HC Deb 21 December 1999 vol 341 cc460-2W
Mr. David Stewart

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many fallow fields there are in the United Kingdom sector of the North sea and Atlantic ocean which have seen no development over the last ten years; and which company currently holds the licence to develop in each case. [103113]

Mrs. Liddell

[holding answer 20 December 1999]: The 108 significant oil and gas discoveries on the UKCS which have not been brought to development and which have been discovered for more than 10 years, are listed in the following table.

It is important to note that on many of them significant activity is taking place to bring discoveries to development.

Licence operator at the end of 1998 Well number Licence number Date discovered
Amerada 12/27–1 P.981 January 1983
Amerada 14/20–6Z P.324 June 1976
Amerada 14/20b-18 P.324 October 1987
Amerada 15/21a-38Z P.218 February 1989
Amerada 29/086-2 P.227 December 1983
Amoco 30/126-2 P.185 February 1981
Amoco 42/28a-3 P.016 April 1989
Amoco 43/18–1 P.512 November 1986
Amoco 43/19–1 P.607 January 1989
Amoco 43/20b-2 P.608 May 1989
ARCO 21/02–1 P.244 June 1975
ARCO 21/02–2 P.244 December 1975
ARCO 48/23–3 P.467 November 1987
ARCO 49/28–14 P.037 April 1987
ARCO 53/04–1 P.039 July 1967
BG E & P 214/30–1 P.303 August 1984
BG E & P 22/05b-3 P.356 May 1983
BG E & P 47/03b-4 P.016 July 1987
BP 30/01c-4 P.363 August 1986
BP 42/29–6 P.001 November 1989
BP 47/10–1 P.001 February 1985
BP 9/24b-1A P.338 September 1983
BP 98/07–2 P.534 November 1987
Britoil 16/18–1 P.312 September 1983
Britoil 21/15a-2 P.120 August 1981
Britoil 211/18–9 P.236 September 1975
Britoil 48/07b-8 P.138 October 1989
Burlington 113/26–1 P.287 August 1982
CalEnergy 44/19–3 P.610 January 1989
Chevron 3/28a-2 P.234 September 1978
Conoco 16/23–4 P.103 July 1985
Conoco 21/03a-4 P.118 December 1985
Conoco 29/02a-2 P.224 June 1984
Conoco 48/09–2 P.459 May 1989

Licence operator at the end of 1998 Well number Licence number Date discovered
Conoco 48/10b-3 P.519 December 1987
Conoco 49/12a-6 P.033 September 1974
DNO 2/05–10 P.242 September 1979
Elf 16/22–2 P.240 May 1977
Elf 16/22–5 P.240 October 1989
Elf 3/30–3 P.229 April 1986
Elf 4/26-1A P.229 June 1985
Elf Caledonia 14/18–1 P.263 May 1978
Elf Caledonia 14/19b-23 P.250 June 1989
Elf Caledonia 22/19–1 P.357 August 1984
Elf Caledonia 29/06a-3 P.244 September 1987
Enterprise 15/13–2 P.198 October 1975
Enterprise 22/12a-1 P.077 December 1987
Enterprise 22/13a-1 P.096 February 1989
Fina 21/27-IA P.595 April 1989
Fina 210/15–2 P.226 October 1977
Fina 30/14–1 P.255 August 1989
Kerr McGee 110/03b-4 P.543 December 1988
Kerr McGee 211/19a-6 P.104 January 1977
Kerr McGee 3/03–11 P.202 March 1989
Kerr McGee 9/14b-4 P.277 March 1989
LASMO 16/12a-5 P.212 December 1984
LASMO 49/04–1 P.468 October 1984
Marathon 16/03a-4 P.108 September 1984
Mobil 48/22–1 P.697 November 1966
Mobil 49/29b-5 P.105 July 1987
Mobil 53/02–8 P.025 September 1989
Mobil 9/19–3 P.103 December 1976
Monument 21/28a-2 P.077 December 1986
Open 2/10a-6 P.234 December 1983
Open 22/02–2 P.354 February 1984
Open 22/02–5 P.354 October 1986
Open 41/24a-1 P.759 September 1969
Open 41/25a-1 P.759 September 1969
Open 48/21–1 P.047 August 1967
Open 98/11–2 P.406 August 1984
Petrobras 16/13a-2Z P.219 January 1984
Petrobras 16/13a-3 P.219 November 1985
Petrobras 20/02–1 P.317 April 1981
Petrobras 30/03a-1 P.111 November 1989
Phillips 16/29–4 P.110 February 1975
Phillips 30/13–2 P.079 September 1972
Phillips 48/30–3 P.028 June 1967
Ranger 22/27a-2 P.114 March 1986
Ranger 29/09b-2 P.227 September 1985
Shell 21/19-1A P.238 April 1981
Shell 21/23b-1 P.353 January 1982
Shell 21/30–12 P.013 September 1984
Shell 211/13–1 P.296 November 1974
Shell 211/13–2 P.296 July 1975
Shell 211/13–3 P.296 December 1975
Shell 211/14–1 P.296 April 1986
Shell 22/30a-5 P.012 November 1989
Shell 29/03a-2 P.012 January 1979
Shell 29/05a-1 P.188 September 1981
Shell 29/09a-1 P.012 June 1983
Shell 30/02–1 P.098 June 1971
Shell 30/06–3Z P.011 May 1984
Shell 44/28–3 P.453 October 1987
Shell 48/14–2 P.008 December 1985
Shell 48/19a-3 P.008 March 1983
Shell 49/19–4 P.008 March 1986
Talisman 13/30–3 P.310 March 1986
Texaco 15/29a-3 P.119 July 1988
Texaco 207/01–3 P.183 October 1977
Texaco 9/11–2 P.335 September 1982
Total 206/01–2 P.911 September 1986
Total 3/19–1 P.239 December 1988
Total 3/19b-2 P.491 June 1988
Total 42/15b-1 P.137 June 1984
Total 9/15a-1 P.090 June 1987

Licence operator at the end of 1998 Well number Licence number Date discovered
Veba 15/18a-6 P.233 May 1986
Veba 211/22–1 P.201 May 1977
Veba 211/22a-3 P.201 March 1984

Notes:

  1. 1. The information in this table is frozen at 31 December 1998.
  2. 2. Some of these Significant Discoveries2 may now be the subject of Development Plan discussions this year.

Source:

Fallow1 Significant2 Offshore Discoveries (extract from Appendix 3 of the DTI report: Development of the Oil and Gas Resources of the United Kingdom 1999)

1 Fallow: Those Significant Discoveries that remain undeveloped for 10 years or more.

2 Significant Discovery: The description "significant" generally refers to the flow rates achieved in well tests. It does not necessarily indicate the commercial potential of the discovery.