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Oil and gas: OPRED communications, 2025

OPRED communications issued to stakeholders in 2025.

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From:
Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning
Published:
7 January 2025
Last updated:
22 December 2025
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  1. Request for Information on Trained Oil Spill Response Personnel during 2024 issued.

  2. OSPAR annual reporting on the phase-out of hazardous substances

  3. OPRED communication on behalf of the UK Authority.

  4. Inspection of Local Aids to Navigation - uploaded

  5. Update to OPRED inbox working hours - uploaded

  6. Uploaded F gas Regulation in Great Britain – DEFRA Consultation on reform of the HFC phasedown

  7. Deadline extended - Consultation on draft offshore oil and gas decommissioning guidance DESNZ OPRED Notification to External Stakeholders

  8. Amended attachment for UK ETS BDR general update communication

  9. Uploaded UK ETS BDR general update communication

  10. Inspection of Local Aids to Navigation, Merchant Shipping Act, 1995, Section 198(1)

  11. Annual Well Intervention well campaign applications and annual review of Production Permits 2025: a reminder to Industry

  12. Consultation on draft offshore oil and gas decommissioning guidance DESNZ OPRED Notification to External Stakeholders uploaded

  13. OPRED communication on behalf of the UK ETS Authority - Monitoring and Evaluation study survey.

  14. Publication of JNCC shapefiles for bird density information for the Greater Wash SPA and Liverpool Bay SPA.

  15. Amend PDF Title

  16. UK ETS communication on Monitoring Methodology Plan migration being completed and permit condition changes.

  17. Upcoming noise activities in the Southern North Sea SAC (SNS SAC) – Winter 2025/2026 and Summer 2026. Request for Information.

  18. Communication to industry regarding New User Account Service on the UK Energy Portal.

  19. Publication of the ‘Supplementary guidance for assessing the effects of downstream scope 3 emissions on climate from offshore oil and gas projects’ and the ‘Government Response to the consultation on supplementary EIA guidance’

  20. UK ETS communication METS MMP migration (Issued 11 March 2025) re-added.

  21. OPRED communication from UK ETS Authority baseline data collection reminder of requirements and deadlines.

  22. UK ETS METS Comms June 2025 Updated.

  23. Request for EMS Annual Statement 2024

  24. OPRED communication on behalf of the UK ETS Authority - Monitoring and Evaluation study survey

  25. A communication to industry regarding the arrangements for planning of Tier 3 oil spill response exercises.

  26. UKETS authority communication on 2025 Baseline Data Collection FAQs and webinar recordings

  27. Communication to Industry regarding the HRA process in the National Site Network and Marine Protected Area Network uploaded.

  28. Further UKETS authority communication on 2025 Baseline Data Collection

  29. UK ETS Free Allocation Review update (published on behalf of the UK ETS Authority) - Uploaded.

  30. OPRED communication on migration of monitoring methodology plans (MMP), METS AEM report data corruption and permit condition change.

  31. First published.

Documents

Trained Oil Spill Response Personnel during 2024: Request for Information (Issued 22 December 2025)

PDF, 165 KB, 2 pages

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Trained Oil Spill Response Personnel during 2024: Template return spreadsheet (Issued 22 December 2025)

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 51.4 KB

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OSPAR Annual Reporting on the Phase-out of Hazardous Substances (Issued 19 December 2025)

PDF, 148 KB, 1 page

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UKETS Authority allocation table and reminders (Issued 19 December 2025)

PDF, 102 KB, 3 pages

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Inspection of Local Aids to Navigation (Issued 08 December 2025)

PDF, 152 KB, 1 page

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Update to OPRED inbox working hours (Issued 10 December 2025)

PDF, 110 KB, 1 page

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F gas Regulation in Great Britain – DEFRA Consultation on reform of the HFC phasedown (Issued 06 November 2025)

PDF, 132 KB, 1 page

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Deadline extended - Consultation on draft offshore oil and gas decommissioning guidance DESNZ OPRED Notification to External Stakeholders (Issued 16 October 2025)

PDF, 143 KB, 1 page

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UK ETS BDR General Update Communication (Issued 25 September 2025)

