Decommissioning Insight 2018
DECOMMISSIONING INSIGHT 2018
6.4 Topsides and Substructure Removal
Figure 20: Weight of Topside to be Removed From the UKCS
180,000
UK CNS
UK NNS & WoS
UK SNS & IS
160,000
140,000
120,000
100,000
80,000
60,000
40,000
Topside Weight to be Removed (tonnes)
20,000
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2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Source: Oil & Gas UK, OGA
Just over 605,000 tonnes of topsides are due to be removed in the UKCS over the next ten years. The greatest amount of activity occurs in the central North Sea, where almost 300,000 tonnes are expected to be removed. The data also show that a steady workload is expected in the southern North Sea with an average of 8,000 tonnes per year to be removed.
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