Oil firm Nexen has submitted draft plans for the decommissioning of two North Sea fields to the UK Government.
Nexen, which is owned by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (Cnooc), expects the decommissioning programme for the Ettrick and Blackbird fields to run through to 2021/22.
The fields are located about 75 miles northeast of Aberdeen in the Outer Moray Firth.
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