Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the ratio of energy used in extraction, including to energy produced, taking into account transportation costs and possible damage to infrastructure.

Data on energy production and energy use in extraction are published in Table 1.1 of DUKES (Digest of UK Energy Statistics).

Thousand tonnes of oil equivalent

Energy used in transportation is published in the energy balance table, but DECC is unable to estimate the share of this associated with energy extraction. Damage to infrastructure is not estimated within energy statistics.