Development of UK Oil and Gas Resources  2000

Table of Contents

No Chapters Section
 

MINISTERIAL FOREWORD

  
 

UK CONTINENTAL SHELF DESIGNATIONS

  

1

GOVERNMENT/INDUSTRY ACTIVITY

  
 

INTRODUCTION

1.1 - 1.2
 

OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY TASK FORCE AND PILOT

1.3
 

Workgroups

1.4
 

Task Force Vision

1.5
 

PILOT/Task Force Initiatives

1.6 - 1.7
 

LOGIC (Leading Oil & Gas Industry Competitiveness)

1.8
 

ITF (Industry Technology Facilitator)

1.9
 

LIFT (Licence Information for Trading)

1.10
 

DEAL (Digital Energy Atlas & Library)

1.11
 

NTO (National Training Organisation)

1.12
 

Regulation & Licensing

1.13 - 1.14
 

Licence Awards and Development Plans

1.15 - 1.18
 

Undeveloped Discoveries Initiative

1.19 - 1.20
 

Fallow Acreage

1.21
 

Decommissioning

1.22 - 1.24
 

PILOT Membership and Website Address

1.25 - 1.28
 

ENVIRONMENT

1.29 - 1.31
 

EU/OSPARLinks - The Oslo Paris Convention (OSPAR)

1.32 - 1.35
 

OFFSHORE FABRICATION

1.36 - 1.39

2

MAIN EVENTS OF 1999 AND EARLY 2000

  
 

TRENDS AND FIELD HIGHLIGHTS

2.1 - 2.4
 

OIL PRODUCTION

2.5 - 2.6
 

OIL DISPOSAL

2.7
 

GAS PRODUCTION AND DISPOSAL

2.8 - 2.11
 

PRODUCTION AND DISPOSAL OF NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS

2.12 - 2.13
 

OFFSHORE PIPELINES

2.14 - 2.15
 

OFFSHORE EXPLORATION AND APPRAISAL

2.16 - 2.17
 

Northern North Sea (including East Shetland Platform)

2.18
 

West of Shetland

2.19
 

Moray Firth

2.20
 

Central North Sea

2.21 - 2.22
 

SEDIMENTARY BASIN MAP

  
 

Southern North Sea

2.23 - 2.24
 

English Channel

2.25
 

ONSHORE EXPLORATION AND APPRAISAL

2.26
 

DEVELOPMENT DRILLING

  
 

Offshore areas

2.27
 

Onshore

2.28
 

LICENSING

2.29 - 2.31
 

NORTHERN IRELAND

2.32 - 2.33
 

FIELD APPROVALS/DEVELOPMENT PLANS

2.34 - 2.35
 

HYDROCARBONS ADDITIONAL RECOVERY PROGRAMME (HARP)

2.36 - 2.37
 

CLASSIFICATION OF RESERVES

2.38 - 2.39
 

DISCOVERED RECOVERABLE OIL RESERVES

2.40 - 2.43
 

DISCOVERED RECOVERABLE GAS RESERVES

2.44 - 2.46
 

Dry Gas

2.47
 

Gas from Gas Condensate Fields

2.48
 

Associated Gas

2.49
 

POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL RESERVES

2.50 - 2.53
 

UNDISCOVERED RECOVERABLE RESERVES

2.54 - 2.59
 

ESTIMATED POTENTIAL OF THE UKCS

2.60
 

ECONOMIC BACKGROUND

2.61 - 2.62
 

PRICES

2.63 - 2.64
 

SALES/COSTS

2.65 - 2.66
 

INVESTMENT

2.67 - 2.75
 

BALANCE OF PAYMENTS

2.76
 

CONTRIBUTION TO THE ECONOMY

2.77 - 2.78
 

GOVERNMENT REVENUES

2.79 - 2.80
 

EMPLOYMENT

2.81 - 2.87
 

UK/FAROES DELIMINATION AGREEMENT

2.88

3

REGULATORY REGIME

  
 

ENVIRONMENT

  
 

DTI’s Role as a Regulator

3.1 - 3.5
 

Environmental Impact Assessments/Improving the Environmental Regime

3.6 - 3.7
 

EU Habitats Directive

3.8
 

Pollution Prevention and Oil Spills

3.9
 

Offshore Aerial Surveillance

3.10 - 3.12
 

Offshore Inspections

3.13
 

Operational Discharges from Offshore Installations

3.14
 

Produced Water Discharges

3.15 - 3.17
 

Synthetic Drilling Fluids

3.18
 

Gas Flaring and Venting

3.19
 

Climate Change

3.20
 

International Developments

3.21 - 3.22
 

UK Developments

3.23 - 3.25
 

LICENSING

  
 

Legislative Framework

3.26 - 3.28
 

DECOMMISSIONING

3.29
 

Legislation

3.30 - 3.31
 

Policy

3.32 - 3.34
 

Drill Cuttings Pile Research

3.35 - 3.36
 

Guidance Notes for Industry

3.37
 

THE NORTH SEA FISCAL REGIME

3.38 - 3.40
 

Policy Responsibility for Oil & Gas Taxation

3.41
 

North Sea Tax Changes

3.42 - 3.43
 

OIL & GAS MEASUREMENT ACTIVITIES

3.44
 

Inspections

3.45
 

Other Activities

3.46 - 3.47

4

A LOOK AHEAD

  
 

