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Correspondence

Oil and gas: OPRED communications

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

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OPRED EU ETS Transition update Operator Requirements October 2020

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Regulating Offshore oil and gas Installations during the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Outbreak – Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning’s return to offshore inspection activity

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REMINDER for Information of Trained Oil Spill Response Personnel during 2019

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Offshore EIA Regulations 2020 - Issued 24/07/2020

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Proposed Offshore Chemicals and the Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 Consultation - Issued 23/07/2020

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OPRED position published on offshore site visits by verifiers during the Coronavirus Outbreak 2020

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Request for information of Trained Oil Spill Response Personnel during 2019

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Template return spreadsheet for information of Trained Oil Spill Response Personnel during 2019 request

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Publication of Guidance for assessing the significance of noise disturbance against Conservation Objectives of harbour porpoise SACs

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Future of UK carbon pricing consultation response - 02/06/2020

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REMINDER for Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Return - Issued 19/05/2020

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REMINDER for EMS Annual Public Statement - Issued 19/05/2020

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Covid19 Position - Update - Issued 15/05/2020

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Request for Mercury Regulations Returns - Issued 11/05/2020

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Offshore Industry Guidance on the EU Mercury Legislation (Appendix A)

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EIA Regulations - Coronavirus Amendment - Issued 23/04/2020

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Request for Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Return - Issued 22/04/2020

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TFSW Regulations 2007 - Offshore Operator Form for Notifying Waste Exports to BEIS

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Covid19 position - Update - Issued 17.04.2020

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Request for EMS Annual Public Statement - Issued 09/04/2020

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Covid-19 position - Issued 08/04/2020

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Halogen Additions to EEMS Database - Issued 31/03/2020

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The Impacts of Covid-19 - Compliance - Issued 20/03/2020

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The Impacts of Covid-19 - OPRED Working Practices - Issued 20/03/2020

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OPRED Out of Hours Phone Number OPEP Updates - Issued 16/03/2020

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Notification CUBS inbox no longer in use - Issued 06/03/2020

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Produced Water Risk Based Approach Schedule 2021 to 2024 - Issued 13/02/2020

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Details on upcoming seismic surveys in the Southern North Sea Harbour Porpoise SAC - Issued 11/02/2020

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Noise Guidance Consultation Notification - Issued 06/02/2020

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Copy notification of new OPRED communication approach - Issued 03/02/2020

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Details

OPRED communications issued to stakeholders in order to raise awareness of any pertinent information relating to the regulation of environmental and decommissioning activity for offshore oil and gas operations in the UK will be published here going forward

Published 3 February 2020

Last updated 8 October 2020 + show all updates
  1. OPRED EU ETS Transition update Operator Requirements October 2020

  2. Regulating Offshore oil and gas Installations during the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Outbreak – Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning’s return to offshore inspection activity

  3. Addition of Reminder for Information of Trained Oil Spill Response Personnel during 2019

  4. Offshore EIA Regulations 2020

  5. Proposed Offshore Chemicals and the Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 Consultation

  6. Addition of EIA Pre-consultation Engagement document

  7. OPRED position published on offshore site visits by verifiers during the Coronavirus Outbreak 2020.

  8. Addition of 'Request for information of Trained Oil Spill Response Personnel during 2019' and template return spreadsheet

  9. Publication of Guidance for assessing the significance of noise disturbance against Conservation Objectives of harbour porpoise SACs

  10. Future of UK carbon pricing consultation response

  11. Addition of reminders for EMS Annual Statement and Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Returns

  12. Covid19 Update

  13. Addition of Request for Mercury Regulations Returns and corresponding reporting form

  14. Addition of 'EIA Regulations - Coronavirus Amendment' notification

  15. Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Return communication updated and return form added

  16. Addition of 'Request for Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Return'

  17. Addition of Covid19 Position Update

  18. Addition of Request for EMS Annual Public Statement

  19. New communication added

  20. New communication added

  21. Addition of new communication

  22. Addition of 'The Impacts of Covid-19' communications

  23. New communication added

  24. Addition of notification

  25. New communication added

  26. New communication added

  27. Addition of Noise Guidance Consultation Notification

  28. First published.

Update history

2024-04-18 14:56
Notes to industry on Geological Survey Notification Guidance and the new seismic, explosive and piling close-out reporting process.

