Offshore Industry: Territorial Waters

(asked on 22nd June 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of oil and gas extracted from UK territorial waters was extracted by companies headquartered in the UK in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, and (4) 2022.


Answered by
Lord Callanan Portrait
Lord Callanan
Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 5th July 2023

The Government does not specifically track the headquarters of oil and gas licensees operating on the UK Continental Shelf. However, it is a requirement that all licence holders must be UK registered, either as a company or as a branch of an overseas company.

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