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Fallow Initiative

Volume 468: debated on Wednesday 28 November 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many fallow fields there are in the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean in which there has been no development over the last 10 years; and which company currently holds the licence to develop in each case. (167866)

There are 258 discovered fields undeveloped for 10 years or more. Of these:

25 are unlicensed and will be offered in the next licensing round;

84 have been awarded in recent licensing rounds since 2002, of which 58 are on traditional licences, and 26 are on promote licences (where there is no formal operator);

8 have development plans pending approval;

26 have seen seismic activity or appraisal drilling within the past three years;

59 are the subject of significant activity such as seismic reprocessing;

13 currently have technical obstacles to overcome, such as lack of capacity or lack of infrastructure, which are being addressed;

43 have no activity planned and are due to be surrendered for re-licensing within two years if no plan for development is presented. aforementioned

The following table covers all of the aforementioned discoveries and shows operators where applicable.

Discovery well number

Operator

210/29a-3

Promote Licence

3/11-1

Unlicensed

211/11-1

Promote Licence

13/22b-4

Unlicensed

48/22-1

Unlicensed

48/22-4

Promote Licence

20/08-2

Unlicensed

16/06b-6

Unlicensed

48/02b-3

Unlicensed

210/25c-6A

Promote Licence

21/29b-9

Unlicensed

42/15a-2

Unlicensed

50/26b-6

Unlicensed

3/08c-12

Unlicensed

48/02-1

Promote Licence

29/08a-4

Unlicensed

43/13a-l

Promote Licence

43/20-1

Promote Licence

30/29a-l

Promote Licence

42/15b-l

Unlicensed

42/10b-2Z

Unlicensed

43/17-2

Unlicensed

42/22-1

Promote Licence

43/18-1

Promote Licence

21/29b-4

Unlicensed

22/28b-2

Unlicensed

39/16-1

Promote Licence

43/23-1

Promote Licence

48/24b-2

Unlicensed

47/09b-4

Promote Licence

9/12-3

Promote Licence

3/08b-10

Unlicensed

15/07-1

Promote Licence

15/21-2

Promote Licence

49/02-3

Promote Licence

16/03a-4

Promote Licence

15/26-1

Unlicensed

41/25a-l

Promote Licence

41/20-2

Promote Licence

9/21-2

Promote Licence

9/12b-6

Promote Licence

14/26b-4

Unlicensed

49/22-16

Promote Licence

14/26b-5

Unlicensed

110/04-1

Promote Licence

15/21b-45

Promote Licence

41/24a-1

Promote Licence

15/26a-2

Unlicensed

21/28a-2

Antrim Resources

211/22a-3

Antrim Resources

21/28a-6

Antrim Resources

16/29-4

Apache Corporation

2/15-1

ATP Oil and Gas Corporation

2/15a-9

ATP Oil and Gas Corporation

2/10a-6

ATP Oil and Gas Corporation

3/11b-4Z

ATP Oil and Gas Corporation

13/30-2

BG International

30/08-2

BG International

22/08a-2

BG International

110/13-17

BHP Billiton Petroleum

16/23-2

BP Exploration

204/19-6

BP Exploration

206/11-1

BP Exploration

9/23b-21

BP Exploration

9/24b-1A

BP Exploration

16/22-2

BP Exploration

30/01c-3

BP Exploration

47/03e-9

BP Exploration

98/11-2

BP Exploration

211/07a-2

BP Exploration

98/07-2

BP Exploration

47/03e-8

BP Exploration

204/19-8Z

BP Exploration

48/21-1

Bridge E&P Corporation

11/24-1

Caithness Petroleum

48/08a-1

Centrica Resources

110/08a-5

Centrica Resources

49/09a-5

Centrica Resources

113/27-2

Centrica Resources

49/09-1

Centrica Resources

48/07c-11

Centrica Resources

9/23b-19

Century Exploration

48/25a-4

Century Exploration

48/24a-1

Century Exploration

110/14-1

Challenger Minerals

15/29a-9

Chevron Corporation

207/01-3

Chevron Corporation

9/11-2

Chevron Corporation

9/11b-11

Chevron Corporation

3/28a-2

Chevron Corporation

206/02-1

Chevron Corporation

15/29a-3

Chevron Corporation

29/02a-2

CNR International

22/27a-2

CNR International

3/07-3

CNR International

211/28-1A

CNR International

3/03-8

CNR International

110/08a-4

Conocophillips (U.K.)

30/07a-10

Conocophillips (U.K.)

15/30-2

Conocophillips (U.K.)

110/02b-10

Conocophillips (U.K.)

110/02b-11

Conocophillips (U.K.)

30/13-3

Conocophillips (U.K.)

110/14-2

Conocophillips (U.K.)

42/29-6

Dana Petroleum plc.

211/22-1

Dana Petroleum plc.

210/24a-8

Dana Petroleum plc.

42/29-7

Dana Petroleum plc.

23/16d-6

Dana Petroleum plc.

211/13-1

Dana Petroleum plc.

211/08a-2

Dana Petroleum plc.

21/17-4

Dana Petroleum plc.

21/17-3

Dana Petroleum plc.

214/30-1

Dansk Olie OG Naturgas A/S

43/27-2

E.On Ruhrgas UK North Sea

48/02-2

E.On Ruhrgas UK North Sea

44/22c-9

E.On Ruhrgas UK North Sea

113/28-2

Eclipse Energy Company

113/29-2

Eclipse Energy Company

43/08-1

Encore Petroleum Ltd.

30/25a-4

Endeavour International

12/27a-3

Endeavour International

12/27-1

Endeavour International

16/18-1

ENI UK Ltd.

