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CHAPTER	TITLE	PARAGRAPH
	MINISTERIAL FOREWORD
	UK CONTINENTAL SHELF DESIGNATIONS
1	PILOT AND OTHER GOVERNMENT/INDUSTRY INITIATIVES
	OIL AND GAS DIRECTORATE	1.1 - 1.2
	INTRODUCTION	1.3 - 1.4
	THE PILOT VISION	1.5 - 1.7
	ACTIVITY AND INVESTMENT	1.8
	Brown Fields	1.9
	Undeveloped Discoveries Workgroup	1.10
	Fallow Blocks and Fallow Discoveries	1.11 - 1.12
	LIFT (Licence Information for Trading)	1.13 - 1.14
	DEAL (Digital Energy Atlas and Library)	1.15
	LIFE through LIFT	1.16
	Satellite Accelerator	1.17
	SUPPLY CHAIN COMPETITIVENESS	1.18
	LOGIC (Leading Oil and Gas Industry Competitiveness)	1.19
	Exports	1.20 - 1.22
	New Business - Environment & Diversification	1.23 - 1.25
	Fabrication Support Group	1.26 - 1.30
	Supply Chain Champions	1.31
	Mentoring	1.32
	PEOPLE AND JOBS	1.33 - 1.34
	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT	1.35 - 1.37
	SUSTAINABLE HYDROCARBONS ADDITIONAL RECOVERY PROGRAMME (SHARP)	1.38 - 1.39
	INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY	1.40
	IMPROVING SYSTEMS/DEREGULATION	1.41
	Increased Transparency in Offshore Licensing	1.42
	Electronic Production Reporting	1.43
	Enhancing Well Operations and Notifications	1.44
	Field Development Controls	1.45
	Oil and Gas Infrastructure: Access Provisions and Voluntary Arrangements	1.46 - 1.49
	PILOT WEBSITE	1.50 - 1.52
2	MAIN EVENTS OF 2000 AND EARLY 2001
	LICENSING
	Offshore	2.1 - 2.2
	Irish Sea Blocks	2.3
	Onshore	2.4 - 2.8
	Coal Bed Methane	2.9
	Northern Ireland	2.10 - 2.11
	FIELD HIGHLIGHTS	2.12
	Offshore Pipelines	2.13
	Blake	2.14
	Jade	2.15
	Triton (Bittern, Guillemot West and Guillemot North West)	2.16
	Skene	2.17
	Brigantine	2.18
	Shearwater	2.19 - 2.21
	Leadon	2.22
	Magnus (Enhanced Oil Recovery Scheme)	2.23
	Captain	2.24
	Elgin/Franklin	2.25 - 2.28
	INVESTMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS	2.29
	2000 - OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION
	Oil and Gas production	2.30 - 2.32
	New Fields Onstream	2.33
	Cessation of Production	2.34
	Oil and Gas Disposal	2.35
	EXPLORATION AND APPRAISAL - 2000
	Offshore	2.36 - 2.37
	West of Shetland and Rockall Trough	2.38
	Northern North Sea (including East Shetland Platform)	2.39
	Moray Firth	2.40
	Central North Sea	2.41
	Southern North Sea	2.42 - 2.43
	Irish Sea	2.44
	Onshore	2.45
	DEVELOPMENT DRILLING
	Offshore	2.46
	Onshore	2.47
	DECOMMISSIONING	2.48
	Guidance Notes	2.49
	Maureen and Other Approved Decommissioning Programmes	2.52
	Drill Cuttings	2.53
	GAS ISSUES
	EU Gas Liberalisation Directive	2.54
	Stricter Consents Policy	2.55
	Gas Prices and the Interconnector	2.56 - 2.58
	ECONOMIC BACKGROUND	2.59 - 2.60
	PRICES	2.61 - 2.62
	SALES/COSTS	2.63 - 2.64
	INVESTMENT	2.65 - 2.71
	BALANCE OF PAYMENTS	2.72
	CONTRIBUTION TO THE ECONOMY	2.73 - 2.75
	GOVERNMENT REVENUES	2.76 - 2.77
	EMPLOYMENT	2.78 - 2.82
3	REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
	ENVIRONMENT
	Introduction	3.1 - 3.2
	New and Proposed Legislation	3.3
