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WINDFALL TAX ON OIL AND GAS WILL NOT SOLVE ENERGY CRISIS
OGA's Chairman, Tim Eggar, gave the following op-ed in the Daily Telegraph: "Brit...
PHASE 3 OF UK ENERGY INTEGRATION PROJECT NOW AVAILABLE
The Energy Integration Project brought together the OGA, BEIS, Ofgem, The Crown Estate ...
ANDY SAMUEL STEPPING DOWN AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF OGA
As has been long been agreed, Andy Samuel will be stepping down as Chief Executive of OGA in Dece...
PORTLETHEN ACADEMY PUPILS WIN ENERGY TRANSITION CHALLENGE
Pupils from Portlethen Academy have won first prize for their submission on the energy transi...
NEW REPORT REVEALS ACTIVITY SLOWDOWN IN THE UK NORTH SEA
The second Wells Insight report, published today by the Oil and Gas Authority, highlights signifi...
OGA CHAIRMAN TIM EGGAR INSISTS CONTINUING NORTH SEA EXPLORATION IS VITAL
Exploration and production of oil and gas from the North Sea is still needed if the UK is to meet...
DECOMMISSIONING PROJECT DASHBOARDS GIVE SUPPLIERS THE INSIDE TRACK
Initiative answers call for greater visibility of decommissioning work schedules Trio of...
OGA INVESTIGATES SUSPECTED BREACH OF PRODUCTION CONSENTS
Fourth compliance probe into separate companies opened this year Enquiry found suffici...
OGA INVESTIGATES SUSPECTED BREACH OF PRODUCTION CONSENTS
Fourth compliance probe into separate companies opened this year Enquiry found suffici...
OGA INVESTIGATES DELAY TO ELGIN FRANKLIN TRANSACTION
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has opened an investigation into the proposed sale by Esso Explor...
£1MILLION DECARBONISATION COMPETITION FOR THE ELECTRIFICATION OF OFFSHORE OIL...
A total of 29 bids have been submitted for the £1million competition for ideas that co...
OGA GRANTS CARBON STORAGE LICENCE TO HARBOUR ENERGY
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded a carbon dioxide (CO2) appraisal and storage licence ...
£1MILLION COMPETITION LAUNCHED TO HELP DECARBONISE OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS PRODU...
A £1million competition has been launched to help decarbonise offshore oil and gas prod...
OGA ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF THREE DIRECTORS
The Board of the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) today announced the appointment of two non-executive...
DIGITAL PLATFORM REVEALS VALUABLE SECRETS OF THE NORTH SEA
National Data Repository aids production efficiency and net zero drive Service will be quic...
OGA ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH DATE FOR ITS REVAMPED NATIONAL DATA REPOSITORY
New cloud-based services set to transform access to National Data Repository geophys...
OGA LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO POSSIBLE LICENCE BREACH
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has opened an investigation into a possible breach of field Produ...
ROCKFIELD GEOMECHANICS DATABASE
The Oil and Gas Authority have recently collaborated with Rockfield to deliver a training course ...
OGA FINES BP £50,000 FOR LICENCE BREACH
bp failed to meet reporting requirements OGA determined to enforce regulatory comp...
UK SEES FOURTH YEAR-ON-YEAR FALL IN DECOM COSTS
Fourth year-on-year fall since cost first estimated in 2017 Knowledge-sharing and improvemen...
TECH INSIGHTS REPORT SHOWS INCREASING FOCUS ON DATA AND DIGITAL
The Oil and Gas Authority’s (OGA) Technology Insights, launched today, shows that net zero ...
OGA TIGHTENS FLARING AND VENTING REQUIREMENTS
Stance reflects change in Strategy to assist net zero by 2050 target New developments to pla...
OGA UKCS MEDIATION PILOT EXTENDED
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has announced that the UKCS Mediation Pilot is extended until...
OGA UKCS MEDIATION PILOT EXTENDED
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) announces that the UKCS Mediation Pilot is extended until 30 Apri...
OGA OPENS AN INVESTIGATION INTO A POSSIBLE FAILURE TO MAXIMISE ECONOMIC RECOV...
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has opened an investigation into a possible failure to maximise e...
BACTON IDEALLY POSITIONED TO BECOME A SIGNIFICANT HUB FOR CLEAN, GREEN ENERGY
Energy Hub could power London and the South East for decades Hydrogen power will h...
OGA’S NEW DECOMMISSIONING STRATEGY CALLS FOR INDUSTRY CHANGE
The Oil and Gas Authority has published its new Decommissioning Strategy stressing ...
