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# The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2026

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2026 No. 635
OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2026
Made
at 11.20 a.m. on 15th June 2026
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
The Secretary of State makes this Order—
in exercise of the powers conferred by section 22 of the Petroleum Act 1987; and
for the purpose of giving effect to proposals submitted by the Health and Safety Executive under section 24(2A) of that Act.

## 1 Citation and commencement {#article-1}

(1) This Order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2026.
(2) This Order comes into force 21 days after the day on which it is made.

## 2 Establishment of safety zones {#article-2}

A safety zone is established around each installation specified in column 1 of the table in the Schedule (being an installation stationed in waters to which subsection (7) of section 21 of the Petroleum Act 1987 applies) having a radius of five hundred metres, as respects that installation, from the point which has the co-ordinates of latitude and longitude according to the World Geodetic System 1984 specified in columns 2 and 3 of the table in the Schedule.

## 3 Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997 {#article-3}

(1) The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997 is amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 1 (safety zones), omit—
(a) the entry relating to “Thames Bure Wellhead”;
(b) the entry relating to “Thames Yare Wellhead”.

## 4 Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 7) Order 2007 {#article-4}

(1) The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 7) Order 2007 is amended as follows.
(2) In the Schedule (safety zones), omit the entry relating to “Victoria Subsea Production Well (49/17-14), Block 49/17, Victoria Field”.

## Schedule INSTALLATIONS {#schedule}

Article 2
(1) Name or other designation | (2) Latitude | (3) Longitude
Global Producer III, Donan, Balloch and Lochranza Field, Block 015/20a and 015/20b | 58° 21.17’N | 0° 51.76’E
Solan, Solan Field, Block 205/26a | 60° 03.70’N | 03° 58.27’W
Wenlock, Wenlock Field, Block 49/12a | 53° 35.17’N | 02° 17.38’E