Correspondence

Oil and gas: OPRED communications, 2025

OPRED communications issued to stakeholders in 2025.

From:
Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning
Published
7 January 2025
Last updated
197 JuneAugust 2025 — See all updates

Documents

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

PDF, 218 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’ (Issue(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 055 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 077 May 2025)

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UKETS authority communication on 2025 Baseline Data Collection FAQs and webinar recordings (Issued 066 May 2025)

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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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Published 7 January 2025
Last updated 197 JuneAugust 2025 + show all updates

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

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

  4. 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’

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