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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Increased Uncertainty in Forecasts
800
700
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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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