Guidance

Supplementary guidance - Effects of Scope 3 Emissions

OPREDOffshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning

Supplementary guidance - Effects of Scope 3 Emissions

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Summary

Supplementary guidance explains how offshore oil and gas environmental statements should assess downstream scope 3 climate effects. It addresses global baselines, lifetime production estimates, the rebuttable full-combustion presumption, calculation methods, significance and cumulative effects. It also discusses non-speculative mitigation, project-verifiable emissions removal and case-by-case screening requirements.

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About This Record
Publisher
Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning
Type
Guidance
Date
Unknown
Topic
Environmental Protection, Regulation and Legislation
Control
Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Permitting
Sector
Upstream Oil and Gas
Link
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Publisher page
gov.uk
Record
opred-supplementary-guidance-effects-of-scope-3-emissions · added 3 September 2026

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