tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/organisations/offshore-petroleum-regulator-for-environment-and-decommissioning HM Government 2025-04-25T13:23:18Z /guidance/oil-and-gas-offshore-environmental-legislation#2025-04-25T13:23:18Z 2025-04-25T13:23:18Z

Environmental regulations and guidance on offshore oil and gas exploration and production offshore gas unloading and storage and offshore carbon dioxide storage activities

/government/publications/deep-drilling-screening-directions-2025#2025-04-25T13:23:06Z 2025-04-25T13:23:06Z

Screening Directions

/government/publications/hynet-carbon-dioxide-transportation-and-storage-project-offshore#2025-04-24T15:06:28Z 2025-04-24T15:06:28Z

Project Summary

/government/publications/oil-and-gas-opred-communications-2025#2025-04-24T12:52:55Z 2025-04-24T12:52:55Z

OPRED communications issued to stakeholders in 2025.

/guidance/oil-and-gas-decommissioning-of-offshore-installations-and-pipelines#2025-04-23T12:01:39Z 2025-04-23T12:01:39Z

Decommissioning programmes, including dates, locations, installations decommissioned, method of decommissioning and close-out reports where available.

/guidance/oil-and-gas-environmental-data#2025-04-22T12:34:31Z 2025-04-22T12:34:31Z

Interested parties can review records of applications and statements submitted to OPRED as required by environmental regulations.

/guidance/the-2020-eia-regulations#2025-04-22T12:29:25Z 2025-04-22T12:29:25Z

The 2020 EIA Regulations

/government/publications/pipeline-screening-direction-2025#2025-04-17T14:07:53Z 2025-04-17T14:07:53Z

Screening Direction

/government/publications/production-screening-directions-2025#2025-04-14T15:09:32Z 2025-04-14T15:09:32Z

Screening Directions

/government/publications/marine-environment-unexploded-ordnance-clearance-joint-position-statement#2025-01-21T09:30:00Z 2025-01-21T09:30:00Z

This is a Joint Position Statement about minimising the impacts of unexploded ordnance clearance in the marine environment.

/guidance/oil-and-gas-decc-public-registers-of-enforcement-activity#2025-01-13T10:10:06Z 2025-01-13T10:10:06Z

Yearly intervention plans are produced for oil and gas operations based on the OPRED inspection strategy. Enforcement activities for the breach of environmental regulations is based on the OPRED enforcement policy.

/government/publications/deep-drilling-screening-directions-2024#2025-01-03T10:28:23Z 2025-01-03T10:28:23Z

Screening Directions

/government/publications/production-screening-directions-2024#2025-01-03T10:26:03Z 2025-01-03T10:26:03Z

Screening Directions

/government/publications/pipeline-screening-direction-2024#2025-01-03T10:25:34Z 2025-01-03T10:25:34Z

Screening Directions

/government/publications/northern-endurance-partnership-development#2024-12-11T13:26:53Z 2024-12-11T13:26:53Z

Project Summary

/guidance/oil-and-gas-environmental-alert-notices#2024-12-06T09:20:15Z 2024-12-06T09:20:15Z

Published environmental alert notices issued in order to raise awareness of any environmental issues on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS).

/government/consultations/consultation-on-draft-supplementary-eia-guidance#2024-10-30T14:02:48Z 2024-10-30T14:02:48Z

Consultation on draft supplementary EIA guidance for assessing the effects of scope 3 emissions on climate from offshore oil and gas projects

/guidance/oil-and-gas-environmental-alerts-and-incident-reporting#2024-09-05T07:05:48Z 2024-09-05T07:05:48Z

How to report incidents, including pro-formas for PON1 and PON2 and guidance on completion; listing of environmental alerts for operators in the North Sea.

/government/publications/buchan-redevelopment-project#2024-08-12T14:21:57Z 2024-08-12T14:21:57Z

Project Summary

/government/publications/oil-and-gas-public-statements-relating-to-2023#2024-07-29T07:41:59Z 2024-07-29T07:41:59Z

Public statements relating to the activities of offshore installations in 2023