BP and Ørsted resolve North Sea dispute

BP and Ørsted have resolved a dispute about a 110 square kilometre area of the North Sea that was being included in the plans for two competing projects.

The UK granted preliminary licenses more than a decade ago for Ørsted's 1GW Hornsea 4 and the BP-led Endurance carbon capture project in the North Sea, when the technologies were not expected to interfere with each other. However, the dispute arose over the risk of vessels for the Endurance project colliding with offshore wind turbines fixed from Hornsea 4.

The companies have now confirmed that the dispute has been resolved. The UK government is due to make a planning decision about Hornsea 4 on 12th July.

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