The Oil and Gas Authority (Offshore Petroleum) (Disclosure of Protected Material after Specified Period) Regulations 2018

Other information relating to relevant offshore installations and relevant upstream petroleum infrastructure

21.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this regulation applies to information relating to a relevant offshore installation or relevant upstream petroleum infrastructure which relates to—

(a) the position or dimensions of the installation or infrastructure;

(b) the material, equipment or components used in the construction, operation, maintenance or decommissioning of the installation or infrastructure;

(c) the occurrence of construction, maintenance, inspection or decommissioning of the installation or infrastructure;

(d) any summary of the following activities—

(i) in relation to a relevant offshore installation, any activity referred to in section 44(3) of the Petroleum Act 1998(1);

(ii) in relation to upstream petroleum infrastructure which is a gas processing facility, any gas processing operations;

(iii) in relation to upstream petroleum infrastructure which is an oil processing facility, any oil processing operations.

(2) This regulation does not apply to information to which regulation 20 applies.

(3) Where this regulation applies, the OGA (or a subsequent holder) may publish the information after the date on which the conditions in paragraph (4) are satisfied.

(4) The conditions referred to in paragraph (3) are—

(a) the installation or infrastructure was used to get petroleum under an offshore licence; and

(b) production has permanently ceased from every petroleum field which used the installation or infrastructure to get petroleum under an offshore licence.

(5) In this regulation, “gas processing facility”, “gas processing operation”, “oil processing facility” and “oil processing operations” have the meanings given in section 90 of the Energy Act 2011(2).

(1)

Section 44 was amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to the Energy Act 2008 (c. 32).

(2)

2011 c. 16. Section 90 was amended by paragraph 72 of Schedule 1 to the Energy Act 2016.