From the Non-Technical Summary: The purpose of this study was “1) to evaluate and compare the performance of the offshore and onshore removal options against the following performance criteria: technical feasibility; environmental and societal impact;
From the Abstract: “This paper introduces a series of 6 additional papers in this issue that describe an in-depth analysis of options for decommissioning oil and gas platforms offshore southern California.
From the Abstract: “This article describes the overall decision framework for eventual decisions about decommissioning the 27 operating oil and gas platforms offshore southern California.
Bernstein, B. B., A. Bressler, P. Cantle, M. Henrion, J. DeWitt, S. Kruse, D. Pondella, A. Scholz, T. Setnicka, and S. Swamy
From the Summary of the Executive Summary: “There are a number of potential decommissioning options that could be implemented when theoffshore platforms reach the end of their useful lifetimes, but only two of them are likely to be feasible: complete
From the Abstract: “The Oslo/Paris (OSPAR) Commission Decision 98/3 has placed an obligation on the UK effectively to preclude the disposal of offshore installations at sea. Decision 98/3 has been enshrined in UK law under the Petroleum Act 1998.
From the Executive Summary: “After years of immersion, the subsurface section of offshore oil and ga platforms will have variable amount of marine growth of uneven thickness attached to them…During decommissioning, metal jackets are cleaned of marine g
From the Abstract: “Removal of abandoned offshore structures represents technical and economical challenges to companies in the oil and gas industry companies especially with the increase in environmental awareness worldwide.
From the Executive Summary: “This document presents a description of a number of mature oil and gas platforms in the North Sea considered as the most likely candidates for decommissioning under the project “Dansk Bæredygtig Offshore Dekommissionering”
“This thesis examines the decision-making regimes currently in place off the coasts of the provinces of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia to determine how these regimes account for the spillover costs associated with the decommissioning of offshore oil and
