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name</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">North Sea Transition Authority (21 March 2022<sup id="cite_ref-name_change_press_release_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-name_change_press_release-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>–present)<sup id="cite_ref-efn1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-efn1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Oil and Gas Authority Limited (1 July 2015<sup id="cite_ref-coi_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coi-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>–11 July 2016<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Privately_held_company" title="Privately held company">Private limited company</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1 July 2015<span class="noprint">; 9 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2015-07-01</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-coi_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coi-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen" title="Aberdeen">Aberdeen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Liz Ditchburn (Chairman)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li>Stuart Payne (Chief Executive)<sup id="cite_ref-board_of_directors_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-board_of_directors-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Energy_Security_and_Net_Zero" title="Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero">Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero</a><sup id="cite_ref-2016_confirmation_statement_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016_confirmation_statement-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nstauthority.co.uk">nstauthority<wbr />.co<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>North Sea Transition Authority</b> (<b>NSTA</b>), known as the <b>Oil and Gas Authority</b> (<b>OGA</b>) until March 2022,<sup id="cite_ref-OGAnamechange_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OGAnamechange-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Private_company_limited_by_shares" title="Private company limited by shares">private company limited by shares</a> wholly owned by the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Energy_Security_and_Net_Zero" title="Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero">Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero</a>. It is responsible for maximising the economic recovery of <a href="/wiki/Petroleum" title="Petroleum">oil</a> from the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is empowered to license and regulate activity in relation to oil and gas in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Hydrocarbon_exploration" title="Hydrocarbon exploration">oil and gas exploration</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carbon_capture_and_storage" title="Carbon capture and storage">carbon capture and storage</a>, and offshore <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas_storage" title="Natural gas storage">gas storage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <b>NSTA</b>’s role is to take the steps necessary to:<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div><ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"><li>secure that the maximum value of economically recoverable petroleum is recovered from the strata beneath relevant UK waters; and, in doing so,</li><li>take appropriate steps to assist the Secretary of State in meeting the net zero target, including by reducing as far as reasonable in the circumstances <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions" title="Greenhouse gas emissions">greenhouse gas emissions</a> from sources such as flaring and venting and power generation, and supporting carbon capture and storage projects.</li></ol></div> <p>Established in April 2015 as a <a href="/wiki/Non-departmental_public_body" title="Non-departmental public body">non-departmental public body</a> of the then <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Business,_Energy_and_Industrial_Strategy" title="Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy">Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Energy_Security_and_Net_Zero" title="Department for Energy Security and Net Zero">Department for Energy Security and Net Zero</a>), on 1 October 2016 the Oil and Gas Authority was incorporated, with the then Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (now the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero), the sole shareholder and headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen" title="Aberdeen">Aberdeen</a> with another office in London, which is also its registered company address. As of the 22 October 2024, Liz Ditchburn is the chair. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea_Transition_Authority&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2013, the <a href="/wiki/UK_government" class="mw-redirect" title="UK government">UK government</a> asked Sir <a href="/wiki/Ian_Wood_(businessman)" title="Ian Wood (businessman)">Ian Wood</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wood_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Wood Group">Wood Group</a> to conduct a review to maximise the recovery of oil and gas from the <a href="/wiki/UK_Continental_Shelf" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Continental Shelf">UK Continental Shelf</a>. One of the recommendations of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wood_Review&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wood Review (page does not exist)">Wood Review</a> was the creation of an independent <a href="/wiki/Economic_regulator" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic regulator">economic regulator</a> for the sector.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently the OGA was launched on 1 April 2015 as an <a href="/wiki/Executive_agency" title="Executive agency">executive agency</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Energy_and_Climate_Change" title="Department of Energy and Climate Change">Department of Energy and Climate Change</a>. The Energy Act 2016, which received Royal Assent in May 2016, created the legislative framework to formally establish the OGA as a government company, limited by shares under the Companies Act 2006, with the then Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (now the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero) the sole shareholder. The Energy Act 2016 also provided the OGA with new regulatory powers, including the ability to participate in meetings with operators, to have access to data, provide dispute resolution and introduce a range of sanctions such as enforcement notices and fines of up to £1 million. On 6 March 2019, Frances Morris-Jones was replaced by Tim Eggar as the chairman of the authority. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fracking">Fracking</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea_Transition_Authority&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Fracking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 November 2019, following a report from the Oil and Gas Authority, the government called a halt to all <a href="/wiki/Fracking" title="Fracking">fracking</a> in the UK "with immediate effect"<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and warned shale gas companies that it would not support future projects.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corporate_information">Corporate information</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea_Transition_Authority&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Corporate information"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Name">Name</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea_Transition_Authority&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 July 2015, <i>Oil and Gas Authority Limited</i> was <a href="/wiki/Company_formation" title="Company formation">incorporated</a> as a private limited company in <a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">England and Wales</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Companies_Act_2006" title="Companies Act 2006">Companies Act 2006</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-coi_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coi-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although following incorporation it remained <a href="/wiki/Dormant_company" title="Dormant company">dormant</a> for <a href="/wiki/Fiscal_year" title="Fiscal year">financial year</a> 2015-2016.