Wireline Issue 25 Autumn 2013
Economic Report 2013 Wireline presents some of the key facts and figures
70%
Today
from Oil & Gas UK’s Economic Report 2013 .
Oil and gas provides some 70 per cent of the UK’s total primary energy
NOW
£27 billion
The oil and gas supply chain in the
Apprentices are trained in welding at the Nigg Skills Academy. Image courtesy of Derek Gordon Photography 450,000 Approximate number of jobs supported by offshore oil and gas
UK generates £27 billion in
sales of goods and services, including £7 billion in exports
IN THE FUTURE
Resources
In 2030
70%
15 to 24 billion barrels of oil equivalent remain to be extracted from the UK Continental Shelf
of primary energy in the UK will still come from oil and gas
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