§ Mr. David StewartTo 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.
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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
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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. The information in this table is frozen at 31 December 1998.
- 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.