966WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How much gas was flared from installations on the British continental shelf, each year up to 1985.

Lord Gray of Contin

Gas has been flared from installations on the British continental shelf as follows:

1978 12.5 million cubic metres/day
1979 18.0 million cubic metres/day
1980 11.6 million cubic metres/day
1981 11.5 million cubic metres/day
1982 11.1 million cubic metres/day
1983 9.7 million cubic metres/day
1984 8.6 million cubic metres/day

Over the same period oil production has risen by 54.0 million tonnes in 1978 to 125.9 million tonnes in 1984.