You'll notice the different coloured boxes, representing engagement with various government and environmental bodies, including DECC, county council minerals planning departments, the Environment Agency, the Health and Safety Executive, the BGS, and even the Coal Authority.
This chart, and the length of time it can take to work through it, shows why the recent Lords report discussed streamlining the regulatory process. The aim is not to remove any regulatory requirements in terms of how the well is drilled or the environmental impact monitored, but to improve coordination between the various organisations such that the above process takes less time to complete.
This is really useful JV, thanks.
ReplyDeleteHey James, thanks for this. Is this just for the UK though? Don't suppose you've got one for the US, if such a thing exists? Would make a nice comparison.
ReplyDeleteThis is obviously just for the UK. The trouble with the USA is that it is regulated at the state level, rather than the federal level, which means you'd need 52 different pictures. However, the tale of the tape is simply in the numbers, with thousands of wells drilled in the USA every year, and an application-to-permit time as low as a couple of weeks in some states.
Delete*50 states, of course. Not sure where the 52 came from...
DeleteThis is not what Dame Vivienne Westwood says
ReplyDeleteMaybe Dame Vivienne Westwood should stick to fashion.
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