UKCS ACTIVITY

4.1 - 4.2
 

Drilling Intentions

4.3 - 4.4
 

Investment Intentions

4.5 - 4.9
 

EXPLORATION AND APPRAISAL

4.10 - 4.14
 

THE FUTURE FOR DEVELOPMENTS

4.15 - 4.16
 

DEVELOPMENTS UNDER DISCUSSION

4.17
 

FUTURE LICENSING ROUNDS

4.18
 

COAL BED METHANE

4.19 - 4.20
 

OIL & GAS PRODUCTION FORECASTS

4.21 - 4.26
 

PILOT

4.27 - 4.29
 

DECOMMISSIONING - FUTURE ACTIVITY

4.30
 

EU GAS LIBERALISATION DIRECTIVE

4.31 - 4.33

5

 PROPOSED FURTHER CHANGES TO THE "BROWN BOOK"

 

CHANGES TO THIS EDITION

5.1
 

Digital Version of "Brown Book"

5.2- 5.3
 

Oil and Gas Directorate Website

5.4 - 5.6
TABLES
Table 2.1 - Oil Terminals Receiving UKCS Crude Oil in 1999
Table 2.2  - Top Ten UKCS Gas Producing Fields in 1999
Table 2.3 - Gas terminal receiving UKCS Natural Gas in 1999
Table 2.4 - Estimates of discovered recoverable reserves of oil on the UKCS as at 31 December 1999
Table 2.5 - Estimates of discovered recoverable reserves of gas on the UKCS at 31 December 1999
Table 2.6 - Potential Additional Reserves
Table 2.7 - Estimates of Undiscovered Recoverable Reserves on the UKCS. Reserves in Future Discoveries by Geological Area
Table 2.8 - UKCS Initially Recoverable Reserves
Table 2.9  - Unit costs of fields at 1999 prices
Table 2.10 - Offshore employment by type: 1999
Table 2.11 - UKOOA’s estimates of employment affected by UKCS activity
Table 3.1 - Oil Spills Reported to the Department 1990-1999
Table 3.2 - Oil Discharged with Produced Water 1990-1999

Table 4.1 - Intentions to drill E&A wells: from DTI 2000 Survey

Table 4.2 - DTI capital expenditure survey 1999
CHARTS
Chart 2.1  - 1999 Oil Production by field (million tonnes)
Chart 2.2 - 1999 Gas Production (billion cubic metres)
Chart 2.3 - Sedimentary Basins
Chart 2.4 - Discovered Recoverable Reserves - Oil
Chart 2.5 - Discovered Recoverable Reserves - Gas
Chart 2.6 - Trends in the production of oil and gas, 1970 to 1999
Chart 2.7 - Average oil and gas prices from UKCS sales, 1976 to 1999

Chart 2.8 - Unit operating costs in 1999 prices, 1976 to 1999
Chart 2.9 - UKCS production investment, 1976 to 1999
Chart 2.10 - North Sea Tax Revenues and Oil Prices (in constant 1999/2000 prices) and Oil Equivalent Production
Chart 2.11 - Employment in the oil and gas sector, and employment offshore, 1978 to 1999
Chart 3.1 - Oil Spills Reported to the Department 1990-1999
Chart 3.2 -  Average Oil in Water Content
Chart 4.1 - E&A Drilling: Comparison of recent surveys with wells drilled
Chart 4.2 - Intentions and recent investment
 

APPENDICES

1

Review of Fields

2

Offshore Licensing Rounds

3

Development Plans Authorised in 1999

4

Drilling Activity

5

Significant Offshore Discoveries in Date Order

6

Onshore Oil and Gas Discoveries 1983 - 1999

7

Sales and Expenditure on Exploration, Development and Operating Activities

8

Taxes and Royalties Attributable to UK Oil and Gas Production and Gas Levy

9

Oil Production

10

Gross Gas Production

11

Gas Flaring at Oil Terminals and Producing Offshore Oil Fields

12

UKCS Oil Production Platforms

13

Offshore Oil and Gas Trunk and Interfield Pipelines

14

Decommissioned Installations

15

Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations

16

Government Contacts
 

COLOUR MAPS/PLATES SHOWING UK OIL AND GAS ACTIVITY
INDEX MAP
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
PLATE 11
PLATE 12
LEGEND

Title | Table of Contents
Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5
Appendix 1 | Appendix 2 | Appendix 3 | Appendix 4 | Appendix 5 | Appendix 6 | Appendix 7 | Appendix 8 | Appendix 9
Appendix 10 | Appendix 11 | Appendix 12 | Appendix 13 | Appendix 14 | Appendix 15 | Appendix 16
Index Map | Plate 1 | Plate 2W | Plate 2E | Plate 3W | Plate 3E | Plate 4W | Plate 4E | Plate 5W | Plate 5E | Plate 6
Plate 7 | Plate 8W | Plate 8E | Plate 9W | Plate 9E | Plate 10W | Plate 10E | Plate 11 | Plate 12 | Legend
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