Intended Audience:

Anyone who is working or intends to work in the decommissioning sector of the Oil and Gas industry and needs a comprehensive knowledge of the many activities that are part of late life operations and decommissioning.

This course uses an example project plan covering the main phases of decommissioning work comprising:

• Late Life Production
• Removal concept select
• Rig and critical equipment upgrade
• Wells plug and abandonment
• Removals preparation
• Removal execution
• Disposal and close-out

The key activities for each phase are examined in detail and course participants can apply the project plan to their own examples either for platform or subsea facilities.

Legislation is described in detail and there is an explanation of the processes that the Regulatory Authorities will expect including their early involvement and consultation.

Participants can choose to study all the activities in sequence or to select specific activities in any order.

Learning Resources:

• Example Project Plan
• Legislation Plan
• Library of activities
• RGU Certificate of Completion