HC Deb 02 March 1993 vol 220 c103W
Mr. Robert Banks

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is his estimate of the total financial investment to date in offshore exploration and extraction and the piping of supplies to the mainland for(a) gas and (b) oil.

Mr. Eggar

Total investment in the United Kingdom continental shelf up to the end of 1992 on exploration and appraisal, field developments, pipelines, and shore terminals for oil and gas amounted to some 122 billion in 1992 prices. It is not possible to allocate this expenditure between offshore and onshore activity, or between oil and gas.