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Mrs Renée Short
asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish a table showing the research being undertaken by his Department on fixed concrete and steel offshore structures, separately listed, together with the moneys
| £1,000s | ||||
| Costs | ||||
| Programme | Principal Contractors | 1975–76 | 1976–77 | 1977–78 |
| Steel Structures | ||||
| United Kingdom Offshore Steels Research Programme. | The Welding Institute, National Engineering Laboratory. | 560 | 992 | 474 |
| Studies of Buckling of Steel | Glasgow University, Cambridge University. | 10 | 18 | — |
| Fullscale measurements on Forties FB Platform. | British Petroleum | 120 | 130 | — |
| Concrete Structures | ||||
| Offshore Concrete Research Programme (based on "Concrete in the Oceans" report). | Underwater Engineering Group of Construction Industry Research and Information Association (as joint managers), Cement and Concrete Association, and others to be appointed. | 25 | 125 | 50 |
| Corrosion of Steel Reinforcement in Concrete. | Atomic Energy Research Establishment. | 15 | — | — |
| Guide to temperature effects in offshore oil-containing concrete structures. | Underwater Engineering Group of Construction Industry Research and Information Association. | 5 | 5 | — |
| Fullscale measurements on Brent B Platform. | Shell | 75 | 75 | — |