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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