§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what estimate he has made of the percentage of oil and gas produced in Scottish waters which is landed outside Scotland; [106578]
(2) if he will list the fields in Scottish waters which produce oil and gas that is landed outside Scotland, stating the licence holder for the field in each case. [106577]
§ Mrs. Liddell[holding answer 25 January 2000]: My Department publishes an annual report "Development of the Oil and Gas Resources of the United Kingdom", copies of which are available in the Library of the House. This lists all the oil and gas fields on the UK Continental Shelf. In each case it shows the location of the field, the operator and how the product is transported from the field. In the case of gas, and of oil sent through a pipeline, the place where the product is landed is given. The "Scottish area" within which offshore platforms are subject to Scots law is defined in the Civil Jurisdiction (Offshore Activities) Order 1987, which has effect under section 11 of the Petroleum Act 1998.
Where the oil is taken off the field by tanker the movements involved are too complex to be listed in full in the Department's annual report. Nor is the information asked for by the hon. Member routinely produced by my Department, or could be except at disproportionate cost.