2024-04-17 13:38
draft version of IRS Guidance, which was originally uploaded to facilitate consultation, removed to prevent the inadvertent use of the document’ Current version can be found on the Oil and gas: environmental alerts and incident reporting including anonymous reporting page

2024-03-25 11:32
OPRED Easter Bank Holiday closure

2024-03-20 10:14
METS AER submission deadline – OPRED notification of easter closure

2024-02-23 17:00
The UK ETS Authority is seeking views on four amendments to existing civil penalties within the scheme, to ensure civil penalty values are comparable to penalties of a similar nature and are proportionate to the type of breach. The first amendment will enable regulators to apply a consistent punitive element across the 3 penalties within the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020 (the Order), which relate to the breach of operating without a penalty. These three penalties are Articles 50, 57 and 60 of the Order. On 6th October 2023, Directions came into force for Articles 50 and 60 of the Order. Included within both was a consistent approach to the punitive element regulators may impose as part of those civil penalties, which we are proposing to introduce for Article 57.The second amendment will enable Regulators to apply a more proportionate approach for penalties related to under-reporting discovered after submission of an annual emissions report within the Order. The proposal will amend the penalty given to hospitals and small emitters in Article 56, to a more proportionate calculation when compared with penalties given to main UK ETS participants under Article 52 (4) of the Order. The third amendment will ensure that the inflation factor included within penalties given under Article 52, Article 53 and the proposed penalty in Article 56 of the Order will be correctly applied and that the appropriate and most fair rate of inflation is used in its calculation.The final amendment will amend Article 53 of the Order, so that when the deficit notice penalty is introduced under-surrender penalties will align whether the under-surrender is discovered before or after a permit transfer.If you have any feedback, please respond at emissions.trading@energysecurity.gov.uk by 08/03/2024.

2024-02-13 12:02
OPRED communication from UK ETS Authority for change to application window for second allocation period.

2024-02-12 10:24
OPRED communication for reporting 2023 data gaps in annual emissions reports within METS

2023-12-18 11:52
Communication on behalf of the UK ETS Authority consultation publication on market and free allocation policies.

2023-12-14 15:35
Addition of OSPAR ANNUAL REPORTING ON THE PHASE-OUT OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES letter

2023-12-13 11:59
Inspection of Local Aids to Navigation, Merchant Shipping Act, 1995, Section 198(1)

2023-11-17 13:16
Advice to industry on Consent to Locate condition issued

2023-11-17 10:30
Offshore Combustion Installations (PPC) Regulations PIR Survey issued

2023-11-14 16:19
Addition of Habitats Regulations PIR Survey

2023-11-14 09:25
UK ETS Authority communication on delayed submission of baseline data reports

2023-11-06 15:22
Addition of letter – “Details on upcoming noisy activities in the Southern North Sea 2024”

2023-10-06 11:52
Reminder of Well Intervention Application (WIA) annual 2024 chemical permits process and to update Production Operations (PRA) chemical permits to include 2024 chemical use and discharge data.

2023-10-03 16:43
OCR Post Implementation Review Survey 2023 Issued

2023-08-17 10:01
PPC Guidance Letter to Industry Added

2023-08-07 08:16
Request for information of Trained Oil Spill Response Personnel During 2022

2023-07-31 10:11
UK ETS ETSWAP to METS migration and transition third update

2023-07-27 09:05
Migration from ETSWAP to METS (Manage your UK Emissions Trading Scheme Reporting Service) – Go Live 31st July 2023 – upload letter

2023-07-26 15:57
The Works Detrimental to Navigation (Powers and Duties of Inspectors) Regulations 2018 Post Implementation Review Survey 2023 – Issued 26/07/2023

2023-07-17 16:08
OPPC Post Implementation Review Survey 2023 – Issued 17/07/2023 – file attachment updated

2023-07-17 15:18
OPPC Post Implementation Review Survey 2023

2023-07-10 16:37
UK ETS ETSWAP to METS migration and transition update

2023-06-16 13:20
Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) communication. Update with Phase 3 implementation changes and delayed compliance deadline.

