HC Deb 07 November 1988 vol 140 cc25-6W
39. Mr. Kennedy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the current level of oil-related construction activity in the United Kingdom economy.

Mr. Peter Morrison

Capital cost of the 17 offshore projects approved so far this year alone is around £3 billion. The current level of United Kingdom oil and gas construction activity is 129,000 tonnes and has the opportunity of increasing when the fabrication orders for the recently approved £1.1 billion Miller project go out to tender.