by westoncompliance | May 27, 2026 | Carbon Capture and Storage, Decommissioning, OEUK, Operator, UK, Wells
OEUK has issued version two of the document ‘The Well Decommissioning for COâ‚‚ Storage Guidelines’.Due to the substantial changes made to the document, it is being renamed ‘Well Decommissioning and Legacy Well Assessment for...
by westoncompliance | Feb 12, 2026 | Drilling, Fracking, OEUK, UK, Wells
OEUK has published key insights and guidance developed by experienced practitioners at a cross-industry workshop aimed at improving drilling performance in challenging Fracture Gradient–Wellbore Strengthening–Fracture Gradient (FG-WBS-FG) windows, emphasising the...
by westoncompliance | Jan 9, 2026 | Consents, NSTA, UK, Wells
The NSTA has published revised guidance to help users apply for consents at every stage of a well’s lifecycle, from initial drilling through to abandonment, and for the first time includes a dedicated section on applying for consent to drill a carbon storage well,...
by westoncompliance | Oct 28, 2025 | Drilling, NSTA, Operator, Supply Chain, UK, Wells
A new NSTA report shows that well interventions added over a month’s worth of oil and gas supply in 2024, delivering 37.5 million barrels of oil equivalent despite reduced activity. The interventions proved highly cost-efficient, with costs dropping to £9.60 per...
by westoncompliance | Jul 10, 2025 | Decommissioning, NSTA, UK, Wells
The NSTA warns that operators must urgently address the backlog of over 500 overdue North Sea wells awaiting decommissioning to avoid losing rigs and causing billions in additional costs for themselves and taxpayers, noting that while some companies are meeting their...
by westoncompliance | Mar 20, 2025 | Decommissioning, Environment Agency, Onshore, UK, Wells
The Environment Agency (EA) has extended the next review date for this regulatory position statement to 31 December 2027.Read more…Source: EA.
by westoncompliance | Jan 7, 2025 | Buoys, Navigation, OPRED, Safety, UK, Wells
The Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED) has issued notice stating that there will be an inspection of the aids to navigation on offshore structures and wellheads.The east coast inspections will commence on or about 25th January...
by westoncompliance | Nov 21, 2024 | Carbon Capture and Storage, Data, Marine, NSTA, Offshore wind, UK, Wells
The Offshore Energies digital strategy group (DSG) is hosting a workshop highlighting the proposed value of free data portals and signposting industry professionals and academic users to where they can be found.A wide range of data is currently shared by a range of...
by westoncompliance | Nov 19, 2024 | Data, Decommissioning, NSTA, Subsea, Supply Chain, UK, Wells
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has launched a new online database which will provide important well insights to make subsea well decommissioning more cost-efficient, and provide supply chain opportunities.The NSTA has developed the Tree and Wellhead...
by westoncompliance | Oct 24, 2024 | Navigation, Offshore Installation, OPRED, UK, Wells
The Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED) has published a letter advising that Trinity House is inspecting the aids to navigation on the offshore structures and wellheads. Read more…Source: OPRED.
by westoncompliance | Sep 6, 2024 | Decommissioning, Drilling, Maximising Economic Recovery (MER), NSTA, Reporting, UK, Wells
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has published its 2024 Wells Insight Report. The report highlights the performance, metrics and trends of exploration, appraisal and development wells across all UKCS regions. The report aims to facilitate cost-effective...
by westoncompliance | Jul 15, 2024 | Carbon Capture and Storage, Data, NSTA, Offshore wind, Renewables, Seismic, UK, Wells
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has announced a data move from the National Hydrocarbons Data Archive (NHDA), held at the British Geological Survey, to the NSTA’s National Data Repository (NDR) – a freely available archive which already contains one...
by westoncompliance | Jul 9, 2024 | OEUK, Offshore Installation, Planning, UK, Wells
The Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) has published the third issue of their publication, Relief Well Planning for Offshore Wells.This document provides comprehensive guidelines for planning and executing relief wells in the event of a blowout in offshore wells. Read...
by westoncompliance | Jun 14, 2024 | Carbon Capture and Storage, Crown Estate, Offshore Installation, UK, Wells
Crown Estate Scotland will be sponsoring a study to examine the relationship between long-term carbon dioxide storage and legacy oil and gas wells in Scotland’s North Sea, undertaken by researchers from the Lyell Centre for Earth and Marine Sciences.Read more…Source:...
by westoncompliance | Jun 6, 2024 | Field Development, Planning, Wells
Considering that there is a need to carry out additional work to the project to encourage incremental production of fields at an advanced stage of production, in order to mitigate the decline in production of offshore fields responsible for significant tax revenues in...
by westoncompliance | Jun 6, 2024 | Abandonment, dismantling, removal, Inspection, Wells
Given the need to open a Public Procurement Procedure for the Acquisition of Inspection Services of Drilled and Abandoned Oil Wells onshore, the Government approves the expenditure in the amount of Kz: 3,585,786,120.00 and formalises the opening of such...
by westoncompliance | May 24, 2024 | Decommissioning, Explosives, IMDG, Marine, MCA, UK, Vessels, Wells
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has published guidance for carrying military and commercial explosives, stating when a government authorised explosives representative is required. This supplements the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code. Read more…...
by westoncompliance | Oct 17, 2023 | NSTA, Reporting, UK, Wells
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has published its 2023 Wells Insight Report. It highlights the performance metrics and trends of exploration, appraisal and development wells across all UKCS regions. The report aims to facilitate cost-effective drilling...
by westoncompliance | Aug 24, 2023 | Health & Safety Executive, OMAR, UK, Wells
The Offshore Major Accident Regulator (OMAR) provide a framework diagram which describes the process by which OMAR will inspect well notifications. This framework has been updated. Read more… Source: HSE.
by westoncompliance | Aug 9, 2023 | Decommissioning, NSTA, NSTA Strategy, UK, Wells
The North Sea Transition Authority’s UKCS Decommissioning Cost and Performance Report 2023 has been published and reveals that the North Sea oil and gas industry spent £1.6 billion decommissioning redundant wells and infrastructure in 2022, and £8 billion from...
