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Approved decommissioning programmes

 

Field / Installation

Operator at time of Approval

Operator following licence / company change

Main Installations Decommissioned

Approved Decommissioning Option

Year of Approval

Piper Alpha

Occidental

Talisman

Fixed Steel Platform

Toppling

1988

Crawford

Hamilton

BHP

Floating Production, Facility (FPF)

Removal to shore

1991

Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring (CALM) Buoy

Removal to shore

Subsea Facilities

Removal to shore

Argyll, Duncan and Innes

Hamilton

BHP

Floating Production, Facility (FPF

Removal to shore

1992

Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring (CALM) Buoy

Removal to shore

Pipelines

Removal to shore

Blair

Sun Oil

AGIP

Pipelines

1 x Re-use

1 x Decommissioned in situ

1992

Angus

Amerada Hess

 

Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Vessel

Re-use

1993

Forbes AW

Hamilton

BHP

Fixed Steel Platform

Removal to shore

1993

Esmond CP & CW

BHP

 

2 x Fixed Steel Platform

Removal to shore

1995

Gordon BW

BHP

 

Fixed Steel Platform

Removal to shore

1995

Emerald

MSR

 

FPSO

Re-use

1996

Pipelines

Decommissioned in situ

Frigg FP

Elf Norge

TotalFinaElf Norge

Flare Column

Removal to shore

1996

Leman BK

Shell

 

Fixed Steel Platform

Removal to shore

1996

Staffa

Lasmo

 

Pipelines

Removal to shore

1996

Viking

AC, AD, AP & FD

Conoco

 

4 x Fixed Steel Platform

Removal to shore

1996

Brent Spar

Shell

 

Oil Storage and Loading Facility

Re-use as part of quay extension

Revision to Approved Decommissioning Option:

Brent Spar Anchor Blocks - removal to shore for reuse, recycling or disposal

1998


Year of Revised Approval:

2004

Donan

BP

 

FPSO

Re-use

1998

Fulmar SALM

Shell

 

Single Anchor Leg Mooring Buoy

Removal to shore

1998

16" Pipeline

Decommissioned in situ

Blenheim and Bladon

Talisman

 

FPSO

Re-use

2000

Pipelines

Removal to shore

Durward and Dauntless

Amerada Hess

 

FPSO

Re-use

2000

Subsea Facilities

Removal to shore

Maureen and Moira

Phillips

 

Large Steel Gravity Platform

Removal to shore for re-use or recycling

2000

Concrete Loading Column

Removal to shore for re-use or recycling

Pipelines

2 x removal to shore

1 x decommissioned in situ

Camelot CB

ExxonMobil

 

Fixed Steel Platform

Re-use or removal to shore for recycling

Revision to Approved Decommissioning Option:

Removal to shore for dismantling and recycling

2001


Year of Revised Approval:

2002

Durward and Dauntless

Amerada Hess

 

Pipelines

Decommissioned in situ

2002

Hutton

Kerr-McGee

 

Tension Leg Platform

Re-use

2002

Close Out Report received July 2004

Pipelines

1 x removal to shore

1 x decommissioned in situ (with future monitoring programme)

Forbes and Gordon Infield Pipelines

BHP Billiton

 

Infield Pipelines

Decommission in situ - retrench any area of pipeline with less than 0.4m depth of cover

2003

Frigg TP1, QP & CDP1

Total E&P Norge AS

 

Treatment Platform 1 (TP1), Quarters Platform (QP) and Concrete Drilling Platform 1 (CDP1)

Concrete substructures to remain in place, Concrete topsides to be removed to shore, Steel installations to be removed to shore, Infield Pipelines to be removed to shore

2003

Brent

Shell

 

Brent Flare

Removals to shore for recycling and disposal

2004

Beatrice

Talisman Energy (UK) Limited

 

Fixed Steel Platforms

Re-use

2004

For recent approvals, copies of the approved Programme may be available on the Operator's website.

 

 
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