	The Offshore Chemicals (Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2001	3.4
	EU Habitats Directive	3.5
	Donaldson Report	3.6
	Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs)	3.7
	Pollution Prevention and Oil Spills
	Offshore Aerial Surveillance	3.10 - 3.12
	Offshore Inspections	3.13
	Produced Water Discharges	3.14
	Synthetic Drilling Fluids
	Gas Flaring and Venting	3.16
	DECOMMISSIONING	3.17
	Legislation	3.18
	Policy	3.19 - 3.22
	LICENSING	3.23 - 3.25
	THE NORTH SEA FISCAL REGIME	3.26 - 3.28
	Policy Responsibility for Oil and Gas Taxation	3.29
	North Sea Tax Changes
	Royalty Remission	3.31
	OIL AND GAS MEASUREMENT ACTIVITIES	3.32
	Inspections	3.33
	Other Activities	3.34
4	A LOOK AHEAD
	FUTURE UKCS DEVELOPMENTS/ACTIVITY	4.1 - 4.6
	DRILLING INTENTIONS	4.7 - 4.8
	INVESTMENT INTENTIONS	4.9 - 4.14
	FURTHER LICENSING ROUNDS	4.15 - 4.16
	PRODUCTION PROJECTIONS	4.17 - 4.18
	RESERVES
	Estimation of Reserves	4.19 - 4.20
	OIL RESERVES
	Initial Reserves	4.21 - 4.22
	Remaining Reserves	4.23
	GAS RESERVES	4.24
	Initial Reserves	4.25
	Initial Dry Gas Reserves	4.26
	Initial Gas Reserves in Gas Condensate Fields and Oil Fields	4.27 - 4.28
	Remaining Reserves	4.29 - 4.30
	POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL RESERVES	4.31 - 4.35
	UNDISCOVERED RECOVERABLE RESERVES	4.36 - 4.40
	DECOMMISSIONING	4.41 - 4.43
	PROPOSED FURTHER CHANGES TO THE "BROWN BOOK"
	Digital Version of "Brown Book"	4.44 - 4.45
	Oil and Gas Directorate Website	4.46
	Future Changes	4.47
Tables
	Table 2.1 Unit costs of fields at 2000 prices
	Table 3.1 Oil Spills Reported to the Department 1991 - 2000
	Table 3.2 Oil Discharged with Produced Water 1991 - 2000
	Table 4.1 Intentions to drill E&A wells: from DTI 2001 Survey
	Table 4.2 DTI capital expenditure survey 2000
	Table 4.3 Estimates of discovered recoverable reserves of OIL on the UKCS as at 31 December 2000
	Table 4.4 Estimates of discovered recoverable reserves of GAS on the UKCS at 31 December 2000
	Table 4.5 Potential Additional Reserves
	Table 4.6 Estimates of Undiscovered Recoverable Reserves on the UKCS Reserves in Future Discoveries by Geological Area
	Table 4.7 UKCS Initially Recoverable Reserves
Charts
	Chart 2.1 2000 Oil Production by field (million tonnes)
	Chart 2.2 2000 Gas Production (billion cubic metres)
	Chart 2.3 Sedimentary Basins
	Chart 2.4 Trends in the production of oil and gas, 1970 to 2000
	Chart 2.5 Average oil and gas prices from UKCS sales, 1976 to 2000
	Chart 2.6 Unit operating costs in 2000 prices, 1976 to 2000	`
	Chart 2.7 UKCS investment by operators and licensees, 1976 to 2000
	Chart 2.8 North Sea Tax Revenues and Oil Prices and Oil Equivalent Production
	Chart 2.9 Employment in the oil and gas sector, and employment offshore, 1978 to 2000
	Chart 3.1 Oil Spills Reported to the Department 1991-2000
	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
	Chart 4.3 Discovered Recoverable Reserves - Oil
	Chart 4.4 Discovered Recoverable Reserves - Gas
	Chart 4.5 UKCS Sector Potential for Reserves Growth by Further Development