Exploration
- Regulatory information
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Licensing and consents
- Overview
- Licensing system
- Licensing
- Types of licence
- Carbon Storage
- Consents
- Guidance
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Exploration and production
- Overview
- Asset stewardship
- Exploration
- Development
- Production
- Onshore
- Petroleum operations notices
- Taxation
- Area Plans
- Wells
- Regulatory framework
- Gas storage and unloading
- Supporting the supply chain
- Decommissioning and repurposing
- Technology
Working with industry and government to revitalise exploration is a priority for the NSTA.
Successful discoveries ultimately lead to the new field developments and additional production needed to support the UK’s energy demands as we transition to net zero by 2050.
More than 45.9 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) have been produced from the UKCS and significant reserves and resources are estimated to remain.