Decommissioning Insight 2019

DECOMMISSIONING INSIGHT 2019

7.5 Substructure Removal

Figure 29: Substructure decommissioning activity in the UKCS, 2019, to 2028

90,000

UK CNS

80,000

UK NNS & WoS

70,000

UK SNS & IS

60,000

50,000

40,000

30,000

20,000

Substructures to be Decommissioned (t)

10,000

0

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028

Source: OGUK, OGA

Total Number of Fields with Substructure Removal Activity CNS

NNS & WoS

16

SNS & IS

15

14

14

12

12

11 10

10

10

10

9

8

8

7

7

6

5

5 4

4

Substructure Weight to be Decommissioned (t)

2

0 1

1 0

1

1

1

1

0 1

1

0

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028

Source: OGUK, OGA

Region

Tonnes 150,122 86,543 104,883 341,548

Number of Substructures

Northern North Sea Central North Sea

12 15 82

Southern North Sea and Irish Sea

TOTAL

109

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