Site


Status


Developer


Distance from the East Anglia THREE site(to nearest km)


Rental Thornton Bank I Thornton Bank Phase II 40.


Consent Authorised Operational Operational


Rental NV C-Power C-Power


99


103 104


Table 18.12 and Figure 18.1 only display windfarm projects where there is certainty over the intention to submit an application for development. Development areas, “concept / early planning”, “dormant” projects and cancelled projects are not displayed as it is not possible to assess the impacts of these.


18.5.3 Oil and gas pipelines and platforms 41. Historically, there have been three oil and gas platforms situated in the northern part of the East Anglia Zone one of which has recently been decommissioned and removed. These three platforms along with their proximity to the proposed East Anglia THREE project are presented in Table 18.13.


Table 18.13 Oil or Gas Platforms near the proposed East Anglia THREE project Platform


Description Site


Horne & Wren - Unmanned Tullow platform


Welland Field - ExxonMobil platform


Davy Field - Unmanned Perenco platform


42. Active


Decommissioned and removed in February 2011


Ceased production but not decommissioned


20 26 27


Distance from East Anglia THREE (to nearest km)


Offshore cable corridor


19 26 30


In the north of the East Anglia Zone, there are 96 oil and gas wells, the majority of which are plugged and abandoned. Two of the plugged and abandoned oil and gas wells are located within the East Anglia THREE site, with a third located in close proximity to the eastern edge of the site. A fourth is situated within the offshore cable corridor (Figure 18.2). All of these wells were exploratory wells which were found to be dry however licences have recently awarded for future exploration of the area (see section 18.5.4).


43.


Any significant additional infrastructure including operational platforms, wells and pipelines, are located just outside the northern boundary of the East Anglia Zone.


Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014


East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm


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