OGA BACTON ENERGY HUB AREA PLAN REVEALS HYDROGEN POTENTIAL
The OGA commissioned Progressive Energy to undertake a study in December 2020 to analyse the hydr...
NORTH SEA DEAL TO PROTECT JOBS IN GREEN ENERGY TRANSITION
UK becomes first G7 country to agree a landmark deal to support the oil and gas industry&rsquo...
OGA: NEW CHAPTER FOR NORTH SEA
Dr. Andy Samuel, Oil and Gas Authority's Chief Executive, welcomes the North Sea Transiti...
OGA BACTON ENERGY HUB AREA PLAN: HYDROGEN POTENTIAL
The OGA commissioned Progressive Energy to undertake a study in December 2020 to analyse the hydr...
NORTH SEA FLARING CUT BY 22% IN ONE YEAR
Flaring in the North Seal fell by 22% in 2020 from the previous year as production facilities cut...
OGA ESG TASKFORCE RECOMMENDS ENHANCED DISCLOSURE AND INVESTOR REPORTING
Vital climate-related information will be included alongside other key metrics in oil and gas ope...
OGA: WEST OF SHETLAND RENEWABLE POWER WORKSHOP
In March OGA are holding a workshop on offshore renewable power in the West of Shetland area....
OGA LAUNCHES FULL INVESTIGATION INTO POSSIBLE LICENCE BREACH
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has opened an investigation into a possible breach of reporting r...
MOVEOUT DATA SEISMIC JOINS COLLABORATION TO DEVELOP UK OIL & GAS AUTHORITY’S ...
Osokey collaborates with Moveout to migrate UK offshore legacy data to the cloud Part of program...
FLARE AWARDED DATA SERVICES CONTRACT WITH THE OIL & GAS AUTHORITY
Flare Solutions this week announced that the OGA (Oil & Gas Authority) in the UK has selected...
OGA TO SPONSOR RECOVERY FACTOR STUDIES
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) and EBN are inviting applications from MSc students with data ana...
OGA CONFIRMS ONGOING FLEXIBILITY TO LICENCE CHANGE REQUESTS CAUSED BY COVID-19
In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic which first affected the UK in early 2020, and contin...
OGA SEEKS TENDERS FOR CARBON STORAGE RESEARCH PROJECT
As the licensing authority for carbon storage projects in the UK offshore domain, the Oil & G...
REVISED OGA STRATEGY FEATURES A RANGE OF NEW NET ZERO OBLIGATIONS FOR THE UK ...
A revised Strategy from the Oil & Gas Authority featuring a range of new net zero obligations...
OGA LAUNCHES STUDY OF BACTON POTENTIAL ENERGY HUB SITE
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has started work to identify the value the establishment of an en...
OGA STRESSES KEY ROLE OF LICENCE MANAGEMENT IN MAXIMISING ECONOMIC RECOVERY
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) is working with industry to drive improvements in the management ...
GROUNDBREAKING NEW APP DETAILS EVERY ENERGY RESOURCE IN THE NORTH SEA
A new interactive mapping application that reveals the location of every energy-related site in t...
ENI UK PROJECT AWARDED CARBON STORAGE LICENCE
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded a carbon dioxide (CO2) appraisal and storage licence ...
OGA CHIEF EXECUTIVE WELCOMES THE PRIME MINISTER’S ANNOUNCEMENT ON OFFSHORE WI...
OGA Chief Executive Andy Samuel welcomes the Prime Minister’s announcement on offshore wind...
DR SARAH DEASLEY JOINS THE BOARD OF OGA AS NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dr. Sarah Deasley joins the board of the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) today (1 October 2020) i...
OGA TURNS ATTENTION TO FLARING AND VENTING OF GREENHOUSE GASES
The Oil and Gas Authority’s (OGA) has for the first time expanded its benchmarking to the f...
OGA APPOINTS OSOKEY TO OPERATE NATIONAL DATA REPOSITORY
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has appointed Osokey Ltd. as collaborative partner in developing ...
OGA APPOINTS ANDY BROOKS AS CNS AREA MANAGER
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has appointed Andy Brooks as Area Manager - Central North Sea, co...
OGTC REPORT SETS OUT TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED ENERGY FUTURE F...
Delivering a tech-enabled integrated net-zero energy future will cost £430 billion but g...
OGA TO PUBLISH VITAL HISTORIC SEISMIC DATA
Historic seismic data which provide images below the seabed are to be made available by the Oil a...
