HC Deb 26 May 2004 vol 421 cc1677-8W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the quarterly totals of(a) oil and (b) gas produced in the British sector of the North Sea were in the last 10 years. [175935]

Mr. Timms

Information on production of oil and gas from the UK and UK Continental Shelf over the last 10 years is set out as in the table. The Department publishes information on production on its website. Total quarterly production of oil from 1995 is at www.dti.gov.uk/energy/inform/energy_stats/oil/3_10oilproduction-ettab13.xls and quarterly production of gas from 1996 at www.dti.gov.uk/energy_stats/gas/4_2gasproductionettabll.xls

UK production of oil and gas
Quarter (a) Oil and Natural Gas Liquids (Million tonnes) (b) Gross gas (Gwh)
1994 1 30,187 255,201
1994 2 30,825 155,320
1994 3 31,380 118,951
1994 4 34,150 221,665
1995 1 33,446 274,685
1995 2 29,596 168,762
1995 3 32,401 125,591
1995 4 34,451 253,804
1996 1 32,557 318,349
1996 2 31,260 201,669
1996 3 31,310 159,895
1996 4 34,523 298,539
1997 1 33,045 314,124
1997 2 29,320 212,947
1997 3 31,557 176,785
1997 4 34,045 294,488
1998 1 33,185 308,503
1998 2 31,735 226,684
1998 3 32,599 188,236
1998 4 34,974 324,963
1999 1 34,389 342,857
1999 2 33,061 245,617
1999 3 34,328 215,756
1999 4 35,321 347,919
2000 1 34,221 376,669
2000 2 30,803 295,244
2000 3 30,426 242,910
2000 4 30,587 345,345
2001 1 29,196 362,755
2001 2 28,339 289,959
2001 3 28,328 248,206
2001 4 30,814 329,613
2002 1 29,653 333,547
2002 2 29,531 295,520
2002 3 26,484 235,677
2002 4 30,276 339,969
2003 1 28,748 350,858
2003 2 25,849 282,958
2003 3 25,012 244,189
2003 4 26,478 317,988

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