Jim Cunningham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-06-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2016 to Question 40279, what forecast the Oil and Gas Authority has made of the proportion of UK energy consumption to be supplied by other countries in each of the next 10 years.
Andrea Leadsom
The Oil and Gas Authority does not produce a forecast of the proportion of UK energy consumption to be supplied by other countries.
However, as indicated in the answer to Question 40279, the Oil and Gas Authority publishes projections of UK oil and gas import dependency (defined as net oil and gas imports as a percentage of UK oil and gas demand).[1]
These projections for 2016-2026 are given in the following table.
|
Year |
Oil and Gas import dependency (%) |
|
2016 |
43% |
|
2017 |
44% |
|
2018 |
44% |
|
2019 |
45% |
|
2020 |
46% |
[1] Oil and Gas Authority (February 2016), Production Projections https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/503852/OGA_production_projections_-_February_2016.pdf
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