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Wytch Farm,me clear that the field was ‘capable of flow rates never achieved on United Kingdom land or even dreamed of’.. By the middle of 1982 potential production rates were being put at 50 000 barrels a day, almost 20 times the highest daily average previously recorded in 60 years of onshore production. Wyt

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The Participants,, a dearth of fresh discoveries, falling real oil prices, and a lack of immediate prospec-tive exploration acreage all acted as a constraint on the crowded industry. At the time of writing, though, more than 50 companies, gathered together in various consortia, at least nine seismic survey firms, an

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Onshore Economics,er has gone so far as to suggest, ‘The business is as much about raising money as knowing where to find oil.’ . A number of factors are involved, some of them within the control of central and local government, and all of them varying in importance from company to company. The three most crucial are

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The Licensing System,n the British mainland is regulated. The system has been criticised both in its detail and its application, and it is probably fair to say that while the present system is clearly workable — if not entirely satisfactory to most parties — the number of changes it has undergone in recent years reflect

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Land Access,, those governing the exploitation of a sizeable find are likely to prove complex. Indeed, additional complications, such as the inadequacy in many instances of land registers, make it likely that any company which has a long-term commitment to onshore work will be able to justify a full-time lands