Decommissioning Insight 2016 - Oil & Gas UK

DECOMMISSIONING INSIGHT REPORT 2016

Central and Northern North Sea and West of Shetland

• Operators forecast that close to 729,650 tonnes of offshore infrastructure will come onshore from the regions for recycling and disposal between 2016 and 2025.

• This is an increase of close to 237,400 tonnes on the 2015 report, due to the inclusion of new projects and more detailed forecasts on existing projects.

• The spread of activity across the decade reflects the topside and substructure removal activity – lower in the near-term (from 2016 to 2019) and higher later in the decade, peaking at 125,600 tonnes in 2024.

Figure 30: Forecast of Tonnage Coming Onshore for Recycling and Disposal in the Central and Northern North Sea and West of Shetland

140,000

Increased Uncertainty in Forecasts

120,000

100,000

80,000

60,000

40,000 Total Weight (Tonnes)

20,000

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2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Source: Oil & Gas UK

Onshore Recycling and Disposal (Tonnes) 2016 to 2025

Central North Sea

369,190

Northern North Sea and West of Shetland

360,456

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