Bringing the House Down: Decommissioning Issues in Nigeria's Upstream Oil and Gas Sector
Published 25 August 2014
Introduction
This article will examine the issues around the decommissioning of oil and gas installations and operations; the legal regime applicable in Nigeria; how decommissioning obligations are dealt contractually particularly in joint venture arrangements; and the issues of decommissioning that arise in the course of a transaction for the divestment and acquisition of petroleum acreages already at some stage of exploration or production.