Written question asked by Matthew Offord (Conservative) on Wednesday, 24 June 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 June 2020. It was answered by Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative) on Thursday, 2 July 2020 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

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Offshore Fixed Structures: Decommissioning

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what response his Department has made to the expert reports commissioned by the (a) German Government and (b) Dutch government on the Shell proposal to decommission Brent rigs Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Delta tabled at the Special Consultative Meeting of the OSPAR Commission in October 2019; and when he plans to publish that response.

Answer

The content of the reports provided by Germany and the Netherlands were supplementary to their objections to the derogation consultation for Brent and were therefore part of the discussion at the OSPAR Special consultative meeting in October 2019. A record of that meeting was published by the chair of OSPAR in early November 2019.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

64162

Session

2019-21

Subjects

Decommissioning Germany Offshore fixed structures Shell Netherlands

Link

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