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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on annual levels of (a) exploration and (b) production of oil and gas on the UK Continental Shelf between 2022-23 and 2024-25.

The North Sea Transition Authority provides data and projections on a calendar year-basis, publishing projections for production but not exploration. The number of exploration wells will depend upon the results of the 33rd Licensing Round, which closes on 12 January 2023.

Production projections can be found here: https://www.nstauthority.co.uk/media/8365/nsta-august-2022-production-projections-plus-ccc-and-beis-demand-projections.xlsx.