Offshore oil and gas platforms, pipelines and other ancillary offshore infrastructure are aging
in Australia and current regulatory frameworks favour complete removal at the end of life …

When offshore oil and gas infrastructure is no longer needed, it is either removed, partially
removed, left in place, or left in place but repurposed. These processes are collectively …

The decommissioning of offshore structures around the world will be a persisting problem in
the coming decades as many structures will exceed their shelf life, or when reservoirs are no …

The offshore oil and gas industry is facing the prospect of de-commissioning thousands of
installations in the coming decades. In some parts of the world the issue is already pressing …

Thousands of oil and gas structures have been installed in the world's oceans over the past
70 years to meet the population's reliance on hydrocarbons. Over the last decade, there has …

A material and energy flow analysis, with corresponding financial flows, was carried out for
different decommissioning scenarios for the different elements of an offshore oil and gas …

The spatial extent of human activities must be understood for consistent and proportionate
regulation, and effective marine planning. Redundant offshore pipelines can be removed or …

Many offshore artificial structures are at or nearing their ends of life, and society faces the
considerable challenge that is decommissioning. Current scientific evidence of the …

Offshore decommissioning is something that is going to increase over the next period and
Oil and Gas companies are becoming more interested in the different ways to approach this …

This article describes the overall decision framework for eventual decisions about
decommissioning the 27 operating oil and gas platforms offshore southern California. These …