Decommissioning Insight 2015

Between 2015 and 2024, nearly 2,400 kilometres of pipeline are forecast to be ‘made safe’ in the CNS and NNS/WofS areas. As seen in Figure 13, activity is not spread evenly across the decade, but is forecast to peak at close to 750 kilometres of pipeline in 2021, with 11 projects scheduling activity. The majority of activity is concentrated post-2020 and the forecast largely mirrors that for pipeline decommissioning (see section 7.4). Figure 13: Forecast Kilometres of Pipeline for ‘Making Safe’ in the Central and Northern North Sea/West of Shetland

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2

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Increased Uncertainty in Forecasts

800

700

4

600

500

5

400

300

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Kilometres of Pipeline

200

100

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2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

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Source: Oil & Gas UK

Length (km) 2015 to 2024

Total Expenditure 2015 to 2024

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Pipeline 'making safe'

2,350

£117million

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