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5°E

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47°N

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Key to block Nos.

N. Ireland

GASCONDENSATE

GASOIL

Town locations

Offshore areas previously under licence

Areas under licence

Steel platform building site

Other discoveries (dots are not an indication of size)

Producing Mine Vents

Fields (fields under development, in production or have ceased production shown in capital letters)

Pipeline under design or construction but not operational, disused or decommissioned

Pipeline

Terminal

Depths in metres 200

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Miles

Kilometres

1cm : 20 kms

Scale 1:2,000,000

Sedimentary Basins boundaries

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