2023-06-02 11:43
Update – BST Inbox – new address

2023-06-01 13:57
OPRED change of email address

2023-06-01 13:50
Publish note – Changes to OPRED email address

2023-05-26 09:22
Communication regarding IT and inbox issues within OPRED Business Support Team (bst@beis.gov.uk)

2023-05-09 16:11
Change to on call Met office availability.

2023-05-02 09:17
EMS Annual Public Statement notice

2023-04-27 09:33
OPRED communication to industry regarding Maritime Safety Information (MSI) to mariners via Navtex

2023-04-21 13:15
UK ETS ETSWAP to METS migration and transition update

2023-04-18 09:45
Communication on behalf of the UK ETS Authority on launch of METS, the ESTWAP replacement.

2023-01-31 17:06
Details on upcoming noisy activities in the Southern North Sea 2023 published

2023-01-06 16:05
ETSWAP Maintenance – update

2022-12-21 14:43
Trinity House notification of intention to inspect aids to navigation added

2022-12-09 13:29
Notification of Inspection of Local Aids to Navigation, Merchant Shipping Act, 1995, Section 198(1

2022-12-09 09:47
Addition of 2022 OSPAR Annual Reporting on the Phase-Out of Hazardous Substances Request.

2022-11-28 10:38
Licensee Liability Update Letter uploaded

2022-11-04 08:48
Stakeholder Alert – UK ETS Authority publishes response to registry data publication consultation.

2022-11-02 11:44
Changes to access – ETSWAP user password policy and security questions

2022-10-13 15:35
Activity Level Changes – COVID-19 communication from the UK ETS Authority

2022-09-27 13:03
Reminder of Well Intervention Application (WIA) annual 2023 chemical permits process and to update Production Operations (PRA) chemical permits to include 2023 chemical use and discharge data.

2022-09-23 14:01
The following is a message from the UK ETS Authority on change to the PMRV launch plan.

2022-08-23 14:05
UK ETS update and ETSWAP to PMRV migration August 2022

2022-08-19 16:01
PPC Monitoring Guidance Letter to Industry added

2022-07-29 16:06
Government Response to the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS).

2022-07-29 15:17
PPC Emissions monitoring plan – Letter to industry 29.07.2022

2022-07-12 13:25
REMINDER for Information of Trained Oil Spill Response Personnel during 2020 – Issued 12/07/2022

2022-07-12 09:17
Energy Security Bill Introduction – BEIS Secretary of State Letter to Stakeholders

2022-07-08 13:04
Consultation published on behalf of the UK ETS Authority (made up of the UK Government and Devolved Administrations) relating to the publication of data on the UK ETS Registry and additional scheme date.Please find attached the consultation text outlining the UK ETS Authority’s proposals and accompanying questions.Please respond by 24 July. All responses should be sent to emissions.trading@beis.gov.uk.

2022-06-15 13:55
UK ETS update – Migration from ETSWAP to the new permitting, monitoring, reporting and verification (PMRV) system for operators

2022-06-14 15:20
Request for Information of Trained Oil Spill Response Personnel during 2021Template return spreadsheet for infomration of Trained Oil Spill Response Personnel During 2021 request

2022-06-08 15:56
Uploaded Withdrawal of OPRED incident notification telephone number – 01224 254058

2022-05-25 11:20
Communications for OPRED Pollution Emergency Response uploaded

2022-05-03 09:02
Reminder for EMS Annual Public Statement

2022-04-25 15:27
Addition of IRS Enhancements April 2022

2022-04-20 08:57
EMS Annual Public Statement 2022

2022-03-25 14:59
Addition of notification advising The UK ETS Authority – made up of the UK Government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for Northern Ireland who jointly run the scheme – has published a consultation on developing the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS).

