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MINISTERIAL FOREWORD
KEY POINTS
OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTAL BULLET POINTS
UK CONTINENTAL SHELF DESIGNATIONS
1 WORKING WITH THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
WORKING WITH THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
OIL AND GAS (OG) DIRECTORATE
OSO AND THE OIL AND GAS AND PETROCHEMICAL SUPPLY INDUSTRY
2 ECONOMIC IMPACT
SALES
INVESTMENT
COSTS
EMPLOYMENT
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
GOVERNMENT REVENUES
3 REGULATORY REGIME
REASONS FOR REGULATORY REGIME
LICENSING
OFFSHORE HEALTH AND SAFETY
DECOMMISSIONING
4 ENVIRONMENT
INTRODUCTION
DTI’S ROLE AS A REGULATOR
OIL SPILLS
OFFSHORE INSPECTIONS
DISCHARGES FROM OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS
INTERNATIONAL FORA
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
5 EXPLORATION, APPRAISALAND LICENCING
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION AND APPRAISAL
ONSHORE EXPLORATION AND APPRAISAL
DEVELOPMENT DRILLING
LICENSING ROUNDS
FALLOW BLOCKS
NORTHERN IRELAND
6 RESERVES
CLASSIFICATION OF RESERVES
Gas
Dry Gas
Condensate Gas
Associated Gas
POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL RESERVES
UNDISCOVERED RECOVERABLE RESERVES
ESTIMATED POTENTIAL OF THE UKCS
7 DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY APPROVED IN 1997
FIELD APPROVALS
TRENDS AND HIGHLIGHTS
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
HYDROCARBONS ADDITIONAL RECOVERY PROGRAMME (HARP)
8 PRODUCTION AND DISPOSAL ACTIVITIES
OIL PRODUCTION
OIL & GAS PRODUCTION FORECASTS
OIL DISPOSAL
GAS PRODUCTION AND DISPOSAL
GAS FLARING
OFFSHORE PIPELINES
PRODUCTION AND DISPOSAL OF NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS
OFFSHORE INFRASTRUCTURE CODE OF PRACTICE
REFINING IN THE UK
9 REVIEW OF FIELDS
GUIDANCE TO READERS
REVIEW OF FIELDS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
APPENDICES
1 Offshore licensing rounds
2 Drilling activity
3 Significant offshore discoveries in date order
4 Onshore oil and gas discoveries 1983-1997
5 Sales and expenditure upon exploration, development and operating activities
6 Oil Production
7 Gross gas production
8 Oil produced and gas flared at offshore producing fields
9 Gas flared at oil terminals and producing offshore oil fields
10 Oil production platforms
11 Offshore oil and gas trunk and interfield pipelines
12 Decommissioned installations
13 Glossary of terms and abbreviations
14 Ministerial and senior oil and gas responsibilities in the DTI
15 Oil and Gas (OG) Directorate structure and organisation
16 Postal details of UK refineries
17 Other useful addresses and numbers
COLOUR MAPS SHOWING UK OIL AND GAS
PLATE 1
PLATE 2 WEST
PLATE 2 EAST
PLATE 3 WEST
PLATE 3 EAST
PLATE 4 WEST
PLATE 4 EAST
PLATE 5 WEST
PLATE 5 EAST
PLATE 6
PLATE 7
PLATE 8 WEST
PLATE 8 EAST
PLATE 9 WEST
PLATE 9 EAST
PLATE 10 WEST
PLATE 10 EAST
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