Decommissioning oil and gas installations on the UK continental shelf alone is a market estimated to be worth between £40-100 billion over the next 40 years. Far from being an ‘end’, we at Aberdeen view this as the opportunity to develop tools, technology and skills that can be applied in other offshore basins around the world.

This short course will equip you with a thorough overview of offshore and subsea oil and gas production systems, and an appreciation of the infrastructure and facilities that need to be removed when the time arrives for decommissioning.

You’ll be introduced to various aspects of offshore structures and subsea systems, including field architecture, subsea hardware and subsea pipelines, and how such systems are maintained and monitored.

You’ll consider the technical and engineering challenges related to oil and gas production in subsea fields around the world, as they relate to end-of-life operations and decommissioning.

The course will guide you through the following areas:

• equipment and technology employed underwater, including trees, valves and connectors
• application and architecture on the seabed, including how hardware has been installed
• subsea intervention technologies
• enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
• risk and liability
• standards and operating codes, good practice, and legislation pertaining to this area
• a look forward at emerging technologies and the decommissioning challenge.