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Average Forecast Plugging and Abandonment Costs per Well from 2016 to 2025
Southern North Sea
and Irish Sea
Central and
Northern North Sea
and West of
Shetland
UKCS
Norwegian
Continental Shelf
Platform well P&A
£2 million
£4.1 million
£3 million
£10 million
Subsea suspended
exploration and
appraisal well P&A
£5.6 million
£6.2 million
£6.1 million
£16.1 million
Subsea
development
well P&A
£7.6 million
£10.2 million
£9.6 million
Average Forecast Cost per Tonne for Removal from 2016 to 2025
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Southern North Sea and Irish Sea Central and Northern North Sea
and West of Shetland
Facilities ‘making safe’
£1,200 per tonne
£490 per tonne
Topside removal
£2,600 per tonne
£3,000 per tonne
Substructure removal
£2,600 per tonne
£4,400 per tonne
Some of the average cost forecasts are significantly different to those presented in the 2015 survey. These changes
will be discussed in section 7.
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Data were unavailable for Norway.
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