PDF, 182 KB, 1 page

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Inspection of Local Aids to Navigation (Issued 19 September 2025)

PDF, 167 KB, 1 page

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Annual Well Intervention well campaign applications and annual review of Production Permits 2025: a reminder to Industry (Issued 05 September 2025)

PDF, 70.6 KB, 2 pages

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Consultation on draft offshore oil and gas decommissioning guidance DESNZ OPRED Notification to External Stakeholders (Issued 05 September 2025)

PDF, 139 KB, 1 page

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UKETS Authority Monitoring and Evaluation study survey alert (Issued 19 August 2025)

PDF, 123 KB, 1 page

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JNCC shapefiles for bird density information for the Greater Wash SPA and Liverpool Bay SPA (Issued 19 August 2025)

PDF, 75.8 KB, 1 page

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UK ETS Comms METS MMPs migrated and permit cessation condition (Issued 7 August 2025)

PDF, 217 KB, 6 pages

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Upcoming noise activities in the Southern North Sea SAC (SNS SAC) – Winter 2025/2026 and Summer 2026. Request for Information (Issued 4 August 2025)

PDF, 169 KB, 3 pages

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New User Account Service on the UK Energy Portal – Go live 8 July 2025 (Issued 7 July 2025)

PDF, 126 KB, 1 page

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Publication of the ‘Supplementary guidance for assessing the effects of downstream scope 3 emissions on climate from offshore oil and gas projects’ and the ‘Government Response to the consultation on supplementary EIA guidance’ (Issued 19 June 2025)

PDF, 132 KB, 1 page

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UK ETS Comms BDR Mandatory Requirement Reminder (Issued 16 June 2025)

PDF, 191 KB, 1 page

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UK ETS communication METS MMP migration (Issued 5 June 2025)

PDF, 218 KB, 4 pages

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Request for EMS Annual Public Statement (Issued 29 May 2025)

PDF, 131 KB, 1 page

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UK ETS Authority Monitoring and Evaluation study survey (Issued 22 May 2025)

PDF, 162 KB, 1 page

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Communication to industry regarding planning of Tier 3 oil spill response exercises (Issued 7 May 2025)

PDF, 118 KB, 1 page

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UKETS authority communication on 2025 Baseline Data Collection FAQs and webinar recordings (Issued 6 May 2025)

PDF, 89.2 KB, 1 page

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Communication to Industry regarding the HRA process in the National Site Network and Marine Protected Area Network (Issued 24 April 2025)

PDF, 220 KB, 2 pages

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Further UK ETS Authority Communication - 2025 Baseline Data Collection - (Issued 11 April 2025)

PDF, 111 KB, 1 page

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UK ETS Free Allocation Review update (published on behalf of the UK ETS Authority) (Issued 12 March 2025)

PDF, 480 KB, 27 pages

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UK ETS communication METS MMP migration (Issued 11 March 2025)

PDF, 141 KB, 2 pages

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UK ETS: guidance update including permanent cessations guidance (Issued 28 February 2025)

PDF, 124 KB, 2 pages

UK ETS Authority consultation: Extending the UK Emissions Trading Scheme cap beyond 2030 (Issued 14 February 2025)

PDF, 233 KB, 2 pages

UK ETS: baseline data collection process: templates and guidance (Issued 7 February 2025)

PDF, 227 KB, 2 pages

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations: Post Implementation Review (PIR) survey (Issued 6 February 2025)

MS Word Document, 330 KB

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UK ETS technical and operational amendments consultation: UK ETS Authority response (Issued 31 January 2025)

PDF, 129 KB, 1 page

UK ETS: Free Allocation Review consultation engagement (Issued 20 January 2025)

PDF, 102 KB, 1 page

Announcement of the return of the OPRED Director (Issued 15 January 2025)

PDF, 177 KB, 3 pages

Inspection of local aids to navigation (Issued 7 January 2025)

PDF, 128 KB, 1 page

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Communications issued to stakeholders relating to the regulation of environmental and decommissioning activity for UK offshore oil and gas operations.

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