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NSTA: DIGITAL CONSENTS SYSTEM WILL CUT TIME AND COST
Production and flaring and venting volumes easier to monitor Around 500 applications are mad...
DATA DASHBOARD EXPANDED TO DRIVE DECOMMISSIONING SAVINGS
Digital tool showcases decommissioning portfolios of 15 operators Initiative gives...
CARBON STORAGE DATA WILL BOOST JOBS AND NET ZERO AMBITIONS
Search for new locations aided by openly accessible data Safe CO2 containmen...
24 LICENCES OFFERED IN SECOND TRANCHE OF 33RD OIL AND GAS LICENSING ROUND
Offers range across 74 blocks and part-blocks Environmental considerations given p...
NORTH SEA REMAINS A VIBRANT HOTBED OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
Net zero solutions and digital applications drive growth 1,200 innovative equipment and serv...
NORTH SEA INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO SHOW RESILIENCE AS KEY FIGURES MEET TO DISCUS...
Seven new oil and gas projects approved so far in 2023 New developments to generate £4...
NSTA PUBLISHED REVISED AREA PLAN GUIDANCE
On 20 November 2023, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), published revised Area Plan guida...
27 LICENCES OFFERED IN FIRST BATCH OF 33RD OIL AND GAS LICENSING ROUND
Quicker-to-production areas chosen to aid UK energy security First to be awarded from 115 ap...
KEY FACTS: THE NORTH SEA TRANSITION DEAL
The North Sea Transition Deal (NSTD) is the first deal of its kind by a G7 country. It’s...
UK WELLS REPORT REVEALS SIGNIFICANT GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES NEED TO BE GRASPED
334mm boe of potential resources discovered in past three years NSTA wants to see speedy upt...
ENERGY TRANSITION BOOSTED BY SEISMIC MONITORING REPORT
Potential future carbon storage sites easier to identify Information will help to resolve po...
NSTA CONSULTS ON GREATER FOCUS ON REDUCING EMISSIONS
Specific pathways on greenhouse gas emissions reduction for the oil and gas industry have been pr...
NET ZERO BOOST AS CARBON STORAGE LICENCES ACCEPTED
21 licences shared by a total of 14 companies Almost 10% of total UK greenhouse ga...
NSTA SET TO TAKE ON ROLE OF OFFSHORE HYDROGEN TRANSPORT AND STORAGE REGULATOR
Huge boost for small but growing industry Move will enable pioneering projects to go ahead ...
UK NORTH SEA EMISSIONS DOWN THREE YEARS IN A ROW
Reduction achieved in 2022 despite increase in production Emissions reduction initiatives su...
JOB ALERT: NSTA - SENIOR GEOSCIENTIST/RESERVOIR ENGINEER
North Sea Transition Authority are looking for a talented Senior Geoscientist or Senior Reser...
NORTH SEA SECTOR SPENT £1.6 BILLION ON DECOMMISSIONING IN 2022
Significant opportunity with £21 billion of UK offshore decommissioning spendi...
NORTH SEA GAS IS ALMOST FOUR TIMES CLEANER THAN IMPORTS
UK gas carbon intensity 21kg CO2/boe vs import average carbon intensity 79kg CO2/boe Domesti...
NORTH SEA CAN SUPPORT ENERGY SECURITY, NET ZERO AND THOUSANDS OF HIGH-SKILLED...
Industry forum focuses on positive future New measures to boost investor confidenc...
NSTA DELIVERS FOR INDUSTRY AS SUPPLY CHAIN TOOL GOES DIGITAL
Supply Chain Action Plans transferred to online portal for easier submission, tracking and dat...
PROFESSOR JOHN UNDERHILL WELCOMES AWARD OF CARBON STORAGE LICENCES
Acknowledging today’s announcement of the North Sea Transition Authority’s offer ...
UK NET ZERO BOOST AS 20 CARBON STORAGE LICENCES OFFERED FOR AWARD
New sites could store 10% of total annual UK emissions Successful applications from 12 diffe...
NSTA REVOKES FUJAIRAH OIL AND GAS LICENCES
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) revoked offshore petroleum licences P.108, P.313 and P....
NSTA HIGHLIGHTS 22 PROJECTS WITH 1.5BN BARRELS IN THE PIPELINE
NSTA has given the go-ahead to seven projects with potential to produce 100m barrels of oil an...
