Spirit Energy North Sea Oil Limited, as operator of the Birch, Larch, and Sycamore fields (hereafter referred to as the Trees development) and on behalf of the Section 29 notice holders, has submitted for the consideration of the Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, a draft Decommissioning Programme in accordance with the provisions of the Petroleum Act 1998. It is a requirement of the Act that interested parties be consulted on such decommissioning proposals.

The facilities covered by the Decommissioning Programme are:

· Integral protection cages associated with 5 x Xmas Trees (XTs) at the Birch field

· Integral protection cages associated with 2 x XTs at the Larch field

· Integral protection cages associated with 3 x XTs at the Sycamore field

The Trees development is located approximately 215km North East of Peterhead. Spirit Energy North Sea Oil Limited hereby give notice that the Trees Protection Cages Decommissioning Programmes can be viewed at the internet address: https://www.spirit-energy.com/our-operations/decommissioning/

Alternatively, a digital or hard copy of the Decommissioning Programme can be inspected by contacting Mr John Mitchell at john.mitchell@spirit-energy.com

Interested parties are kindly requested to submit any representations in writing or electronically by 11th July 2023 to the following address for the attention of Mr John Mitchell:

Spirit Energy North Sea Oil Limited

5th Floor

IQ Building, 15 Justice Mill Lane

Aberdeen

AB11 6EQ

Date: 27th June 2023