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The cost of oil and gas decommissioning for the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) has reduced from the 2017 baseline of £59.7bn

The total cost of decommissioning remaining UK offshore oil and gas production, transportation and processing infrastructure has reduced by 17%, on a like-for-like basis, to £49bn compared with a 2017 base-line estimate of £59.7bn

The total estimated cost of decommissioning UKCS upstream oil and gas infrastructure has fallen by a further £1.5bn to £44.5bn, representing an overall decrease of about £15bn (25%) since the baseline forecast and cost reduction target were introduced in 2017

This report provides comparison data which benchmarks a wide range of UKCS decommissioning activities

The total cost of decommissioning UK offshore oil and gas production, transportation and processing infrastructure has reduced by 19%, on a like-for-like basis, to £48bn compared with the 2017 base-line estimate of £59.7bn