Offshore Decommissioning Is Increasingly Being Performed Across the Globe
Offshore Decommissioning Offshore Decommissioning is the safe plugging of matured oil wells together with the disposal of the offshore oil production equipment. It involves a number of steps, including project management, engineering, and planning; along with this permitting and regulatory compliance; platform preparation; conductor removal; well plugging and abandonment; derrick barge mobilization; pipeline and power cable decommissioning; platform removal; materials disposal; and site clearance. Options for Leaving Infrastructure on the Seafloor can be varying. A leave-in-place Offshore Decommissioning option involves retaining a portion of an existing offshore platform in the water and allowing it to serve as a marine habitat for fish, invertebrates, and other organisms. It can be a valuable conservation decision and can improve the ecological and economic value of a decommissioned platform area. In-situ Offshore Decommissioning , where an offshore platform is left in the...