§ Dr. Kim HowellsTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is the latest estimate of oil reserves for which production access exists or is planned(a) in the United Kingdom sector of the North sea and (b) in the western approaches.
§ Mr. MoynihanMy Department's latest estimates of recoverable oil reserves in the United Kingdom are set out in table 3 of my right hon. Friend's report to Parliament of April this year on the "Development of the Oil and Gas Resources of the United Kingdom", also known as the Brown Book, which is available in the House of Commons Library. Apart from a small contribution from onshore sources, the figures shown for fields in production and under development relate entirely to fields in the United Kingdom sector of the North sea.