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Irish Offshore Strategic Environmental Assessment 6
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The Department has carried out the sixth Irish Offshore Strategic Environmental Assessment (IOSEA6), which involves a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Appropriate Assessment (AA) of the Plan for issue of Petroleum Exploration and Production Authorisations in Irish Offshore Waters for the period to 2030.
This Plan sets out the proposed approach to the issuing of petroleum authorisations, and the consideration of the possible offshore exploration activities that could take place under such authorisations, following the decision to end the issuing of licences for new exploration and extraction, and the subsequent placing of this commitment on a statutory footing on commencement of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 on 7 September 2021, and the publication of the Department’s Policy Statement on Petroleum Exploration and Production in Ireland.
The Plan provides an operational baseline which can be supplied to exploration companies who hold existing authorisations and are working offshore, against which they can conduct their work and ensure the protection of the marine environment. This will include descriptions of the types of offshore activity that may take place over the duration of the Plan, such as 2D seismic acquisition, 3D seismic acquisition, and drilling of wells.
This is the sixth iteration of the Irish Offshore Strategic Environmental Assessments (IOSEA), which was carried out to assess potential impacts associated with activities conducted under petroleum authorisations within Irish offshore waters and included public consultation with submissions and observations received considered as part of its preparation.
