Decommissioning Insight 2019

Norway

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Figure 16: Well Decommissioning Activity in Norway 2019, to 2028

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Subsea Wells Platform Wells

90

80

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70

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40

30

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Number of Wells to be Decommissioned

10

6

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2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028

Source: OGUK

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Well Type

Sub-Totals

Percentage

Platform Well

313

75%

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Subsea Well

104 417

25%

TOTAL

100%

Norway expects to decommission an average of 25 wells per year up until 2024, after which a significant increase is forecast, peaking at 94 wells in 2025 and tailing off to 28 at the end of the dataset. This is a similar work profile to that reported in Decommissioning Insight 2018 , with some large decommissioning projects expected to get underway towards the end of the dataset.

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