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‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Oil and Gas Exploration. Offshore exploration wells in 1981
Summary
Seven offshore wells had been completed and an eighth had begun; six showed no significant hydrocarbons, while results from the seventh were expected shortly.
asked the Minister for Industry and Energy the number of exploration wells for oil and gas drilled off the coast in 1981 to date; and the results, if available, in each case.
Comment on this
Seven wells have been completed this year to date. Work on an eighth well has just started; the results of this last well will not be known for some time.
In the case of six of the seven completed wells there were no significant hydrocarbons discovered. The results of the drilling in the seventh well will be announced shortly by the exploration group concerned.
