Fossil Fuels
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the volume of (a) identified and (b) recoverable (i) oil, (ii) gas and (iii) coal resources (A) onshore and (B) offshore.
Answered by Michael Shanks
Data on oil and gas reserves are published on page 24 of Energy in Brief. Further information about reserves and resources is available from the North Sea Transition Authority.
Data on coal resources are published in Table 2.6 of the Digest of UK Energy Statistics.
Data for on and offshore resources are not available separately.
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