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Gas Flaring

Volume 979: debated on Thursday 21 February 1980

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asked the Secretary of State for Energy, for the last year for which figures are available, of the total gas available from the United Kingdom continental shelf how much was (a) flared, (b) reinjected, (c) used by the producers and (d) available for internal consumption by the British Gas Corporation.

AVERAGE DAILY GAS FLARING RATES, 1975–79
Period19751976197719781979 Year
Million cubic metres0·22912·518
Million cubic feet773326440639
As percentage equivalent of United Kingdom oil production45877
Period1979 January-June1979 July-September1979 October1979 November1979 December
Million cubic metres19·518·51615·514
Million cubic feet685656565546487
As percentage equivalent of United Kingdom oil production876·56·56