AB15 6XL
Offshore Petroleum Production and
Pipelines (Assessment of Environmental
Effects) Regulations 1999 (as amended)
Abigail Field Development
The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial
Strategy has been informed that Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited
has submitted an application to the Oil and Gas Authority in
relation to the above Abigail Field Development located 145
miles from the Scottish coastline (Peterhead), at 56°47’30.64”N;
01°53’44.96”E. In accordance with the above-mentioned
Regulations, the project is subject to an environmental impact
assessment procedure, and the application is accompanied by
an Environmental Statement.
Copies of the application for consent and the Environmental
Statement may be requested by letter to Keith Stewart at Ithaca
Energy (UK) Limited, Hill of Rubislaw, Aberdeen AB15 6XL, by
e-mail to kstewart@ithacaenergy.com or by telephone 01224
652184 until close of business on 21/12/2020. Documents
can be provided by post or e-mail. Documents may also be
accessed via the internet at https://www.ithacaenergy.com/
responsible-business/environmental-statements.
Interested parties have until 21/12/2020 to make representations
in relation to the application for consent and Environmental
Statement to the Secretary of State. All representations should
quote the Department’s reference number (D/4255/2020) and
may be made by letter or e-mail to:
Business Support Team
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment &
Decommissioning
AB1 Building
Crimon Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1BJ
Email: BST@beis.gov.uk
Following review of the Environmental Statement and any
representations and/or additional information received, the
Secretary of State will either agree to the grant of consent by
the Oil and Gas Authority (with or without conditions) or refuse to
agree to the grant of consent. Notice of the Secretary of State’s
and the Oil and Gas Authority’s decisions will then be published
in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes, and on the GOV.
UK website. Copies of any representations received may also
be made publicly available.
Within six weeks from the date of publication in the Gazettes
of a decision to grant consent, any person aggrieved by the
Secretary of State’s decision may apply to the Court. The
Court may grant an order quashing the grant of consent, an
approval or the imposition of a relevant requirement where
it is satisfied that the action was done in contravention of the
requirement to consider the Environmental Statement, any
other relevant information or any representations received from
relevant authorities or other interested parties. The court may
also grant such an order where the interests of the aggrieved
person have been prejudiced by a failure to comply with any
other requirement of the Regulations. Pending determination
of the application by an aggrieved person, the court may by
interim order stay the operation of the consent, the approval or
the relevant requirement.