abdolhossein shiravi; mahin falahati
Abstract
Decommissioning of petroleum installation and facilities is part of E&P operations that consists of plugging of wells, dismantling of installations and clearance of the site. Technical, financial, economic costs and environmental issues associated with the decommissioning process, compel host countries ...
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Decommissioning of petroleum installation and facilities is part of E&P operations that consists of plugging of wells, dismantling of installations and clearance of the site. Technical, financial, economic costs and environmental issues associated with the decommissioning process, compel host countries to enact laws and regulations dealing with all the details of decommissioning operations. However, in some countries, there is no system of law governing the decommissioning project. In the countries with the decommissioning law system, the contents of the laws and regulations are different due to the level of technology and environmental awareness. Identifying law-making gaps in the decommissioning law system of Iran requires the comparative study of the other countries′ laws and regulations especially oil pioneer countries. Therefore, this article at first, analyses the laws and regulations governing the decommissioning of oil and gas installations in the countries with more production capacity such as the UK, the US, Norway and Canada and the countries with lower production capacity such as Nigeria, China, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Brunei, Indonesia and the Netherlands comparatively and then deals with decommissioning laws and regulations in Iran.
Javad Kashani; Mostafa Rezaeyan Mehr
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The decommissioning of offshore oil and gas installations is considered as one of the most complicated problems of our time, that comprises broad legal, economic, political and environmental issues. Although such factors have always been important in oil and gas industry, but with the decline of production ...
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The decommissioning of offshore oil and gas installations is considered as one of the most complicated problems of our time, that comprises broad legal, economic, political and environmental issues. Although such factors have always been important in oil and gas industry, but with the decline of production from oil and gas fields since mid 1980s it has turned into a serious challenge for the oil companies and states. This paper seeks to identify the challenges faced by the oil and gas industry regarding the issue of decommissioning of offshore oil and gas installations, and furthermore to identify the regional and international applicable law on decommissioning and their efficiency. The paper concludes that the existing international regulations lack the required consistency and efficiency. Moreover, currently integration or formation of customary international law concerning decommissioning of offshore oil and gas installations would be impossible due to lack of necessary basis for the creation of such rule.
