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Norwegian Continental Shelf
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Sixty-seven pipelines with a total length of 297 kilometres will be decommissioned from 2016 to 2025.
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The majority are inter-field connectors that link fields to host facilities.
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Ten kilometres of pipeline are to be decommissioned in 2016, with activity forecast to peak at over 100 kilometres
in 2022.
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For many of the projects included in the survey, pipeline decommissioning lies outside the timeframe.
Figure 28: Forecast of Pipeline Decommissioning Activity on the Norwegian Continental Shelf
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2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total Length (km)
Umbilicals
Other Pipelines
Trunklines
Source: Oil & Gas UK
Increased Uncertainty
in Forecasts
Pipeline Decommissioning
2016 to 2025
Pipeline Decommissioning
(Kilometres) 2016 to 2025
Total
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297
Norwegian
North Sea
Umbilicals
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28
Trunklines
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45
Other pipelines
23
224
Norwegian Sea
No activity
No activity
Barents Sea
No activity
No activity
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