Code of Practice on Access to Upstream Oil and Gas Infrastructure on the UK Continental Shelf
Article from: OGEL 5 (2004), in Roundup of Articles
Introduction
The perceived difficulty of obtaining access on fair and transparent terms to existing infrastructure had been one of the barriers to development in the UKCS identified by the Progressing Partnership Working Group (PPWG). For smaller discoveries, the cost of infrastructure access could be the critical factor in marginal economics of development. The previous code was widely viewed as being "weak and woolly" while the statutory powers of the Secretary of State to determine the conditions of access under the Petroleum Act 1998, the Pipelines Act 1962 and the Gas Act 1995, fine in ...