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Mr. Cousins
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give a breakdown of the oil and gas platforms, oil and gas production, and oil and gas reserves between the Scottish and English sectors of the Moray Firth, central North sea, and mid North sea high fields.
| Moray Firth | Central North sea | Mid North sea high | |
| Number of oil and gas platforms | 7 | 15 | Nil |
| 1991 oil production (million tonnes)1 | 9·8 | 19·3 | Nil |
| 1991 gas production (billion cubic metres)1 | 3— | 3— | Nil |
| Initial discovered oil reserves (million tonnes)1 2 | 455 | 690 | Nil |
| Initial discovered gas reserves (billion cubic metres)1 2 | 80 | 145 | Nil |
| 1 Provisional figures. | |||
| 2 Central estimates at 31 December 1991. | |||
| 3 Less than one. | |||