The noble Lord may be confusing two different things: a well, which may have a short life, and a field. I can see that wells might run out quite quickly, but then other wells will be drilled, so that does not mean that the field runs out in the period as he is explaining.
Infrastructure Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Turnbull
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 9 February 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Infrastructure Bill [HL].
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