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1979 Jul 2 - 1981 Sep 14
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/454
Energy (Proposal for North Sea gas gathering pipeline)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2011 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 243
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79 Jul 9 Mon Energy: Lankester minute to MT ("Gas Pipelines") [Brent to St. Fergus pipeline; new pipeline costs] [declassified 2011]
80 Jun 10 Tue Energy: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Gas Gathering Line (E(80) 52)") [declassified 2011]
80 Oct 30 Thu Energy: Eldon Griffiths MP letter to MT (new gas pipeline project "likely to founder on the Gas Council's monopoly") [declassified 2011]
80 Oct 30 Thu Energy: Draft MT letter to Eldon Griffiths MP (new gas pipeline project and Gas Council) [MT: "I have a lot of sympathy with Eldon's letter. That is why I have not signed the reply"] [declassified 2011]
80 Nov 25 Tue Energy: Lankester minute to MT ("Gas Gathering Pipeline") [reply to Eldon Griffiths' letter] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 2 Tue Energy: Department of Energy letter to No.10 (revised reply to Eldon Griffiths on new gas gathering pipeline) [MT: "Have signed because haven't time to revise"] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 9 Tue Energy: Howell minute to MT ("The Gas Gathering Pipeline and Disposal of Natural Gas Liquids") [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 15 Mon Energy: Joseph minute to MT ("The Gas Gathering Pipeline and Disposal of Natural Gas Liquids") [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 16 Tue Energy: No.10 letter to Department of Energy ("Gas Gathering Pipeline and Disposal of Natural Gas Liquids") [MT "content with Mr. Howell's proposals"] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 29 Mon Energy: Whitmore minute to MT ("Gas Gathering Pipeline") [secret report shows that Norwegian Government continues to have concerns about completion of British gas gathering pipeline] [declassified 2011]
81 Apr 3 Fri Energy: Department of Energy letter to No.10 ("Gas Gathering Pipeline") [progress report on gas gathering pipeline] [declassified 2011]
81 Jun 29 Mon Energy: Department of Energy letter to No.10 ("Gas Gathering Pipeline") [progress report on gas gathering pipeline] [declassified 2011]
81 Jul 2 Thu Energy: No.10 letter to Department of Energy ("Gas Gathering Pipeline") [MT response to progress report on gas gathering pipeline] [declassified 2011]
81 Jul 15 Wed Energy: Wolfson minute to Lankester (gas gathering pipeline project may fall through) ["The Government could derive great damage from this. Politically it would be made to appear that the National Interest had somehow been lost in our pursuit of Privatization"] [declassified 2011]
81 Jul 17 Fri Energy: Ibbs minute to Lankester ("Gas Gathering Pipeline") [response to impasse in pipeline project] [declassified 2011]
81 Jul 20 Mon Energy: No.10 letter to Department of Energy ("Gas Gathering Pipeline") ["The Prime Minister is disappointed that a project of such national importance has apparently reached such an impasse"] [declassified 2011]
81 Jul 31 Fri Energy: Ibbs minute to Lankester ("Gas Gathering Pipeline") [report on impasse in pipeline project] [declassified 2011]
81 Aug 4 Tue Energy: Howell minute to MT ("Gas Gathering Pipeline") [seeking further private funding for pipeline project] [declassified 2011]
81 Aug 26 Wed Energy: Howell minute to MT ("Gas Gathering Pipeline") ["the idea of private sector financing at the outset is...now closed"; suggests British Gas financing of project] [declassified 2011]
81 Aug 28 Fri Energy: Baker minute to MT ("Gas Gathering Pipeline") [argues that project should go ahead] [declassified 2011]