Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the ability of the UK fabrication industry to deliver UK Continental Shelf projects; and what capacity and capability constraints he has identified on that ability.

A mapping exercise of the UK fabrication sector was recently undertaken and jointly funded between DECC and Oil and Gas UK. This report which contains comprehensive information on all major fabrication facilities in the UK has been distributed widely within the operator community in the UKCS and can be accessed at http://cld.bz/LEnmxPt.

The concept of alliance contracting is currently being studied to evaluate whether larger processing decks currently deemed too large for individual yards could be divided into a number of modules within existing yard capability.