This statistic illustrates the number of onshore 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 20 in 2000 to just seven in 2015, and is expected to drop to four in 2016.
Number of onshore oil and gas wells under exploration, appraisal 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 onshore oil and gas wells under exploration, appraisal and development on the United Kingdom continental shelf between 2000 and 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/925208/onshore-oil-well-drilling-in-the-north-sea-by-the-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK, und UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Number of onshore oil and gas wells under exploration, appraisal and development on the United Kingdom continental shelf between 2000 and 2016." Chart. March 29, 2018. Statista. Accessed May 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/925208/onshore-oil-well-drilling-in-the-north-sea-by-the-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK, UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2018). Number of onshore oil and gas wells under exploration, appraisal and development on the United Kingdom continental shelf between 2000 and 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/925208/onshore-oil-well-drilling-in-the-north-sea-by-the-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK, and UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Number of Onshore Oil and Gas Wells under Exploration, Appraisal and Development on The United Kingdom Continental Shelf between 2000 and 2016." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Mar 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/925208/onshore-oil-well-drilling-in-the-north-sea-by-the-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK & UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Number of onshore oil and gas wells under exploration, appraisal and development on the United Kingdom continental shelf between 2000 and 2016 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/925208/onshore-oil-well-drilling-in-the-north-sea-by-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited May 06, 2024)
Number of onshore oil and gas wells under exploration, appraisal 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/925208/onshore-oil-well-drilling-in-the-north-sea-by-the-united-kingdom-uk/