Decommissioning Insight 2017

DECOMMISSIONING INSIGHT 2017

Forecast Decommissioning Activity Across the North Sea, 2017 to 2025

Northern North Sea and West of Shetland

Southern North Sea and Irish Sea

Norwegian Continental Shelf

Danish Continental Shelf

Dutch Continental Shelf

Central North Sea

Total UKCS

Total

Number of fields with decommissioning activity Number of wells for P&A

45

77

92

214

23

6

106

349

568

604

452

1,624

300

113

410

2,447

Proportion of wells that are platformwells Number of platforms for removal

70% (399)

49% (297)

76% (345)

64% (1,041)

85% (254)

98% (111)

84% (345)

72% (1,751)

12

19

67

98

14

17

77

206

Topside weight to be removed

238,110 tonnes 52,655 tonnes

224,458 tonnes 128,024 tonnes

78,760 tonnes 68,979 tonnes

541,328 tonnes 249,658 tonnes

123,205 tonnes 115,176 tonnes

75,602 tonnes 58,602 tonnes

119,665 tonnes 84,502 tonnes

859,800 tonnes 507,938 tonnes

Substructure weight to be removed

Subsea infrastructure to be removed Length of pipelines to be decommissioned

13,586 tonnes

31,015 tonnes

4,772 tonnes

49,373 tonnes

2,555 tonnes

590 tonnes

1,385 tonnes

53,903 tonnes

778 kilometres

2,624 kilometres

2,112 kilometres

5,514 kilometres

222 kilometres

217 kilometres

1,827 kilometres

7,780 kilometres

Total tonnage coming onshore

304,351 tonnes

383,497 tonnes

152,511 tonnes

840,359 tonnes

240,936 tonnes

134,794 tonnes

205,552 tonnes

1,421,641 tonnes

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