Decommissioning Insight 2019

7.4 Topsides Removal

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Figure 28: Topsides Decommissioning Activity in the UKCS 2019, to 2028

180,000

UK CNS

UK NNS & WoS

UK SNS & IS

160,000

2

140,000

120,000

3

100,000

80,000

60,000

4

40,000

Topsides to be Decommissioned (t)

20,000

5

0

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028

Source: OGUK, OGA

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Total number of Assets with Topside Removal Activity CNS NNS & WoS SNS & IS

24

7

16

14

14

13

12

12

12

11

8

10

10

10

7 8

7 8

6

6

5

5

4

4

9

1 2

2

1 0

1 0

1

1

1

1

0 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 Number of fields with topsides decommissioning activity

Source: OGUK, OGA

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Region

Tonnes

Number of topsides

Northern North Sea and West of Shetland

11

425,208

18

Central North Sea

265,021 188,782 879,011

21 83

Southern North Sea and Irish Sea

TOTAL

122

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