16/23-4

ENI UK Ltd.

110/12a-1

Eog Resources Inc.

9/18a-15

Exxonmobil International

48/18a-4

Exxonmobil International

9/19-3

Exxonmobil International

9/19-4

Exxonmobil International

48/18c-5

Exxonmobil International

206/10a-1

Faroe Petroleum plc.

44/13-1

Gaz De France

44/27-1

Gaz De France

44/12-1

Gaz De France

44/29b-4

Gaz De France

44/16-1Z

Gaz De France

22/24b-8

Gaz De France

16/08c-13

Genesis Petroleum Europe

53/01-3

Helix Energy Solutions

53/01a-13

Helix Energy Solutions

47/02-1

Hess Ltd.

204/28-1

Hurricane Exploration

12/21-2

Ithaca Energy Inc.

14/18b-7

Ithaca Energy Inc.

14/18-1

Ithaca Energy Inc.

14/18b-12

Ithaca Energy Inc.

205/26a-4

Lundin Petroleum BV

21/13b-lA

Lundin Petroleum BV

211/28a-7

Lundin Petroleum BV

9/10b-1

Lundin Petroleum BV

9/15a-l

Lundin Petroleum BV

2/05-10

Lundin Petroleum BV

30/02-1

Maersk Oil (UK)

30/14-1

Maersk Oil (UK)

4/26-1A

Maersk Oil (UK)

22/27a-l

Maersk Oil (UK)

15/20b-11

Maersk Oil (UK)

16/21d-31

Maersk Oil (UK)

103/01-1

Marathon Oil UK Ltd.

9/02-1

Masefield Energy Holdings

15/13-2

National Iranian Oil Co.

15/21b-47

Nexen Petroleum

15/21b-50

Nexen Petroleum

15/19-4

Nexen Petroleum

15/19-6

Nexen Petroleum

20/03-4

Nexen Petroleum

15/21a-7

Nexen Petroleum

21/02-1

Nexen Petroleum

21/02-2

Nexen Petroleum

21/15a-2

Nexen Petroleum

15/21a-51

Nexen Petroleum

15/21a-38Z

Nexen Petroleum

15/23d-13

Nexen Petroleum

15/21a-46

Nexen Petroleum

22/22b-2

Nexen Petroleum

15/24a-4

Nippon Oil Corporation

21/20b-4

Noble Energy Europe

22/02-2

Oilexco Incorporated

22/14b-3

Oilexco Incorporated

49/18-5Z

Perenco plc.

21/30-12

Perenco plc.

49/28-2

Perenco plc.

21/30-17

Perenco plc.

48/17b-3

Perenco plc.

48/11a-12

Perenco plc.

44/18a-5

Perenco plc.

12/21-3

Petro-Canada UK Holdings

15/18a-6

Petro-Canada UK Holdings

21/24-1

Petro-Canada UK Holdings

211/18-9

Petrofac Ltd.

29/07-1

Royal Dutch Shell

22/13a-2

Royal Dutch Shell

211/23-6

Royal Dutch Shell

22/23b-5

Royal Dutch Shell

22/29-2

Royal Dutch Shell

22/30a-16

Royal Dutch Shell

22/13a-1

Royal Dutch Shell

29/05a-1

Royal Dutch Shell

23/16b-1

Royal Dutch Shell

211/21-11

Royal Dutch Shell

29/09a-1

Royal Dutch Shell

29/10-4

Royal Dutch Shell

29/10-2

Royal Dutch Shell

30/06-3Z

Royal Dutch Shell

48/19a-3

Royal Dutch Shell

29/03-1

Royal Dutch Shell

211/23b-11

Royal Dutch Shell

13/21a-lA

Royal Dutch Shell

211/23b-12

Royal Dutch Shell

21/20a-5

Royal Dutch Shell

49/01-3

RWE DEA UK Holdings

43/20b-2

RWE DEA UK Holdings

14/15-2

Serica Energy

23/16a-2

Serica Energy

48/20b-6

Silverstone SNS Ltd.

48/25b-5

Silverstone SNS Ltd.

42/13-2

Sterling Resources

16/03a-11

Stratic Energy

16/02b-4

Stratic Energy

30/13-2

Talisman Energy Inc.

16/22-5

Talisman Energy Inc.

30/13-1

Talisman Energy Inc.

15/17-24

Talisman Energy Inc.

16/13a-2Z

Talisman Energy Inc.

16/22-1

Talisman Energy Inc.

15/17-25

Talisman Energy Inc.

22/18-3

Talisman Energy Inc.

22/19-1

Talisman Energy Inc.

14/14-1

Talisman Energy Inc.

15/17-8A

Talisman Energy Inc.

14/20-6Z

Talisman Energy Inc.

15/17-26

Talisman Energy Inc.

3/30-3

Total E&P UK plc.

3/30a-4

Total E&P UK plc.

3/10b-1

Total E&P UK plc.

3/09a-11

Total E&P UK plc.

3/04-7

Total E&P UK plc.

206/01-2

Total E&P UK plc.

3/09a-8

Total E&P UK plc.

44/28d-5

Tullow UK

44/28-3

Tullow UK

49/03-3

Tullow UK

28/02-1

Venture Production

30/11b-4

Venture Production

49/10b-3

Venture Production

48/14-2

Venture Production

30/11b-3

Venture Production

29/09b-2

Venture Production

29/08a-3

Venture Production

29/06a-3

Venture Production

43/16-2

Venture Production

22/22c-3Z

Venture Production

21/27-1A

Venture Production

21/19-1A

Venture Production

29/08b-2

Venture Production

44/19-3

Wintershall B.V.

9/03-1

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