Decommissioning Insight 2018

7.1 Well Decommissioning

914 wells are slated for decommissioning across the Norwegian, Danish and Dutch Continental shelves over the next decade. The following section breaks this activity down, arranged by country.

Norway

Figure 22: Well Decommissioning Activity in Norway

100

Subsea Wells Platform Wells

90

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

Number of Wells to be Decommissioned

7

10

0

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027

Source: Oil & Gas UK

Number of Wells

Percentage PlatformWells

363

73%

Norway expects to decommission an average of 22 wells each year through to 2024, after which a significant increase is forecast. Between 2025 and 2027 some large decommissioning projects are expected to get underway, with annual well decommissioning expected to increase to an average of 70 per year.

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