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DECOMMISSIONING INSIGHT REPORT
2016
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Activity Forecast 2016 to 2025
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Southern
North Sea
and Irish Sea
Central
North Sea
Northern
North Sea
and West of
Shetland
Total UK
Norwegian
Continental
Shelf
Total – UK
and Norway
Number of
projects
6
39
83
31
153
33
186
Number of wells for
P&A
396
644
430
1,470
362
1,832
Proportion of wells
that are platform
wells
80%
37%
73%
60%
85%
64%
Number of
platforms for
removal
67
16
12
95
14
109
Topside weight to
be removed
90,260
tonnes
187,238
tonnes
262,022
tonnes
539,520
tonnes
112,612
tonnes
652,132
tonnes
Substructure weight
to be
removed
63,745
tonnes
71,056
tonnes
96,737
tonnes
231,538
tonnes
84,734
tonnes
316,272
tonnes
Number of
mattresses to be
decommissioned
4,526
5,979
1,162
11,667
188
11,855
Subsea
infrastructure to be
removed
4,268
tonnes
56,714
tonnes
1,697
tonnes
62,679
tonnes
1,745
tonnes
64,424
tonnes
Number of
pipelines to be
decommissioned
200
484
96
780
67
847
Length of
pipelines to be
decommissioned
3,426
kilometres
2,666
kilometres
1,038
kilometres
7,130
kilometres
297
kilometres
7,427
kilometres
Total tonnage
coming onshore
164,834
tonnes
369,190
tonnes
360,456
tonnes
894,480
tonnes
199,091
tonnes
1,093,571
tonnes
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Project is defined by the operator and can range from a single well for P&A to multi-platforms.