Regulation and Policy

North Sea decommissioning taxation: Regime change likely?

Mar 12, 2010

With North Sea decommissioning yet to take off in earnest, Decom World examines some of the tax and legal aspects that will shape activity in the next few years.

Afterlife: Why legislation should favour platform abandonment

Jan 28, 2010

DecomWorld speaks to EcoRigs' founder and director, Steve Kolian, who persuaded US congress to modify the United States’ 2005 Energy Act in order to give oil and gas rigs a...

Long-arm liability a drag on North Sea

Oct 9, 2009

North Sea operators are trapped between the rock of decommissioning costs and the hard place of government legislation.

Offshore oil rigs: Can decommissioning ever be green?

Oct 1, 2009

Taking an oil or gas installation out of service is costly and complex. But tough decisions will increasingly have to be made as the wells run out

Interview with T.J. Broussard, Chief of Environmental Compliance Section, MMS

Mar 17, 2009

"750 to 1,000 charges are used each year during decommissionings"

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