The NSTA produces a range of guidance documents, to support and assist industry in fulfilling its responsibilities and obligations, to set clear expectations on standards and behaviour, and to help share best practice.
This guidance is not a substitute for any regulation or law and is not legal advice. Where the NSTA departs from the approach set out in this guidance, the NSTA will explain this in writing.
This guidance will be kept under review and may be revised, as appropriate, as experience and practice develop. If the NSTA changes this guidance in a material way, it will publish a revised document.
Information on the NSTA’s general approach to consulting, including on guidance, can be found here.
Regulatory Framework
The NSTA's guidance can be found on this page
Licensing and consents
Offshore licence applications guidance
Licence assignments and relinquishments guidance
Licence assignments and relinquishments (PEARS Guidance)
Guidance for a licence assignment application
Guidance note of NSTA’s licensing exploration and development charges regime
Innovate Seaward Production Licences: Guidance on Phase Transition
Guidance on the application for a Carbon Dioxide Appraisal and Storage Licence
Guidance on Applications for a Carbon Storage Permit
Guidance for measurement of carbon dioxide for carbon storage applications
Guidance on the content of an Offshore Carbon Storage Permit Applications
Gas storage including application guidance and development plan guidance
Exploration and production
Decommissioning and Supply Chain
A guidance video can be found at the bottom of this page