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DECOMMISSIONING INSIGHT REPORT
2016
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Norwegian Continental Shelf
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Close to 199,100 tonnes of offshore infrastructure will be decommissioned and brought onshore from the
Norwegian Continental Shelf between 2016 and 2025. Almost all of this activity is in the Norwegian North Sea.
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Activity is forecast to peak in 2024 at 44,000 tonnes.
Figure 32: Forecast of Tonnage Coming Onshore for Recycling and Disposal
on the Norwegian Continental Shelf
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5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
50,000
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total Weight (Tonnes)
Source: Oil & Gas UK
Increased Uncertainty
in Forecasts
Norwegian Continental Shelf Onshore Recycling
and Disposal (Tonnes) 2016 to 2025
199,091
5.7 Site Remediation and Monitoring
Site remediation includes cuttings piles management, debris clearance and over-trawl surveys. Over-trawl
surveys make sure the seabed is safe for normal fishing activities to resume. Monitoring is the very final stage of
decommissioning, where operators must carry out surveys on the site after physical decommissioning has been
completed. Details of these programmes are agreed on an individual basis with the Department for Business,
Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Activity associated with site remediation and monitoring is not forecast in this report, however, estimated
expenditure can be found in section 6.1.