Decommissioning | AIMS (Australian Institute of Marine Science)
By 2040, more than 2500 offshore oil and gas structures will cease operations globally, and will require decommissioning at a cost of up to US$13 billion per year. In Australian waters alone, there is an estimated 8160km of pipelines, 1500km of umbilicals, 1000 subsea wells, 57 platforms and 500 other structures. To remove or not […]