New oilfield off Shetlands
- Title
- New oilfield off Shetlands
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 7 Nov 1994
- Year of production
- 1994
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- Duration
- 00:00:48
- Description
- Energy Minister, Tim Eggar says the go-ahead given by the Government for the development of a new oilfield, Foinaven, in the Atlantic off the Shetland Islands by Shell and BP is not just good news for the Treasury but for employment and hi-tech companies too. Interviewer not heard.
- Contributors
- Tim Eggar
- Keywords
- BP; Shell (company); Employment; Oil extraction; Petroleum industry; Oilfields; Atlantic Ocean; Shetland Islands; Foinaven
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LBC/IRN, "New oilfield off Shetlands". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0006600125016 (Accessed 10 May 2025)