UK Offshore Wind April 17-18 2002UK Offshore Wind April 17-18 2002

April 17-18 2002

UK Offshore Wind 2002

James May

Director-General

UKOOA

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• 32 operating (oil and gas producing) companies

• 1000s of contracting and supply companies

• 265,000 jobs

• Offshore engineering industry

• 233 producing fields

• Well developed infrastructure of pipelines and platforms

Structure of UK Oil and Gas Industry

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UK Primary Energy in 2000 - Production & Consumption

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Major Oil & Gas Producing Countries

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UKCS Oil and Gas Production

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Regional Spread of UK Jobs

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UKCS Declining Discovery Size

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UKCS Gas Demand - Doubled Since Early 1990’s

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UKCS Remaining Oil & Gas Reserves boe (from 1/1/2002)

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UKCS Gas Production - Identified Projects

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Pilot Vision : Production

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• Relationships with other marine stakeholders, eg fishing industry

• Opportunities to share experience of marine operations

• Opportunities to share engineering and technology resources

• Sustainability of UK offshore engineering industry, skills base and employment

• Dialogue involving DTI, Crown Estate etc. regarding future developments

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