Wireline Issue 45 - Summer 2019

Image below: OGA chief executive Andy Samuel presents at the unveiling of the NDR.

Image bottom: (L-R) OGA chief information officer Simon James, OGA CFO Nic Granger, CDA chief executive Malcolm Fleming.

The group will provide the mechanism for member companies to share specialist knowledge, experience and lessons, as well as develop industry guidance as required in the area of cyber security risks and mitigations. Membership is open to all OGUK members, and representatives from the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) and the oil and gas cyber team in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) will be invited as guests to discuss pertinent issues. If you are interested in joining or learning more about the group, please contact workforce engagement & skills manager Alix Thom via athom@oilandgasuk.co.uk.

own tax history and the seller’s tax history. This reduces the risk to smaller companies of carrying out decommissioning without obtaining full tax relief for their costs. The rules apply to licence transfers approved by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) on or after 1 November 2018.

National Data Repository opened to the public

25 March saw the one of the largest ever single open releases of data, with the launch of the first UK Oil and Gas National Data Repository (NDR). Commissioned by the OGA and developed by Common Data Access (CDA), the NDR is an online platform which is home to 130 terabytes of well, geophysical, field and infrastructure data covering more than 12,500 wellbores, 5,000 seismic surveys, and 3,000 pipelines. Free to access and open to the public, the NDR aims to help achieve maximum economic recovery of the estimated 20 billion barrels of oil and gas that remains in the basin. It will also play an important role in the energy transition, including enabling future carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) projects.

New cyber security group launched

Following an expression of interest by several members after the inaugural OGUK Cyber Security Seminar held in September 2018, a dedicated cyber security group has been established.

The NDR can be accessed at ndr.ogauthority.co.uk.

Parliament welcomes industry leaders

at annual reception

With crucial ministerial votes on Brexit happening just metres away, 13 March saw nearly 100 industry leaders, parliamentarians and senior civil servants gather at a particularly busy House of Commons for the British Offshore Oil and Gas Industry All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) annual reception.

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