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The Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration, Production, Unloading and Storage (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2020

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Regulations 3, 5 and 19 and Schedule 2

SCHEDULE 1Requirement for an environmental impact assessment where the definition of “project” applies

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1.  Extraction of oil and natural gas for commercial purposes where the amount extracted exceeds 500 tonnes per day in the case of oil and 500,000 cubic metres per day in the case of natural gas.

2.  Installations for storage of oil with a capacity of 200,000 tonnes or more.

3.  Activities captured by section 17(2)(a) or (b) of the Energy Act 2008 (activities related to the geological storage of carbon dioxide).

4.  Installations for the capture of carbon dioxide streams for the purposes of geological storage of carbon dioxide where—

(a)the carbon dioxide is captured from an installation forming part of a project that falls under paragraph 1; or

(b)the total yearly capture of carbon dioxide is 1.5 megatonnes or more.

5.  Pipelines with a diameter of more than 800 mm and a length of more than 40 km for the transport of oil, combustible gas or chemicals.

6.  Pipelines with a diameter of more than 800 mm and a length of more than 40 km for the transport of carbon dioxide streams for the purposes of geological storage of carbon dioxide.

7.  A change to a project that falls under this Schedule where such a change in itself meets the thresholds, if any, listed in this Schedule.

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