Statistics Norway

Oil and gas, international markets

32   Exploration and appraisal drilling in the North Sea, by country and geographical area. 1972-1985
  1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Denmark                            
                             
Exploration and appraisal drilling. South-west licences 1 3 2 5 3 5 4 1 7 5 8 14 8 18
                             
Netherlands                            
                             
Onshore1                            
Exploration drilling 10 4 2 8 7 7 6 6 5 15 14 8 14 15
Appraisal drilling 2 1 5 7 12 13 20 15 22 14 10 15 16 12
                             
Offshore                            
Exploration drilling 16 17 16 15 16 23 18 17 26 15 35 31 26 36
Appraisal drilling 1 2 1 3 3 5 5 4 5 17 10 12 7 7
                             
Norway                            
Exploration drilling                            
South of 62º 11 17 12 18 20 12 14 18 23 19 27 20 22 13
North of 62º                 1 2 5 7 6 10
Svalbard 2 3 2 - 1 - - - - - - - - 1
                             
Appraisal drilling                            
South of 62º 3 5 6 8 3 8 5 10 10 15 13 7 11 14
North of 62º - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 6
                             
United Kingdom                            
                             
Exploration drilling                            
East of England 8 7 4 2 3 5 - - - 1 9 9 24 17
East of Scotland     25 49 25 23 20 22 19 37 36 45 53 48
East of Shetland 24 18 26 23 25 24 11 4 7 7 11 9 20 19
West of England/Wales - 16 4 2 4 4 3 - - - 4 1 1 1
West of Shetland, Channel and SW Approaches 1 - 8 3 1 11 3 6 6 3 8 13 8 8
                             
Appraisal drilling 4 6 2 1 1 - - - - 1 8 17 19 24
East of England 4 6 7 11 13 20 11 8 13 15 24 18 44 26
East of Scotland - 7 24 24 13 17 8 7 8 10 11 13 13 13
East of Shetland - - - 1 1 1 3 - - - - 3 - -
West of England/Wales                            
West of Shetland, Channel and SW Approaches   - - - - - - 3 - 1 - - - 1
1  15 exploration wells and 3 appraisal wells were drilled in the Groningen area between 1959-1961.
Source: The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate`s annual report, Development of the oil and gas resources of the United Kingdom - Department of Energy, Yearbook oil and gas - Ministry of Economic Affairs Netherland and Danmarks olie og gasproduktion - annual report Energistyrelsen.
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