Regulation and policy: International trends and issues

Conference · Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:478100

Griffin, W S

As offshore oil and gas resources become exhausted, the associated production platforms and facilities will be decommissioned. The world-wide oil and gas industry is strictly regulated by global, regional and national guidelines which have been developed by governments to find the most responsible framework to perform the decommissioning. In the summer of 1995, the Brent Spar incident brought uncertainty to decommissioning world-wide. In June of 1995, a moratorium prohibiting sea disposal within the North East Atlantic was imposed by the Oslo Commission, and an unsuccessful attempt was made in December of 1995 to impose a world-wide moratorium on sea disposal at the London Convention.

• Research Organization: Minerals Management Service, New Orleans, LA (United States). Gulf of Mexico OCS Region; Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States). Center for Energy Studies
• OSTI ID: 478100
• Report Number(s): CONF-960496-; ON: DE97005988; TRN: 97:003020-0001
• Resource Relation: Conference: International workshop on offshore lease abandonment and platform disposal: technology, regulation, and environmental effects, New Orleans, LA (United States), 15-17 Apr 1996; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings: An international workshop on offshore lease abandonment and platform disposal: Technology, regulation, and environmental effects; Pulsipher, A. [ed.] [Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States). Center for Energy Studies]; PB: 315 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES
02 PETROLEUM
03 NATURAL GAS
OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
DECOMMISSIONING
PUBLIC POLICY
OFFSHORE SITES
REGULATIONS
REMEDIAL ACTION
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS
WASTE DISPOSAL