UK OIL AND GAS RESERVES AND RESOURCES AT 2019 YEAR END
Managing the basin’s declining production to maximise value from the United Kingdom Contine...
DAILY WELL PRODUCTION FIGURES WILL HELP MER UK AND NET ZERO GOAL
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has today published daily production figures from wells that have...
UK GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES REVIEW INTO FUTURE OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LICENSING REGIME
The Government today announced it will review its policy on the future UK offshore oil and gas li...
OFFER OF AWARDS FOR THE UK’S 32ND OFFSHORE LICENSING ROUND
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has offered for award 113 licence areas over 259 blocks or part-b...
ESTIMATED COSTS FOR UKCS DECOMMISSIONING CONTINUE TO FALL
The total cost of UK offshore oil and gas decommissioning has fallen by a further 2% on a like-fo...
LLOYD'S REGISTER WELCOME TODAY'S OGA ENERGY INTEGRATION PROJECT REPORT
This year, Lloyd’s Register (LR) conducted a detailed technical study on behalf of the Oil ...
OFFSHORE ENERGY INTEGRATION CAN DELIVER 30% OF UK’S NET ZERO TARGET
The integration of offshore energy systems, including oil and gas, renewables, hydrogen and carbo...
UK CONTINENTAL SHELF PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY HITS 80%
Production efficiency on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) has improved for the seventh consecu...
OIL AND GAS AUTHORITY APPROVAL FOR PEDL253 BISCATHORPE ACQUISITION
Union Jack Oil plc, a UK focused onshore hydrocarbon production, development and exploration comp...
OGA TRANSFORMS ACCESS TO INDUSTRY DATA
The OGA continues to transform access to information as delivery of data from the National Data R...
OIL AND GAS EUROPE FORWARD WORKPLAN
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) and Achilles have engaged with buying organisations to communicat...
OGA TO TRACK AND MONITOR INDUSTRY PROGRESS TOWARDS NEW EMISSIONS TARGETS
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) welcomes the oil and gas industry’s commitment to becoming ...
UK NORTH EAST SET TO BENEFIT FROM £62 MILLION FUND FOR ENERGY SECTOR
Support package to help deliver net zero future A multi-million-pound fund has been set up to ...
OGA MOVES FORWARD WITH MEDIATION PILOT FOR RESOLVING UKCS LICENCE DISPUTES
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has reaffirmed that its year-long ‘UKCS Mediation Pilot&rsq...
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...
OIL AND GAS EUROPE FORWARD WORKPLAN
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) and Achilles have engaged with buying organisations to communicat...
OGA UNVEILS STRATEGY TO SUPPORT NET ZERO
The OGA is embedding the Net Zero challenge in its own work, and supporting the industry as it...
OGA ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF TWO NEW NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
The board of the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) announces the appointment of two new non-executive d...
INTERACTIVE TOOL FOR SHARING DECOMMISSIONING LEARNINGS PROVIDES VALUABLE INSIGHT
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) is encouraging decommissioning professionals to increase their us...
OGA LAUNCHES MEDIATION PILOT FOR RESOLVING UKCS LICENCE DISPUTES
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has launched a year-long ‘UKCS Med...
NEW STUDY TO MAP CARBON STORAGE POTENTIAL OF UK OFFSHORE AREAS
A new study will identify the UK’s best sites and produce a road map for carbon storage to ...
OGA CHAIRMAN CHALLENGES THE SECTOR TO RESPOND TO THE ENERGY TRANSITION CHALLENGE
The Chairman of the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) said that the oil and gas industry's ‘s...
OGA APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, HEAD OF DECOMMISSIONING AND AREA MAN...
A trio of new leadership appointments have been made by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA). Scott...
ENABLING A DIGITAL FUTURE: OGA SETS OUT FIVE-YEAR PLAN IN NEW DIGITAL STRATEGY
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has set out its commitment to digital services for the UK’s...
OFFSHORE ENERGY INTEGRATION IN THE UK A STEP CLOSER
Innovative partnering between oil and gas, renewables, hydrogen and carbon capture can accelerate...
UK 32ND OFFSHORE LICENSING ROUND GENERATES CONSIDERABLE INTEREST
The United Kingdom’s latest offshore licensing round has attracted 104 applications coverin...
OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS OPERATING COSTS AND EXPENDITURE REMAINING STABLE
Operating costs, efficiency and expenditure on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) remained stable in...
