Updated guidance on the management of offshore licence work programme commitments - Rev 2.0 Publications View more
Annual Consents Exercise off to excellent start Press releases and announcements The Annual Consents Exercise has got off to an excellent start with operators having already submitted around 95% of applications for 2024 onshore and offshore oil and gas production consents. View more
NEO fined £100,000 for breaching its vent consent Press releases and announcements NEO Energy Production UK Limited (NEO) has been fined £100,000 for breaching its combined vent consent for the Donan, Lochranza and Balloch fields, around 200km northeast of Aberdeen. View more
CNOOC fined £125,000 as crackdown on excessive flaring and venting continues Press releases and announcements The North Sea Transition Authority has imposed a penalty of £125,000 on CNOOC for venting without consent at its Buzzard field on two separate occasions in the space of a fortnight. View more
Consolidated Onshore Guidance June 2018 The Petroleum Act 1998 vests all rights to onshore petroleum in the Crown, including the rights to search, bore for and get it. It empowers the Authority to grant licences to search for and bore for and get petroleum to such persons as they see fit Download