NSTA AWARDS GAS STORAGE LICENCE TO DCARBONX
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has offered a gas storage licence to dCarbonX Ltd for t...
NSTA ACTS TO SPEED UP NORTH SEA OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION
Consultation aims to sweep away blockers to transactions Security of supply and improved pro...
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE FIRST 12 MONTHS OF NSTA
One year ago the North Sea Transition Authority was born. We changed our name from the Oil and Ga...
NSTA GETS TOUGH WITH FIRM SUSPECTED OF UNDERMINING UK ENERGY SECURITY
2nd probe launched in recent months into suspected failure to adhere to licence obligations wi...
UK NORTH SEA FLARING HALVED IN JUST FOUR YEARS
Flaring down by 50% since 2018, after 13% drop last year 2022 saving equates to gas demand o...
CALLS FOR NEW WINDFALL TAXES ON GLOBAL PROFITS ARE MISLEADING, SAYS OEUK
Reuters and others have reported calls by opposition politicians and union leaders for another in...
ENERGY PATHFINDER CONTRACTS PORTAL REPORTS MASSIVE GROWTH
Site now boasts more than 1,700 subscribers Currently hosts 136 projects across five areas ...
CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE – THE ROAD TO NET ZERO
Dedicated NSTA development team created to oversee the delivery of carbon storage de...
33RD ROUND ATTRACTS 115 BIDS ACROSS 258 BLOCKS OR PART-BLOCKS
Bids come in from 76 different companies Priority blocks could be awarded du...
NEW REPORT UNDERLINES CONTINUED IMPORTANCE OF ESG DISCLOSURE
Industry making good progress on Environmental, Social and Governance reporting Study recomm...
PROBE LAUNCHED AMID ONGOING FLARING AND VENTING CRACKDOWN
Licensee suspected of breaching consents Compliance key to maintaining social licence to ope...
NEW OIL AND GAS TARGET REINFORCES UK’S PLACE AS GLOBAL LEADER IN DECOMMISSIONING
Industry challenged to reduce costs by further 10% in next five years Target underpins next ...
NSTA OPENS INVESTIGATION INTO SUSPECTED LICENCE BREACH
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has opened an investigation into an operator suspected ...
NSTA BOOSTS NORTH SEA TECHNOLOGY USE WITH INNOVATIVE KNOWLEDGE-SHARING CONTRACT
Oil and gas production will be boosted and net zero targets supported thanks to a new partnership...
NSTA CALLS FOR WELL INTERVENTIONS TO BOOST NORTH SEA RATES
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), in its latest Wells Insight Report, has recommended a ...
NORTH SEA GAS HAS LOWER CARBON FOOTPRINT THAN IMPORTED LNG
The production of natural gas from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) creates less than half as much...
NSTA MEASURES SET TO BOOST NORTH SEA PRODUCTION
Oil and gas production remained low in 2021 versus pre-pandemic levels Current project pipel...
33RD LICENSING ROUND UPDATE - EXTRA BLOCKS ON OFFER
North Sea Transition Authority today announced the offer of an additional 34 Blocks in the 33rd O...
TOM WHEELER BECOMES NEW DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT NSTA
Scott Robertson, Director of Operations, has announced he will leave the North Sea Transition Aut...
NSTA LAUNCHES 33RD OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LICENSING ROUND
898 blocks and part-blocks available Priority Area blocks should lead to fields producing mo...
2021 UK OIL AND GAS RESERVES AND RESOURCES REPORT
The North Sea Transition Authority have published the 2021 UK oil and gas reserves and resources ...
UK CARBON STORAGE LICENSING ROUND ATTRACTS 26 BIDS
Licences will be awarded early 2023 First injection could take place as early as 2027 ...
LOCAL SECONDARY PUPILS TO EMBARK ON ENERGY CHALLENGE
STEM in the Pipeline – energising the transition - returns to its original format in 2022! ...
NORTH SEA EMISSIONS DOWN MORE THAN 20% SINCE 2018
The UK needs secure and stable energy supplies, produced as cleanly as possible Industry mak...
MULTIMILLION-POUND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS CONTRACTS HIGHLIGHTED BY PATHFI...
Leading North Sea operators add tenders for operations and maintenance work NSTA focused on ...
