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The Consents and Authorisations team is part of the Regulation directorate and prepare, authorise, and issue formal consents and authorisations to enable oil and gas fields to be developed and hydrocarbons produced. 

This page contains information regarding the Annual Consents Exercise (“ACE”) in the following sections: 

Licencing Consents contacts

The NSTA is the regulator for flaring and venting under the Energy Act 1976 (as amended by the Energy Act 2016) and the Petroleum Act 1998

The Consents and Authorisations team is part of the Regulation directorate and prepare, authorise, and issue formal consents and authorisations to enable oil and gas fields to be developed and hydrocarbons produced. 

As per our previous communication of the 14 February 2022. where the NSTA announced that it is withdrawing the Open Permission for Emergency Pipeline Deposits (the ‘Open Permission’), the NSTA now confirms that effective from 21 February 2022, the Open Permission has now been withdrawn.

Public notices

Under the Model Clauses in the licence, licensees are required to obtain authorisation from the NSTA to install facilities or to produce hydrocarbons.