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Offshore Industry: North Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of North Sea operators invest solely in oil and gas extraction.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled: 14 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 16 Oct 2024
Answer: 21 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

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Recorded timeline

14 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of North Sea operators invest solely in oil and gas extraction.
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Oct 2024
Answer published
We recognise that various oil and gas operators are part of integrated energy companies that invest across a range of technologies in the UK and elsewhere. The department does not measure or track investments in the energy transition made by private secto...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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