英国历来是一个石油进口国,60年代开始在北海大陆架进行油气勘探,于1969年在苏格兰以东海域发现了第一个油田。从此,北海的石油对英国经济产生了重大的推进作用。北海介于英国和北欧大陆之间,面积50多万平方公里。这里很早曾是欧洲大陆上一片水草丰盛的洼地,后来该地区地面逐渐下沉成海,为石油生成提供了良好的地质条件。目前,英属北海大陆架石油探明储量多达30乙吨以上,此外还有7000多亿立方米的天然气,有80多个具有开采价值的油 Britain has traditionally been an oil-importing country. In the 1960s, oil and gas exploration began on the North Sea shelf and the first oilfield was discovered in the sea east of Scotland in 1969. Since then, the North Sea oil has a significant boost to the British economy. Beihai between the UK and the Nordic continent, an area of ​​more than 500,000 square kilometers. It was a very early depression on the European continent where water and vegetation were abundant. Later on, the ground gradually subsided into a sea of ​​sea and provided good geological conditions for oil generation. At present, the oil reserves of the British North Sea continental shelf are as much as 30 tons, in addition there are more than 700 billion cubic meters of natural gas and more than 80 oil with exploitation value