Offshore wind is at the centre of the UK decarbonisation strategy, with lower costs than many other forms of electricity generation, including new nuclear, and aspires to limit the traditional role oil and gas play in the energy system balance. Oil is a commodity characterised by high volatility in price and has a significant direct and indirect impact on global economic growth. There are several visible and less visible relationships and areas of competition between the two industries, but it appears that the influence of oil price on offshore wind costs is, and will continue to be, in decline. Angeliki Spyroudi investigates the impact that oil price may have on the cost of offshore wind in the UK, specifically looking at: