Guidance
Planning for proactive decommissioning
Planning for proactive decommissioning
- NOPSEMA
- Guidance
- N-00500-IP2002
- EnvironmentInspection and MaintenanceRegulation and LegislationStructural and Asset Integrity
- Environmental protectionRegulation and legislationRisk managementStructural and asset integrity
- DecommissioningInspection and maintenanceWell abandonment
- Environmental monitoring and quality assuranceEnvironmental permittingPreventive maintenanceSafety-case assurance
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
This information paper explains lifecycle planning for petroleum decommissioning, including progressive removal, permanent well abandonment and increasingly detailed permissioning submissions. It outlines regulatory expectations, alternative end states, long-lead procurement, continued maintenance and changing risk profiles, alongside environmental monitoring and completion reporting to demonstrate that obligations have been met.
Classifications: Environmental protection; environmental safety; pollution prevention.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Decommissioning; facility dismantling.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Well abandonment; plug and abandonment; P&A.
Classifications: Environmental monitoring and quality assurance.
Classifications: Environmental permitting.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Safety-case assurance.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
The paper promotes early, progressive and environmentally responsible decommissioning planning throughout petroleum project lifecycles.
N-00500-IP2002. Themes: environment, inspection and maintenance, regulation and legislation, structural and asset integrity.