UKCS DECOMMISSIONING COST ESTIMATE DROPS 25% TO £44.5BN
Cost reduction estimate is equivalent to £15bn saving Well decommissioning campaign ap...
OFFSHORE ENERGY DIGITAL STRATEGY GROUP TO DRIVE NORTH SEA GROWTH AND MODERNIS...
The Offshore Energy Digital Strategy Group (DSG) has held its first meeting, starting off the exc...
DATA UPLOAD BOOSTS SEARCH FOR CARBON STORAGE SITES IN THE UK
132 terabytes of seismic data added to online collection Exploration for renewables sites an...
HARTSHEAD SECURES GREEN LIGHT FOR FOR PHASE I DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT OF ANNING A...
A Letter of No Objection has been received from UK North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) for P...
NSTA ANNOUNCES ONE OF UK’S FIRST NON-EXEC DIRECTOR JOB SHARES
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has today announced what is thought to be one of the fi...
NSTA APPOINTS STUART PAYNE AS NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Stuart Payne joined the NSTA when it was created in 2015 and is current Director of Supply Cha...
DRAUPNER ENERGY AGREES AMENDED PHASE B WORK PROGRAM WITH THE NSTA
Draupner Energy, the Swedish-British oil and gas company pursuing the Mid North Sea High on the U...
ELECTRIFICATION COMPETITION STUDIES UNDERLINE IMPORTANCE OF CROSS-INDUSTRY CO...
North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has published the full project reports of the three Electri...
CORNERSTONE PROVIDES UPDATE ON ABBEY FIELD DEVELOPMENT
Cornerstone Resources Group, a gas development company focused on creating substantial growth fro...
NSTA LAUNCHES NEW TOOL TO MAXIMISE INFRASTRUCTURE REPURPOSING
A new screening tool developed by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) will help to maximise...
BIDS INVITED IN UK’S FIRST-EVER CARBON STORAGE LICENSING ROUND
New areas could make significant contribution to government target of four CS clusters c...
NEW REPORT HIGHLIGHTS POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR SUPPLY CHAIN
Most operators paying invoices promptly £5bn of work being tendered now or in near ter...
NSTA PUBLISHES FIVE YEAR CORPORATE PLAN
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has published its Corporate Plan, outlining its pr...
UKCS MEDIATION PILOT EXTENDED
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has extended the UKCS mediation pilot in order to gathe...
NSTA MAP SUPPORTS NEW PROJECT IN SUBSEA DECOMMISSIONING
Quartet of operators to present unified decommissioning portfolio NSTA highlights opportunit...
UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF CARBON STORAGE ON THE UKCS
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), The Crown Estate (TCE) and Crown Estate Scotland (CES)...
NSTA HIGHLIGHTS 33 NEW PROJECTS AT INDUSTRY LEADERS’ MEETING
Potential for 1.3 billion barrels of oil and gas in new North Sea projects Upstream CO2 emis...
NSTA FINES SHELL £50,000 FOR BREACHING PRODUCTION CONSENTS
Investigation finds that Shell failed to comply with consents NSTA committed to maintaining ...
NSTA CLOSES INVESTIGATION AND REMINDS INDUSTRY OF NEED FOR PROMPT COLLABORATI...
Industry told to avoid lengthy delays that can harm business Message follows investigation i...
GROUND-BREAKING NORTH SEA ENERGY DEAL THE FOCUS OF OEUK’S 2022 CONFERENCE
Linda Z Cook, CEO of Harbour Energy and Dr Andy Samuel CEO of the North Sea Transition Authority ...
WHAT NSTA IS LOOKING FOR FROM OPERATORS IN ESG REPORTING
Joanne Edgeler, Senior Investment Manager with the UK's North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA,...
NSTA'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE WELCOMES THE ENERGY STRATEGY
Dr Andy Samuel, North Sea Transition Authority’s Chief Executive, welcomes the Energy S...
NSTA WITHDRAWS REQUIREMENT TO DECOMMISSION THREE CUADRILLA WELLS
Cuadrilla applied for consent to keep its two Preston New Road wells and Elswick well on 28 March...
OIL & GAS AUTHORITY CHANGES NAME TO NORTH SEA TRANSITION AUTHORITY
The Oil and Gas Authority has today changed its name to the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA)...