This statistic illustrates the number of offshore drilling wells for liquid oil and natural gas under exploration and appraisal and in development on the United Kingdom continental shelf between 2000 and 2016. The number of wells in development fell from a peak of 286 in 2001 to under 150 in 2009. In 2007 there were 111 offshore wells in the appraisal and exploration phase.
Number of offshore oil and gas wells under exploration and development on the United Kingdom continental shelf between 2000 and 2016
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GOV.UK, & UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (March 29, 2018). Number of offshore oil and gas wells under exploration and development on the United Kingdom continental shelf between 2000 and 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 10, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/383825/oil-and-gas-well-drilling-in-the-north-sea-by-the-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK, und UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Number of offshore oil and gas wells under exploration and development on the United Kingdom continental shelf between 2000 and 2016." Chart. March 29, 2018. Statista. Accessed May 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/383825/oil-and-gas-well-drilling-in-the-north-sea-by-the-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK, UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2018). Number of offshore oil and gas wells under exploration and development on the United Kingdom continental shelf between 2000 and 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/383825/oil-and-gas-well-drilling-in-the-north-sea-by-the-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK, and UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Number of Offshore Oil and Gas Wells under Exploration and Development on The United Kingdom Continental Shelf between 2000 and 2016." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Mar 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/383825/oil-and-gas-well-drilling-in-the-north-sea-by-the-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK & UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Number of offshore oil and gas wells under exploration and development on the United Kingdom continental shelf between 2000 and 2016 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/383825/oil-and-gas-well-drilling-in-the-north-sea-by-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited May 10, 2024)
Number of offshore oil and gas wells under exploration and development on the United Kingdom continental shelf between 2000 and 2016 [Graph], GOV.UK, & UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, March 29, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/383825/oil-and-gas-well-drilling-in-the-north-sea-by-the-united-kingdom-uk/