Decommissioning Insight 2015

Over the next decade, nearly 2,500 kilometres of pipeline are forecast to be ‘made safe’ in the SNS and Irish Sea. Activity is forecast to peak at just over 600 kilometres of pipeline in 2016, and varies significantly over the next ten years. The spikes in pipeline ‘making safe’ activity generally precede the spikes in pipeline decommissioning activity shown in section 7.4. It is expected that activity will smooth out as forecasts are revisited. Figure 15: Forecast Kilometres of Pipeline for ‘Making Safe’ in the Southern North Sea and Irish Sea

1

2

700

Increased Uncertainty in Forecasts

3

600

500

4

400

300

5

200

Kilometres of Pipeline

6

100

0

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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Source: Oil & Gas UK

Length (km) 2015 to 2024

Total Expenditure 2015 to 2024

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Pipeline 'making safe'

2,490

£207million

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