Petroleum Science and Technology Institute (Hansard, 13 November 1989)

HC Deb 13 November 1989 vol 160 c100W 100W

§ 34. Mr. Jacques Arnold
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the establishment of the Petroleum Science and Technology Institute.

§ 37. Mr. Conway
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the establishment of the Petroleum Science and Technology Institute.

§ Mr. Peter Morrison
The Petroleum Science and Technology Institute is now established with a chairman and board of management in office, a director appointed and the first research contracts concluded. The institute has been pledged some £7 million in funding from the oil industry and my Department over the next five years.