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We regulate and influence the oil, gas and carbon storage industries. We help drive North Sea energy transition, realising the significant potential of the UK Continental Shelf as a critical energy and carbon abatement resource. We hold industry to account on halving upstream emissions by 2030
- What we do
- NSTA Overview 2022
- Ambition & priorities
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  - Ambition & priorities
  - Corporate plans
    
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    Corporate plans
- People and values
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  - People and values
  - Our values
    
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    Our values
  - Organisation
    
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    Organisation
  - COVID-19 Risk Assessments for our offices
    
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    COVID-19 Risk Assessments for our offices
- Leadership & governance
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  - Leadership & governance
  - Board of Directors
    
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    Board of Directors
  - Leadership team
    
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    Leadership team
  - Board committees
    
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    Board committees
  - Board minutes
    
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    Board minutes
  - Plans, Reports and Accounts
    
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    Plans, Reports and Accounts
  - Our relationship with the UK Government
    
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    Our relationship with the UK Government
  - NSTA finance transparency dataset
    
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    NSTA finance transparency dataset
- Performance
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  - Performance
  - Recent highlights
    
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    Recent highlights
  - KPIs, Targets and Measures
    
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    KPIs, Targets and Measures
  - Business Impact Target (BIT)
    
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    Business Impact Target (BIT)
  - Measuring success
    
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    Measuring success
  - Case Studies of good working practice
    
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    Case Studies of good working practice
- North Sea Transition Forum & Task Forces
- Contacts
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  - Contacts
  - Feedback and complaints
    
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    Feedback and complaints
  - Freedom of Information requests
    
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    Freedom of Information requests
- Investing on the UKCS
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  - Investing on the UKCS
The move to
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The move to net zero

The NSTA is fully committed to enabling the achievement of the UK government's commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050
Regulatory
framework
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Regulatory framework

The NSTA regulates the exploration and development of the UK’s offshore and onshore oil and gas resources and offshore carbon storage, offshore gas storage and offshore gas unloading activities
- Overview
- Legislative context
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  - Legislative context
  - Industry levy
    
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    Industry levy
  - Charging regime
    
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    Charging regime
- Licensing regime
- The Strategy
- Disputes and Sanctions
- Meetings: Statutory Notice
- Commercial good practice
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  - Commercial good practice
  - Transaction Drag
    
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    Transaction Drag
- Guidance
Licensing &
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Licensing & consents

The NSTA regulates the licensing of exploration and development of the UK’s offshore and onshore (England) oil and gas resources, carbon storage, gas storage and unloading activities.
- Overview
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  - Overview
- Licensing system
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  - Licensing system
  - Licensee criteria
    
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    Licensee criteria
  - Licence applications
    
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    Licence applications
  - Licence assignments
    
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    Licence assignments
  - Change of control
    
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    Change of control
  - Licence extensions
    
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    Licence extensions
  - Licence relinquishment
    
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    Licence relinquishment
  - Security over licences
    
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    Security over licences
  - Petroleum e-business assignments and relinquishment system (PEARS)
    
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    Petroleum e-business assignments and relinquishment system (PEARS)
  - Offshore Safety Directive
    
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    Offshore Safety Directive
  - Licence Rentals
    
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    Licence Rentals
- Licensing rounds
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  - Licensing rounds
  - Offshore
    
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    Offshore
- Types of Licences
- Carbon storage
- Gas storage and unloading
- Consents
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  - Consents
  - Pipeline Works Authorisations
    
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    Pipeline Works Authorisations
  - Wells
    
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    Wells
  - Annual Consents Exercise
    
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    Annual Consents Exercise
  - Production Consents
    
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    Production Consents
  - Flaring and venting
    
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    Flaring and venting
  - Contacts
    
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    Contacts
Exploration &
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Exploration & production

We regulate the licensing of exploration and development of the UK’s offshore and onshore oil and gas resources, gas storage and unloading activities in accordance with the Strategy.
- Overview
- Asset stewardship
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  - Asset stewardship
  - Expectations
    
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    Expectations
  - Surveys
    
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    Surveys
  - Reviews
    
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    Reviews
  - Benchmarking
    
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    Benchmarking
- Exploration
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  - Exploration
  - Seismic acquisition
    
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    Seismic acquisition
  - Licensing rounds
    
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    Licensing rounds
  - Exploration operatorship
    
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    Exploration operatorship
  - UKCS Regional Projects
    
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    UKCS Regional Projects
  - Exploration data
    
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    Exploration data
- Development
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  - Development
  - Field development plans
    
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    Field development plans
  - Field determinations
    
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    Field determinations
  - Cluster area determinations
    
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    Cluster area determinations
  - Transboundary fields
    
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    Transboundary fields
  - Enhanced Oil Recovery
    
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    Enhanced Oil Recovery
  - Tight Gas
    
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    Tight Gas
- Production
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  - Production
  - Field operatorship
    
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    Field operatorship
  - Petroleum measurement
    
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    Petroleum measurement
  - Cessation of production
    
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    Cessation of production
- Onshore
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  - Onshore
  - Licensing regime
    
