Fallow Initiative Mr. Doran 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. Malcolm Wicks 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 |Xcite Energy | ---------------------------------------------------