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Offshore Industry: North Sea

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 79582

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of current North Sea (a) oil and (b) gas fields that cease production by 2030.

Answered by Michael Shanks

The North Sea Transition Authority publishes this data at UKCS Decommissioning Cost and Performance Update 2025

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