Statutory guidance

Onshore oil and gas well decommissioning and abandonment

Regulatory position statement for the decommissioning and abandonment for onshore oil and gas wells drilled prior to October 2013.

From:
Environment Agency
Published
2 January 2014

This publication was withdrawn on

This document has been replaced with Decommissioning onshore oil and gas wells drilled before 1 October 2013.

Documents

Onshore oil and gas well decommissioning and abandonment for wells drilled prior to1 October 2013

Ref: LIT 9054

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Details

This document sets out our position where oil or gas wells were drilled before October 2013.

The only new activity which would require a permit for a mining waste operation is the management of extractive waste, not involving a waste facility, generated by well abandonment.

Published 2 January 2014