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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