Decommissioning Insight 2018

DECOMMISSIONING INSIGHT 2018

6.4 Topsides and Substructure Removal

Figure 20: Weight of Topside to be Removed From the UKCS

180,000

UK CNS

UK NNS & WoS

UK SNS & IS

160,000

140,000

120,000

100,000

80,000

60,000

40,000

Topside Weight to be Removed (tonnes)

20,000

0

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027

Source: Oil & Gas UK, OGA

Just over 605,000 tonnes of topsides are due to be removed in the UKCS over the next ten years. The greatest amount of activity occurs in the central North Sea, where almost 300,000 tonnes are expected to be removed. The data also show that a steady workload is expected in the southern North Sea with an average of 8,000 tonnes per year to be removed.

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