2022-02-22 15:17
Addition of communication confirming OPRED Website Issues now resolved

2022-02-16 15:50
Addition of communication regarding OPRED Website Issues

2022-02-04 13:58
Update to OPPC Guidance and Standard Industry Conditions as a result of clarification on reporting requirements for Miscellaneous discharge streams plus update to webpage

2022-01-27 16:30
Addition of ‘Details on upcoming noisy activities in the Southern North Sea’ communication

2022-01-17 14:12
Addition of ‘UK ETS general update from OPRED’ communication

2022-01-06 13:44
Reminder – Cessation of Out of Hours Permitting Function.

2021-12-23 10:18
Addition of ‘Reminder – Updating PON1s in legacy ePON1 system – Function to be withdrawn’ communication

2021-12-17 13:49
Addition of ‘Announcement of OPRED Chief Executive and Executive Director’ communication and Tom Child and Wendy Kennedy’s biographies to accompany this communication

2021-12-17 11:05
Addition of communication on ‘The Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration, Production, Unloading and Storage (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2020’

2021-12-08 15:28
Addition of Inspection of Local Aids to Navigation, Merchant Shipping Act, 1995, Section 198(1) communication

2021-12-01 10:51
The EU and UK are cutting the availability of HFC’s by 79% between 2015 and 2030. OPRED would like to make Operators aware of the following ban which will be imposed from 1 January 2022.

2021-11-29 16:22
Updating PON1s in legacy ePON1 system – Function to be withdrawn

2021-11-29 15:47
Addition of Cessation of Out of Hours Permitting Function communication

2021-10-11 15:00
Addition of Annual Chemical Permit Reminder

2021-10-08 14:53
Cessation of out of hours permitting function

2021-10-01 14:33
The notification provides details about the recent publication of Defra's revised UK Plan for Shipments of Waste and the Government Response to the consultation on the UK Plan

2021-09-24 13:40
OPEP Guidance Publication Comms.

2021-09-21 12:46
Addition of OPRED response to PON1, OPPC, IRS Consultation – OGUK response document and Reminder of IRS go live date

2021-05-28 15:23
Addition of Reminder for Information of Trained Oil Spill Response Personnel during 2020

2021-03-30 07:26
OPRED communications page has been updated to include communication on advice notes related to the protection of wild birds in UK offshore waters.

2021-03-24 14:04
Addition of 'Energy Portal – Integrated Reporting System (IRS) – Action Required' communication

2021-03-18 14:59
Addition of 'Evaluation of Offshore Safety Directive Regulator (OSDR)' communication

2021-03-01 15:56
Addition of 'Regulating Offshore oil and gas Installations during Coronavirus (Covid-19) Outbreak – Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning's return to offshore inspection activity' update

2021-02-22 12:59
OPRED UK ETS Update

2021-02-19 14:15
Oil and gas: OPRED communications page has been updated to include communication on the protection of wild birds in UK offshore waters.

2020-12-14 14:36
RBA Programme Update added

2020-12-10 14:15
Notification to Stakeholder regarding The Offshore Oil and Gas (EIA) Regulations (2020)

2020-11-25 12:31
Informal Consultation of the UK ETS Civil Penalties Guidance Document and OPRED Notification to the Oil and Gas Industry UKETS Civil Penalties Guidance

2020-11-25 09:10
UK Energy Portal will be unavailable from 6pm on Friday 27th November until 9am on Monday 30th November for extended maintenance.

2020-11-23 16:25
OSPAR Annual Reporting on the Phase-out of Hazardous Substances – Issued 23/11/2020

2020-11-17 09:55
Potential Met Office telephone system outage – Saturday 21st November

2020-10-13 16:28
PRA 2021 chemical data and Annual WIA permits

2020-10-08 16:33
OPRED EU ETS Transition update Operator Requirements October 2020