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Written Question
Oil: Exploration
Wednesday 27th October 2021

Asked by: Baroness Grender (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many new oil drilling extraction sites have been approved in England in the last two years; and where any such sites (1) are, or (2) are proposed to be, located.

Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

One new oil field has been granted production consent in the last two years – Horse Hill (in Surrey).

Written Question
Oil: Exploration
Wednesday 27th October 2021

Asked by: Baroness Grender (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many oil drilling extraction sites there are in England.

Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

There are currently 47 oil and gas extraction sites in England.