Oil and gas licensing

Guidance and regulation

Registered dealers in controlled oil (Excise Notice 192)
- Detailed guide
- 7 November 2024
- HM Revenue & Customs
Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA): An overview of the SEA process
- Detailed guide
- 1 July 2025
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning, and Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Oil and gas: inspection strategy and enforcement activity
- Detailed guide
- 13 January 2025
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning, and Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Climate compatibility checkpoint design
- Guidance
- 22 September 2022
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Certainty for oil and gas industry in light of landmark ruling
- 29 August 2024
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Press release
Government backs new oil and gas to safeguard UK and grow the economy
- 27 September 2023
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Press release
Energy security push to boost economic growth
- 30 July 2023
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Press release
Permit variation issued for Brockham oilfield, Surrey
- 8 December 2022
- Environment Agency
- Press release
UK government takes next steps to boost domestic energy production
- 22 September 2022
- Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
- Press release

Building the North Sea’s energy future
- 5 March 2025
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 30 April 2025
33rd Seaward Licensing Round Appropriate Assessment
- 3 May 2024
- Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 15 September 2023
UK Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment 4 (OESEA4)
- 22 September 2022
- Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 27 May 2022
Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment 4 Scoping
- 22 November 2021
- Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 07 May 2021
32nd Seaward Licensing Round Appropriate Assessment
- 2 September 2020
- Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 07 April 2020

Oil and Gas Authority review 2022
- 22 June 2023
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Corporate report