From the Abstract: “One of the happier consequences of Greenpeace's high profile campaign in stopping the sinking of the Brent Spar in the North Atlantic off north-western Scotland has been a better awareness of the deep ocean.
From the Abstract: “This paper, which is concerned mainly with international law and practice on the decommissioning of offshore installations, examines the various global and regional instruments, which attempt to regulate decommissioning.
From the Abstract: “There are in excess of 4,500 offshore oil and gas structures in the USA. More than 95% of these structures are located in the Gulf of Mexico off the coasts of Louisiana and Texas.
From the Abstract: “The provisions of international law increasingly reflect an acceptance of the possible partial removal of offshore structures under certain circumstances and are supplemented by importanf international guidelines in this respect.