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Planning, executing and managing decommissioning projects in the North Sea
Course
In Aberdeen ()
Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Beginner
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Class hours
14h
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Duration
2 Days
The course provides delegates with a technical awareness of the approaches, issues and challenges associated with decommissioning in the North Sea. The course details the complete decommissioning process from beginning to end. It will cover planning activities and considerations, well plugging and abandonment activities and approaches, approaches to the decommissioning of structures and pipelines and the associated onshore activities
About this course
Obtain the knowledge necessary for project readiness, enhancing your company’s ability to deliver successful decommissioning results
suitable for anyone working in or interested in the decommissioning sector, and will develop your knowledge of the various stages of a decommissioning project and what is involved, including the applicable regulations and legislation.
Reviews
Subjects
- Planning
- Oil and Gas
- Decommissioning
- Management
- Oil Engineering
- Subsea systems
- Subsea pipelines
- Engineering
- Engineering Management
- Planning Process
Teachers and trainers (1)
Graham Wilson
Head of Design
Graham is Jee’s Head of Late Life and a chartered mechanical engineer with 10 years’ industry experience. He has particular expertise in design, integrity management, fishing interaction studies and verification. Graham teaches Design of subsea pipelines, Advanced design including HP/HT and deepwater pipelines, Free spans and on-bottom stability and Planning, executing and managing decommissioning projects in the North Sea.
Course programme
Overview of decommissioning in the North Sea
- When is end of field life?
- North Sea decommissioning commitment
- Decommissioning forecasts
- Collaboration and campaigning (clusters)
- Learning from other sectors
Regulatory compliance
- Role of the regulators
- Decommissioning regulations and legislation
- Required submissions prior to commencement of decommissioning operators
- Application of regulations
Planning for decommissioning
- Keep or sell decisions
- Asset late life considerations
- Portfolio planning and contracting strategy
- Management of decommissioning projects
- Financial and commercial planning, including estimation of liabilities
- Sequencing
- Stakeholder identification and management
Well plugging and abandonment
- Platform / subsea well configuration
- Plugging and abandonment methods
- Challenges, costs and timing
- Live well abandonment
- New technology
- Case studies
Decommissioning of structures
- Topsides facilities
- Subsea structures
- Platform jackets
- Gravity based structures
- Floating facilities
- Case studies
Decommissioning of pipelines and ancillary components
- Cleaning requirements and approaches
- Removal options for rigid and flexible pipeline and riser sections
- Mattresses and grout bags
- Environmental considerations
- Decommissioning in situ
- Case studies
Onshore disposal
- Transportation / load in
- Onshore locations and capacity
- Hazardous materials and permitting
- Waste hierarchy
- Re-use or recycling considerations
- Landfill
Group exercise (completed following the course)
- Devise the decommissioning programme for a North Sea field development, providing justification for the sequencing and approach adopted and outlining the considerations to be made at each stage of the process.
Planning, executing and managing decommissioning projects in the North Sea