<P> The oil and gas industry in the United Kingdom produced 1.42 million boepd in 2014, of which 59% was oil / liquids . In 2013 the UK consumed 1.508 million bpd of oil and 2.735 tcf of gas, so is now an importer of hydrocarbons having been a significant exporter in the 1980s and 1990s . </P> <P> 98% of production comes from offshore fields and the services industry in Aberdeen has been a leader in developing technology for hydrocarbon extraction offshore . Historically most gas came from Morecambe Bay and the Southern North Sea off East Anglia, but both areas are now in decline . Oil comes mainly from the North Sea Central Graben close to the median line with Norway in two main clusters - around the Forties oilfield east of Aberdeen and the Brent oilfield east of Shetland . There have been recent discoveries in challenging conditions west of Shetland . As of 2012 there were 15,729 kilometres (9,774 mi) of pipelines linking 113 oil installations and 189 gas installations . The only major onshore field is Wytch Farm in Dorset but there are a handful oil wells scattered across England . There is significant shale potential in the Weald and in the Bowland Shale under Lancashire & Yorkshire, but only a few wells have been drilled amongst considerable protests . </P>

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