Artificial reefs and oil platform decommissioning: an overview

Jensen, A. and K. Collins

Innovative techniques for economically removing and transporting oil and gas structures for reefs,

Dominguez, R.

Mottak og opphogging av utrangerte offshore installasjoner. Vurdering av norsk verkstedkapasitet for perioden 2001-2020 (Decommissioning of offshore installations. Assessment of capacity at Norwegian yards in the period 2001–2020).

DNV

The decommissioning of steel piled jackets in the North Sea region

Oil and Gas UK

Topics in the report include: 1) Steel Pile Jackets in the North Sea Region, 2) Decommissioning Regulations Applicable to the North Sea Region, 3) Decommissioning Options for Steel Piled Jackets, 4) Safety, 5) Environmental Impact Assessment, 6) Monito

Decommissioning of offshore installations

Oen, S., P.E. Iversen, R. Stokke, F. Nielsen, T. Henriksen, H. Natvig, O. Dretvik, F. Martinsen, and G. Bakke

From the Summary: “The Ministry of the Environment commissioned the Climate and Pollution Agency to examine the environmental impacts associated with the decommissioning of offshore installations (demolition and recycling).

Disposal of Offshore Platforms. Committee on Disposition of Offshore Platforms. Marine Board. Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems.

National Research Council

This book describes the various aspects that are involved in the decommissioning of an oil or gas platform.

An indication of the process: offshore platforms as artificial reefs in the Gulf of Mexico

Scarborough-Bull, A. and J. J. Kendall Jr.

From the Abstract: “Fish and biofouling communities at three artificial reef sites in the Gulf of Mexico were monitored from 1989 through 1991.

Study planning, testing, and reality: platform removal and associated biota

Scarborough-Bull, A.

From the Abstract: “About 80 structures are removed annually by use of explosive charges placed 5 m below the sea-floor inside major support elements.

Effects of decommissioned offshore structures on renewable resource in the Adriatic Sea

Giovanardi, O. and A. Rinaldi

Guidance notes: decommissioning of offshore oil and gas installations and pipelines under the petroleum act 1998.

DECC

Platform Science

platform decommissioning