Oil and gas in the UK - Offshore Decommissioning Report by the National Audit Office - 2019
Country
Year
2019
Summary
This report sets out the landscape of oil and gas decommissioning to enable Parliament to consider whether the various government departments involved are protecting taxpayers' interests effectively. It covers:
- the role oil and gas has played in the UK economy and the government's current objectives for the sector (Part One);
- the potential costs of decommissioning that operators will pass on to taxpayers (Part Two); and
- how the government is managing the risks to taxpayers (Part Three).