TECHNOLOGY INSIGHTS REPORT SHOWCASES OVER 30 TECHNOLOGIES CRITICAL TO MER UK
The Oil and Gas Authority has identified over 30+ existing technologies which are critical for th...
OGA RELEASES NEW PODCAST ON ‘REVITALISING EXPLORATION IN THE UKCS’
Find out about future potential and projects from Equinor, Total and CNOOC Hear how mate...
NEW CORPORATE PLAN SETS OUT OGA’S PRIORITIES FOR NEXT FIVE YEARS
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has published its latest Corporate Plan, outlining the priority a...
REGIONAL MAPS AND SUPPORTING DATA FOR THE UK'S MID NORTH SEA HIGH AREA RELEASED
The Oil and Gas Authority has released regional maps and supporting data for the Mid North Sea Hi...
OIL AND GAS AUTHORITY LAUNCHES ONE OF THE LARGEST EVER PUBLIC DATA RELEASES
UK’s first National Data Repository will deliver additional value and inward investment...
OIL AND GAS AUTHORITY ADVANCING COLLABORATION WITH RENEWABLES
Over the past year, the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has started significant work on how we can su...
OGA ISSUES NEW PROTECTED MATERIAL GUIDANCE
New guidance has been published by the Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) on the disclosure of protect...
UK OIL & GAS AUTHORITY AWARDS FIRST CARBON CAPTURE STORAGE LICENCE
The Oil and Gas Authority has awarded its first carbon dioxide (CO2) appraisal and storage licenc...
NEW OGA SUPPLEMENTARY LICENSING ROUND FOCUSES ON THE GREATER BUCHAN AREA
The OGA is opening a Supplementary Licensing Round in Q1 2019 to maximise recovery of the signifi...
POSITIVE INTEREST IN UK’S 31ST OFFSHORE LICENSING ROUND
The United Kingdom’s latest offshore licensing round has attracted 36 applications covering...
SIGNIFICANT UK PETROLEUM RESERVES COULD SUSTAIN PRODUCTION FOR NEXT 20 YEARS
The UK’s petroleum reserves remain at a significant level which could sustain production fo...
OGA PROVIDES UPDATE ON HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OPERATIONS AT PRESTON NEW ROAD
Operations at the Preston New Road site are continuing following the series of minor seismic even...
INCREASING OFFSHORE DRILLING ACTIVITY AND IMPROVING PERFORMANCE CRITICAL TO R...
The OGA has issued its first Wells Insight report, following a period of two years collating and ...
MINOR SEISMIC EVENTS RECORDED IN THE PRESTON NEW ROAD AREA
The OGA is aware of a number of minor seismic events recorded in the Preston New Road area, inclu...
SUPPLEMENTARY UK OFFSHORE LICENSING ROUND TO TARGET GREATER BUCHAN AREA
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has initiated a new Area Plan to maximise economic recovery (MER)...
OIL AND GAS AUTHORITY WELCOMES SHELL'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO INVEST IN THE ARRAN FIELD
Dr Andy Samuel, Chief Executive of the Oil and Gas Authority welcomes Shell's announcement to...
UKCS OPERATING COSTS REMAIN STABLE WITH SLIGHT RISE IN 2017
Operating expenditure (OPEX) and unit cost per barrel of oil equivalent in the UK Continental She...
OGA WELCOMES SIGNIFICANT GLENDRONACH DISCOVERY, WEST OF SHETLAND
The Oil and Gas Authority welcomes Total’s announcement of a gas discovery on the Glendrona...
LLOYD’S REGISTER AND OGA ON NEXT PHASE OF UKCS PLANS
Companies seeking exploration opportunities in the UK's North Sea can look forward to rec...
NEW CONTRACTS AWARDED TO HELP STIMULATE UKCS EXPLORATION ACTIVITY
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded new contracts through Government funding, to continue...
UKCS PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY RISES FOR A FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR
Production efficiency (PE) has risen for a fifth consecutive year. In 2017 it reached 74%, dr...
UK 31ST OFFSHORE LICENSING ROUND OPENS UP HIGH-IMPACT FRONTIER REGIONS
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has launched the 31st Offshore Licensing Round, offering bloc...
OGA ISSUES GUIDANCE ON PLANNING AND DELIVERY OF FUTURE UK OIL AND GAS FIELD P...
Newly updated guidance has been published this week to support industry to successfully deliver t...
PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY RISES TO 74%
Production efficiency (PE) in the UKCS has risen for a fifth consecutive year, increasing to 74% ...