HC Deb 17 December 1991 vol 201 c98W
Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what are the number of(a) United Kingdom offshore oil wells currently in production and (b) the number which were in production 10 years ago.

Mr. Moynihan

The number of wells in the United Kingdom continental shelf from which oil was produced during October 1991 was 634. The corresponding figure for October 1981 was 286.