10 Sept 2025 Regulatory Completion Date (RCD) And Earliest Disclosure Date Tracker for UKCS Petroleum Wellbores
02 Sept 2025 Emissions down by a third since 2018, but bold action needed to secure industry’s role in transition
Vision for North Sea’s role in prosperous transition discussed at key meeting Press releases and announcements View more
Emissions down by a third since 2018, but bold action needed to secure industry’s role in transition Press releases and announcements View more
Field development - Exploration and production Under the model clauses applicable to a seaward production licence, licensees require the NSTA’s consent to erect or carry out permanent works for the purpose of getting or conveying petroleum from a licensed area. View more
Area Plans An Area Plan is a cross licence/ cross Hub collaborative framework to ensure economic recovery of oil and gas, whilst supporting the drive to net zero carbon by 2050, in a particular geographical area of the UKCS, based on the analysis of evidence. View more
Development - Exploration and production The development phase of the oil and gas life cycle covers the period after an economic discovery has been made and details the processes required to take the discovery up to, but before, the production phase. View more