HC Deb 27 February 1992 vol 204 cc575-6W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish a table showing the regional breakdown of British oil and gas production, defined by the regional location of the terminals at which offshore oil and gas was landed, and the wellhead site in the case of onshore oil and gas.

Mr. Moynihan

The information in tabular form, on a provisional basis, for 1991 is as follows:

Offshore oil and gas landings by region/ terminal for 1991
Region/ Terminal Crude (million tonnes) Natural gas liquids (million tonnes) Gas (million cubic metres)
East Anglia
Bacton 0.1 18,897

Region/Terminal Crude (million tonnes) Natural gas liquids (million tonnes) Gas (million cubic metres)
East Midlands
Theddlethorpe 0.1 9,424
North
Barrow 0.1 6,701
Yorkshire/Humber
Easington 0.1 2,770
Dimlington 0.0 4,664
Regional Total 0.1 7,434
Scotland
St. Fergus 2.1 9,242
Flotta 8.9 0.2
Forties 16.6 0.9
Nigg 1.0
Sullom Voe 35.4 0.7
Regional Total 61.9 3.9 9,242
Grand Total 61.9 4.3 51,698

Note:

In addition to the gas landed at terminals 3,346 million cubic metres was produced and used mostly on production platforms. This gives an overall production figure for 1991 of 55,440 million cubic metres.

Onshore oil and gas production by region for 1991
Region Oil (million tonnes) Gas (million cubic-metres)
East Midlands 0.2 24
South East 0.2 121
South West2 3.2 153
Total 23.7 198
1 Includes 3–9 from other land fields.
2 Additional 01 million tonnes of NGL's were produced onshore in the South West region.
3 Due to rounding the sum of the constituent items may not equal the total.

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