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pursuant to the <a href="/wiki/Energy_Act_2016" title="Energy Act 2016">Energy Act 2016</a>, <i>Oil and Gas Authority Limited</i> was renamed <i>Oil and Gas Authority</i> on 12 July 2016<i>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the Companies Act 2006, private limited companies are required to include the word "limited" in their names unless exempted;<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Energy Act 2016 provided for such an exemption,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which <a href="/wiki/Coming_into_force" class="mw-redirect" title="Coming into force">came into force</a> on 12 July 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 21 March 2022, the Oil and Gas Authority adopted the <a href="/wiki/Trade_name" title="Trade name">trading name</a> of <i>North Sea Transition Authority</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-name_change_press_release_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-name_change_press_release-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although its legal name remains unchanged.<sup id="cite_ref-efn1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-efn1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> debate on 29 March 2022, <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Lucas" title="Caroline Lucas">Caroline Lucas</a> accused the government of <a href="/wiki/Greenwashing" title="Greenwashing">greenwashing</a> over the change of name.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following this, on 31 March 2022, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Hands" title="Greg Hands">Greg Hands</a>, Minister for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change, said in a <a href="/wiki/Written_ministerial_statement" title="Written ministerial statement">written statement</a> to the House of Commons that "[t]he new name better represents the breadth of work it now undertakes and its pivotal role in supporting the UK upstream oil and gas industry to achieve net zero emissions."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Functions,_powers,_and_property"><span id="Functions.2C_powers.2C_and_property"></span>Functions, powers, and property</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea_Transition_Authority&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Functions, powers, and property"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under Part 1 of the Energy Act 2016, the function, powers, and property of the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Energy_Security_and_Net_Zero" title="Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero">Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero</a> may be transferred to the Oil and Gas Authority by way of a <a href="/wiki/Statutory_instrument_(UK)" title="Statutory instrument (UK)">statutory instrument</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Personnel">Personnel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea_Transition_Authority&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Part 1 of the Energy Act also provides for the Secretary of State to transfer staff working for the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Energy_Security_and_Net_Zero" title="Department for Energy Security and Net Zero">Department for Energy Security and Net Zero</a> to the Oil and Gas Authority.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2015 until December 2022, Andy Samuel was <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">chief executive</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> being replaced by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/people/stuart-payne">Stuart Payne</a> in January 2023, and since 2019 <a href="/wiki/Tim_Eggar" title="Tim Eggar">Tim Eggar</a> has been <a href="/wiki/Chairperson" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairperson">chairman</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_directors" title="Board of directors">board</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2021 <a href="/wiki/Greenpeace" title="Greenpeace">Greenpeace</a> reported that eight OGA's 13 board members and senior managers had previously worked in the industry, and three held sizeable shareholdings in oil firms. The OGA said their knowledge was vital in helping to regulate the sector.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ownership">Ownership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea_Transition_Authority&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ownership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oil and Gas Authority has one <a href="/wiki/Common_stock" title="Common stock">ordinary share</a>, which from 2016 until 2023 was owned by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.<sup id="cite_ref-2016_confirmation_statement_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016_confirmation_statement-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its owner remained unchanged, with each subsequent <a href="/wiki/Private_company_limited_by_shares#Confirmation_statement_(previously_the_annual_return)" title="Private company limited by shares">confirmation statement</a> showing no <a href="/wiki/Shareholder" title="Shareholder">shareholder</a> changes,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until 3 May 2023 when it was transferred to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero by <a href="/wiki/Order_in_Council" title="Order in Council">order in council</a> upon the incorporation of that office.<sup id="cite_ref-efn2_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-efn2-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>ii<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea_Transition_Authority&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-roman"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-efn1-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-efn1_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-efn1_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The <a href="/wiki/Companies_Act_2006" title="Companies Act 2006">Companies Act 2006</a>, section 81(1) provides that "A change of a company’s name has effect from the date on which the new certificate of incorporation is issued."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 24 April 2022, a new certificate of incorporation changing the Oil and Gas Authority's legal name to <i>North Sea Transition Authority</i> has not been issued; its legal name therefore remains <i>Oil and Gas Authority</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-efn2-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-efn2_33-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">On 3 May 2023 <i>The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023</i> came into force,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> article 8(1) of which transferred "all property, rights and liabilities to which the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is entitled or subject at the coming into force of this Order in connection with any energy function", where 'energy function' means any function so far as "(a) it is transferred by article 7 [of the Order], or (b) it was entrusted to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy immediately before 6th February 2023 and has before the making of this Order been entrusted to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero."<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea_Transition_Authority&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-name_change_press_release-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-name_change_press_release_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-name_change_press_release_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nstauthority.co.uk/news-publications/news/2022/oil-and-gas-authority-changes-name-to-north-sea-transition-authority/">"Oil and Gas Authority changes name to North Sea Transition Authority"</a>. <i>North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA)</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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