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North Sea Oil

Question for Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UIN 4232, tabled on 28 November 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department expects the proportion of heavy crude oil to increase as a proportion of the UK's North Sea oil production up to 2035.

Answered on

6 December 2023

The Department expects that the proportion of total UK oil production from heavy oil fields is likely to be broadly the same in 2035 as it is now.

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