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* English text of draft UK/Norway Framework Agreement: 3 February 2005
* UK/Norway Joint Ministerial Statement on North Sea Co-operation, 2 October 2003
* Detailed Key Principles of a new UK/Noway Framework Agreement
* Consideration of Applications for Resolution of Disputes over Third Party Access to infrastructure: Guidance to Parties in Dispute
  This document describes how the Department would handle such applications. It sets out the requirements and obligations on all parties; the approach the Department will take in handling applications; and the principles it will take into account in determining access. Published July 2002
* Analysis to consultation on Guidance on Applications for Resolution of Disputes over third party Access to Oil and Gas Infrastructure
  Response to December 2001 consultation on proposed guidance. Summarizes respondents' views on the Departments proposals for detailed guidance setting out the proposed open and transparent approach and tariff setting principles; explains the Department's assessment and decisions; includes the published guidance. Published July 2002
* UK/Norway Framework Agreement
  Summary of the main provisions of the 1998 Agreement (the "Framework Agreement") between the UK and Norwegian Governments relating to the laying and operation of future inter-connecting oil and gas pipelines acoss the maritime boundary between the two States
* Third party access
  This links to Section 2.3.2 of Field Development Guidelines
* Offshore pipeline works authorisations
  This links to Interim Guidelines for the Completion of Pipeline Works Authorisations
* Analysis of responses to consultation (Oil and Gas infrastructure: Access Provisions and Voluntary Arrangements, February 2001, URN 01/540) on review of the industry Code of Practice on Infrastructure. Published 10 April 2002
 

Response to February 2001 consultation on infrastructure.

Summarizes respondents’ views on the effectiveness of the Code of Practice on negotiating third party access to upstream oil and gas infrastructure and whether access to this infrastructure is a barrier to UK Continental Shelf development; explains the Department’s assessment and decisions; proposes some changes to the Code to improve the transparency of third party access negotiations, together with technical updates to bring the Code into line with changes in legislation; includes a revised draft text of the Code and invites industry to consider and agree the proposed (or other) changes to the Code.

* Oil and Gas Infrastructure: Consultation on guidance on applications for resolution of disputes over third party access (URN 01/1465)
 

Consultation on proposals for guidance to owners and prospective users of infrastructure on use of legal powers to settle disputes over third party access to infrastructure (Petroleum Act (consolidating the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975), Pipe-lines Act 1962 and Gas Act 1995).

A further consultation building on the February consultation (Oil and Gas infrastructure: Access Provisions and Voluntary Arrangements, February 2001 URN 01/540). A consulting on draft guidance on the handling of applications, including tariff-setting principles, slightly revised in the light of responses.

Consultation document issued 13 December 2001: closing date for comments 31 March 2002.

* Oil and gas infrastructure: Access provisions and voluntary arrangements (URN 01/540)
  A consultation document issued in February 2001: closing date for comments 15 May 2001. Part response on publication of main commercial conditions for onshore gas processing infrastructure was published June 2001.
* Analysis of responses to consultation (Oil and Gas infrastructure: Access Provisions and Voluntary Arrangements, February 2001URN 01/540) on guiding principles for tariff-setting principles for use by the Secretary of State in exercising legal powers to settle disputes over third party access to infrastructure
  A summary of responses received in respect of one element of the February 2001 consultation on infrastructure. Published December 2001 as part of a further consultation on draft guidance on use of legal powers to settle disputes (URN 01/1465)
Word document Analysis of responses to consultation (URN 01/540) on proposed guidance on publication of main commercial conditions (Word 97, 35 KBytes)
  A summary of responses received in respect of one element of the consultation on infrastructure. Published June 2001
Word document Guidance on the publication of main commercial conditions for use of onshore gas processing facilities and relevant gas pipelines required by section 12 of the Gas Act 1995 and section 10C of the Pipe-lines Act 1962 (Word 97, 132 KBytes)
  To assist owners of onshore gas processing facilities and relevant pipelines to understand the effect of the implementation of European Directive 98/30/EC and to meet their obligations to publish their main commercial conditions for access. Published June 2001
Excel File Indicative Tariff rates offered in the UKCS for the handling of oil and gas: Published in Energy Trends Table 3.9 (Excel, 158 KBytes)
Word File DTI Form for notification on Indicative Tariffs offered on the UKCS (Word 97, 457 KBytes)

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