North Sea Transition Authority

The NSTA has handed down fines totalling £350,000 to a pair of North Sea operators as it continues to take a firm line on breaches of emissions limits and on well decommissioning.
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The NSTA has today opened a carbon storage licensing round offering 14 locations in Scottish and English waters for exploration and appraisal, and with potential to provide up to 2 gigatonnes of CO2 storage capacity. For more details, go to: tinyurl.com/yw5u7y9m

The NSTA has today opened a carbon storage licensing round offering 14 locations in Scottish and English waters for exploration and appraisal, and with potential to provide up to 2 gigatonnes of CO2 storage capacity. For more details, go to: tinyurl.com/yw5u7y9m

Geoscientists and well engineers will hear from Nick Richardson and Keith Hogg at the OEUK Subsurface and Wells Conference in Aberdeen on Tuesday, 9 December. Find out more about the event and book your place here: lnkd.in/eMAkpHVp

A platform in the North Sea

Thirteen operators who have fallen behind in their decommissioning obligations have been named in the NNSTA's first published table of the North Sea well decommissioning deficit. For more details, go here: tinyurl.com/2a4c9xr5

NSTA Chief Executive Stuart Payne has welcomed publication of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero's response to the consultation on Building the North Sea’s Energy Future and the clarity and direction it provides. See the press release here: tinyurl.com/y2b4ebm2

The NSTA Board plays a key role in ensuring the NSTA achieves its purpose through oversight, approval of strategy, and provision of guidance. The Audit & Risk Cttee Chair also plays a broader role in ensuring the NSTA delivers against its remit. Details: tinyurl.com/musecy27

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We are looking for a Non-Executive Director to join the NSTA Board which plays a key role in ensuring that the NSTA achieves its purpose through effective oversight, approval of strategy, and provision of guidance and advice. For more details, go here: tinyurl.com/3awvn2cw

Our 2025 Technology Insights Report shows that North Sea companies are using an impressive array of smart tools and techniques to optimise production, including from tiebacks, and cut emissions. www.nstauthority.co.uk/news-publica...

Pauline Innes will outline our approach to driving improvements in the cost-efficiency and timeliness of well decommissioning at @oeukea.bsky.social's Offshore Decommissioning Conference this month.

For the full agenda click here: tinyurl.com/5e7ppppz

#DecomConf25

We are looking for a Senior Licensing Manager to advise on legal and regulatory issues and look for ways to improve the licensing system. Based in Aberdeen, the NSTA expects staff to spend 40% of their working time in the office. Details: tinyurl.com/4bt95779

TopsidesUK 2025 will feature a presentation by Alastair Bisset on our work to ensure that operators have got suitable decommissioning plans for late-life assets, and that alternatives to decommissioning have been thoroughly weighed up. More info: www.spe-aberdeen.org/events/topsi...

We are urging operators to boost the efficiency of production from North Sea fields by extending the life of existing oil and gas wells, in our latest Wells Insights Report. Click the link to read the report:
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he Regulators’ Pioneer Fund has awarded the NSTA £107k for two workstreams, one creating a Geospatial Data Viewer to bring together datasets from multiple government agencies and the other for a chatbot to assist navigating NSTA data portals. Details: tinyurl.com/5h2yzfw4

NSTA Director Pauline Innes will lead a panel session on Driving the Energy Transition: Role of Oil and Gas in our Sustainable Future (tinyurl.com/bdhjkcch) in Conf Room 2B at Offshore Europe from 11.30 on 3rd Sept. More details of OE 2025 here: tinyurl.com/4v6deafb
#OE2025

The NSTA’s Izabel Pawlic-Seymour and Kevin Christopherson will be discussing the route to electrification from 2-3pm on 2 September at Details of how to get there/register etc. For more details on the NSTA’s work, go to: tinyurl.com/5n7ebe27

The NSTA has published its policy on the publication of company specific information which will see companies named when an investigation is opened into a suspected breach, and transparency measures in respect to decommissioning obligations. Details: tinyurl.com/2s46dnd5

Chrysaor has been fined £150,000 for exceeding its vent consent by 145 tonnes. For the full details, go here: tinyurl.com/yc6vvvv4

We have today published our Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25. To see the full report, go here: tinyurl.com/59w22kmw

Tom Wheeler will be taking part in a discussion on Carbon Capture and Utilisation with Mark Sommerfeld, UK Director of the Carbon Capture and Storage Assoc, at the Climate Technology Show 2025 on 1 October. For more details, go to tinyurl.com/3u5jcv5y
#cts #cts25 #sustainablefuture #cleantechnology

Great news today as @renewableuk.bsky.social
and Scottish Renewables reveal their support for our revamped Energy Pathfinder portal, a free one-stop-shop for info about upcoming contracting opportunities. Full story: www.nstauthority.co.uk/news-publica...

Stuart Payne, North Sea Transition Authority Chief Executive, welcomes the Chancellor's backing for the Acorn and Viking carbon storage projects in today's Spending Review tinyurl.com/acp425yh
#carbonstorage #energytransition

We are looking for a Decommissioning Stewardship Engineer to help ensure that decommissioning is carried out cost effectively in accordance with regulatory requirements. Based in Aberdeen, the job is offered on a full-time, permanent basis. For more details go to: tinyurl.com/bddhvc7z

PM secures new agreement with EU to benefit British people UK secures new agreement with the European Union to support British businesses, back British jobs, and put more money in people’s pockets.

We welcome these conversations that could help unlock future challenges in working across borders and industries.
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A handshake

The North Sea Transition Authority and Crown Estate Scotland have today signed a Statement of Intent which commits both organisations to work together to realise the tremendous energy and carbon storage potential of the North Sea. Details: tinyurl.com/ypa7e7kn

Andy Brooks told the All-Energy conference that collaboration, co-ordination, technology and freely-available can combine to progress the energy transition and ensure there is room for everyone on the North Sea. See the full speech at: tinyurl.com/4ue8fxu7
#allenergy25

We are exhibiting at #AllEnergy2025 in Glasgow over the next two days. Visit stand J60 to find out about our work to accelerate the #energytransition. We’re also taking part in a number of conference sessions. More info: nstauthority.co.uk/news-publicati…

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Nominations have opened for potential carbon storage locations as the NSTA continues to build momentum for the growing industry. tinyurl.com/mtp6ycbs

Asset Stewardship Lead, Zoë Sayer, will talk about her varied career as a sedimentologist, consultant, oil and gas development geologist and classroom teacher in a session looking at how geoscientists can follow their desired career paths. Details: tinyurl.com/33vpjcku #AllEnergy2025

Zahir Ibrahim, Senior Business Intelligence Manager, will be at the All-Energy Conference discussing how the NSTA has made over a petabyte of data available to accelerate the energy transition and about how our maps and dashboards support decision-makers. Details: tinyurl.com/33vpjcku