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    Licensing regime
  - Licence assignments and relinquishments
    
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    Licence assignments and relinquishments
  - Well operations
    
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    Well operations
  - Development and production
    
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    Development and production
  - Reports and data
    
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    Reports and data
  - Reporting requirements
    
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    Reporting requirements
  - Interactive Map and co-ordinates system
    
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    Interactive Map and co-ordinates system
  - The Shale Environmental Regulator Group (SERG)
    
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    The Shale Environmental Regulator Group (SERG)
- Decommissioning
- Petroleum Operations Notices
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  - Petroleum operations notices
- Taxation
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  - Taxation
  - Overview
    
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    Overview
  - Investment allowance
    
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    Investment allowance
  - Government revenues from UK oil and gas production
    
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    Government revenues from UK oil and gas production
  - Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
    
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    Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
- Data Centre
- Area Plans
- Wells
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Decommissioning

Decommissioning of the UK’s offshore oil and gas production facilities is a major industrial challenge which can create global competitive advantage for the UK.
Technology
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Technology

The UKCS is one of the most technologically advanced basins in the world.
Supply chain
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Supply chain

A strong supply chain is essential to establish the UK as the ‘go to’ centre globally for offshore mature basin solutions, including energy transition, subsea and decommissioning.
Data centre
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Data centre

The NSTA are working to transform the collection, storage, analysis and publication of UKCS data across the oil and gas lifecycle and including Energy Transition activities.
- Overview
- Interactive maps and tools
- NSTA Open Data
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  - Welcome to NSTA's Open Data
  - Applications
    
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    Applications
  - All Round Announcements
    
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    All Round Announcements
  - PDF Maps
    
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    PDF Maps
  - Stories and Statistics
    
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    Stories and Statistics
  - Relinquishment Reports
    
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    Relinquishment Reports
  - E & A Well Results
    
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    E & A Well Results
  - FAQ's
    
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    FAQ's
  - NDR
    
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    NDR
  - Survey
    
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    Survey
  - Search
    
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    Search
  - GIS Improvement and Changes
    
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    GIS Improvement and Changes
  - Benchmarking
    
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    Benchmarking
  - Data downloads and publications
    
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    Data downloads and publications
  - UKCS Production
    
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    UKCS Production
- Data downloads and publications
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  - Data downloads and publications
  - Well data
    
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    Well data
  - Field data
    
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    Field data
  - UKCS income and expenditure
    
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    UKCS income and expenditure
  - Production and expenditure projections
    
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    Production and expenditure projections
  - Production data
    
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    Production data
  - Reserves and resources
    
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    Reserves and resources
  - Licence data
    
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    Licence data
  - Exploration Data
    
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    Exploration Data
- Access to information and samples
- National Data Repository (NDR)
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  - National Data Repository (NDR)
  - Information and Samples and the NDR
    
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    Information and Samples and the NDR
  - Reporting and Disclosure of Information
    
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    Reporting and Disclosure of Information
  - NDR User Group
    
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    NDR User Group
  - Government Funded Seismic
    
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    Government Funded Seismic
- Benchmarking
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  - Benchmarking
  - UKCS Production Efficiency 2020
    
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    UKCS Production Efficiency 2020
  - Emissions Monitoring
    
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    Emissions Monitoring
  - UKCS Operating Costs 2020
    
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    UKCS Operating Costs 2020
  - Flaring and Venting
    
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    Flaring and Venting
  - UKCS Decommissioning Benchmarking Report 2021
    
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    UKCS Decommissioning Benchmarking Report 2021
  - Recovery Factor Benchmarking
    
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    Recovery Factor Benchmarking
News &
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News & publications

The latest announcements, reports, consultations and events, from NSTA and industry.
- News
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  - News
  - 2021
    
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    2021
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    2020
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    2019
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    2018
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    2017
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    2016
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    2015
  - 2022
    
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    2022
- Publications
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  - Publications
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    2022
  - 2021
    
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    2021
  - 2020
    
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    2020
  - 2019
    
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    2019
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    2018
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    2017
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    2016
  - 2015
    
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    2015
- Consultations
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  - Consultations
  - 2020
    
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    2020
  - 2019
    
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    2019
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    2018
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    2017
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    2016
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    2015
  - 2021
    
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    2021
  - 2022
    
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    2022
- Speeches & presentations
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  - Speeches & presentations
  - 2021
    
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    2021
  - 2022
    
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    2022
- Image library
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  - Image library
  - Leadership
    
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    Leadership
  - Brand
    
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    Brand
- Media library
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  - Media library
  - Videos
    
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    Videos
  - General NSTA Videos
    
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    General NSTA Videos
- Register for updates
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- Press office contacts

Previous insights reports

North Sea Transition Authority Technology Previous insights reports

Technology

NSTA Technology Stewardship
NSTA Technology Survey & Insights
Technology Priorities for the Industry
Technology Leadership Board
Previous insights reports
- Technology Insights portal
UKCS Technology Network
Useful links

PDF reports

UKCS Technology Insights 2019
Download PDF | 9565KB | 76 pages
UKCS Technology Insights 2018
Download PDF | 816KB | 79 pages

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