据能源生活8月4日消息称，在过去的五年里，北海地区油气基础设施的退役成本已经降低了25%。

行业监管机构北海过渡管理局（NSTA）发布了最新报告，估计费用约为445亿英镑。

这意味着，去年预计的成本削减了15亿英镑，自2017年以来共削减了150亿英镑。

今年NSTA提出了597亿英镑的基线估计，并设定了在今年年底将成本降低35%至390亿英镑的目标。

根据目前的规定，如果公司自己无力承担油气基础设施的退役费用，纳税人就有责任为此买单。

NSTA退役主管Pauline Innes说：“在极端动荡的经济条件下，在短期内实现150亿英镑的潜在开支缩减，这应该会给该行业展望未来的信心。

“仅在英国，退役成本市场就价值数百亿英镑。我们的行业正在证明，它可以安全、高效、经济地完成北海的项目，这使它在竞争这一重大国际奖项时处于有利地位。”

曹海斌 摘译自 能源生活

原文如下：

Oil and gas decommissioning costs slashed by billions

The estimated cost for companies looking to decommission oil and gas infrastructure in the North Sea has been cut by 25% in the past five years.

The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), the sector regulator has published its latest report estimating the bill to be around ￡44.5 billion.

This means that the forecast for the cost has been cut by ￡1.5 billion last year, contributing to a total cut of ￡15 billion since 2017.

This year the NSTA introduced a baseline estimate of ￡59.7 billion and set a target of reducing costs by 35% to ￡39 billion by end of this year.

According to the current rules, if companies cannot afford to decommission oil and gas infrastructure themselves, taxpayers are liable for footing the bill.

Pauline Innes, NSTA Head of Decommissioning, said: “Delivering potential savings of ￡15 billion during a short period marked by extremely turbulent economic conditions should give the sector confidence as it looks to the future.

“The decommissioning market is worth tens of billions of pounds in the UK alone. Our industry is demonstrating that it can complete projects safely, efficiently and economically in the North Sea and that places it in a strong position to compete for what is a big international prize.”