UKCS offshore exploration and appraisal activity up by 75 per cent

Offshore exploration and appraisal activity rose by 75 per cent in the last quarter, according to the latest oil and gas industry figures released by Deloitte. The business advisory firm’s latest North West Europe Review, which summarises drilling and licensing in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), reveals a total of 28 exploration and appraisal wells were spudded in the third quarter of 2009.