Bernard J. Durkan
Question:54 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Enterprise the proportion which gas or oil finds to date represent of total fuel requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27182/00]
Vol. 526 No. 5
54 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Enterprise the proportion which gas or oil finds to date represent of total fuel requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27182/00]
Indigenous natural gas production represented an estimated 8.2% of total primary energy requirement, TPER – a measure of all energy consumed in Ireland, in 1999. There was no indigenous oil production.