BEIS OPRED has published a new Technical Note relating the use of rock and other protective materials during UKCS oil and gas operations on their webpage ‘Oil and gas: offshore environmental legislation’ under the heading ‘Project Reports’ within the section ‘Offshore Petroleum Activities (Conservation of Habitats) Regulations 2001 (as amended)’.
Deposits of protection materials may be used during offshore oil and gas exploration,
development, production and decommissioning activities. Specific examples include the use of
rock placement at pipeline crossings and the use of concrete mattresses or grout/sand bags
for pipeline/infrastructure stabilisation, and the use of rock placement for stability and scour
protection around the base of jack-up rig legs.
Source: BEIS OPRED.