§ 38. Dr. GodmanTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many abandonment programmes have been approved under the terms of Part 1 of the Petroleum Act 1987, in each of the last eight years. [36012]
§ Mr. BattleI refer my hon. Friend to Appendix 12 of the Energy Report 1997 Volume II. A copy of the Report is available in the Library of the House.
Since publication of the Energy Report 1997, the President has approved an abandonment programme in respect of the Donan floating production installation and its associated pipe-lines.
Shell have submitted a draft revised abandonment programme for the Brent Spar offshore storage and loading buoy.