HC Deb 23 July 1990 vol 177 cc118-9W
Mr. Wareing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what assistance he is giving to the development of the Mersey estuary gas find, officially listed as block 110/13; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Peter Morrison

I understand that Hamilton Brothers Oil and Gas Ltd. has recently made a significant gas find in the Mersey estuary.

The results from the well are still being evaluated. Further appraisal will be necessary to establish what the development prospects are.