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JL Daeschler: Much of the UK’s offshore sector is gone

Posted in energy policy, Norway, Offshore Energy - General, UK, tagged , , , , , , on September 15, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Our guy in Scotland, JL Daeschler, reminds Sunday Times readers that the UK can’t simply summon the return of the long neglected North Sea oil industry.

The editors deleted this sentence from JL’s letter: “Thank you Norway and USA for supplying us energy.” 😉

Compare Norway and UK management of their North Sea resources. The UK govt still hasn’t even made the clear and obvious decision to approve Jackdaw and Rosebank production.

The West of Shetland area has high oil and gas resource potential. Researchers at the University of Aberdeen are advocating a tailored management system to facilitate development.

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Significant jurisdictional change in Norway: the Petroleum Safety Authority is now under the Petroleum and Energy Minister (as is the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate)

Posted in Norway, Offshore Energy - General, Regulation, tagged , , , , on May 15, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Oil and Energy Minister Terje Aasland takes over the constitutional responsibility for the Petroleum Safety Authority with effect from 11 May 2023. Labor and Inclusion Minister Marte Mjøs Persen previously held responsibility. With this, the government wishes to strengthen comprehensive and good management of HSE, safety and preparedness on the Norwegian continental shelf.

The transfer of responsibility to the Ministry of Oil and Energy (OED) is in line with the main principle in Norwegian administration that one ministry and one cabinet minister have the constitutional responsibility for the sector as a whole.

press release

The Petroleum Safety Authority and the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, the resource management agency, now report to the same ministry. Prior to a December 2003 decree that established the PSA, both the safety and resource functions were administered by the NPD.

Could this be the start of a trend toward better coordination of regulatory and resource management functions? If so, that would be a positive development. Fragmented oversight is neither in the best interest of safety nor resource management. (More on this in an upcoming post.)

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