Front Cover; The Official History of North Sea Oil and Gas; Copyright Page; Contents; List of abbreviations and acronyms; Preface; 1. Initial legislation and licensing; 2. The early North Sea boundary issues; 3. What role for the state?; 4. The early gas contracts; 5. The coming of oil, the Fourth Round controversy and its consequences; 6. Further gas developments and the Frigg contracts; 7. Designing the tax package; 8. Providing for BNOC and enhanced state control; 9. The new policy in action: state participation; 10. The new policy in action: further licensing and related issues
11. Increasing the Government take12. Depletion and conservation policies; 13. Utilising the benefits; Conclusions to volume I and preface to volume II; Notes; Index
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Written by the leading expert in the history of UK energy, this study provides new, in-depth analysis of the development of UK petroleum policies towards the North Sea based on full access to the Government's relevant archives
