08 Dec 2025 Guidance on the Application for a Carbon Dioxide Appraisal and Storage Licence (December 2025)
Gas storage and unloading The North Sea Transition Authority (the “NSTA”), pursuant to the Energy Act 2008 (the “Act”) is the licensing authority for offshore gas storage and offshore gas unloading. View more
UKCS Decommissioning Benchmarking Report 2020 This report provides comparison data which benchmarks a wide range of UKCS decommissioning activities Download
Bacton Energy Hub Hydrogen Supply SIG – Summary Report : October 2022 Report by Summit Energy Evolution Limited Download
Reporting and disclosure of Information and Samples Guidance August 2021 This document (‘guidance’) provides updated guidance on the Authority’s requirements for the reporting of Information and Samples that are retained by relevant persons under the Oil and Gas Authority (Offshore Petroleum) (Retention of Information and Samples) Regulations 2018 Download
Change in control The model clauses do not impose any requirement for approval of a change of control of a Licensee, for example, a corporate takeover, but they do grant NSTA the power to require a further change of control, and failing that a power of revocation. View more
Exploration and production - Onshore - Licensing regime The NSTA operates a licensing regime that gives companies exclusive rights to search, bore for and get petroleum. Petroleum licences are issued after a competitive process, usually a licensing round. View more
Technology Insights - Subsea systems Remote and autonomous inspection technologies able to reduce the number of offshore visits and manned interventions. Design advances include vacuum insulated tubing for subsea HPHT tiebacks, and progress in subsea processing and pressure boosting. View more
