OGUK Decom Insight Report 2021
3. Decommissioning in the UK – Pressing on post pandemic
3.1 Short term outlook 2020 – 2024
Figure 1 – 2020 actuals and short term outlook
Decommissioning area
Activity in 2020 (actual) Activity in 2021 (forecast) Activity from 2022–2024
589 wells • 407 platform wells • 141 subsea wells • 41 exploration & appraisal wells
OUTOF SERVICE 84 wells • 65 platform well • 13 subsea wells • 6 E&A
150 wells • 124 platform wells • 16 subsea wells • 10 E&A
Wells
OUTOF SERVICE
45 topsides to be removed 152,502 tonnes
14 topsides 56,641 tonnes
7 topsides 56,191 tonnes
Topsides
OUTOF SERVICE
44 jackets to be decommissioned 56,305 tonnes
11 jackets 27,108 tonnes
7 jackets 19,679 tonnes
Substructure
Subsea Infrastructure to be removed
57 km pipelines to be removed 8,956 tonnes of subsea structures removed 5,739 mattresses to be removed
3.865 km 2,528 tonnes 1,088 mattresses
44.458 km 2,002 tonnes 499 mattresses
DECOMMISSIONING INSIGHT 2021
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