HC Deb 26 November 1987 vol 123 c278W
Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is his estimate of the additional volume of oil and gas discovered within the United Kingdom continental shelf since April 1986.

Mr. Peter Morrison

Estimates of the additional recoverable oil and gas reserves made in 1986 were given in the 1987 Brown Book and amounted to 220 million tonnes of oil (1,650 million barrels) and 4.4 trillion cu ft of gas.

Figures for 1987 are not yet available and will be published in the 1988 Brown Book.

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