Technology Key to Decommissioning Activities
Article from: OGEL 4 (2007), in Decommissioning
Introduction
The UK government's consultation on decommissioning offshore energy installations closed on 13 September 2007. Since the consultation document was issued on 21 June 2007, there has been much discussion about the changes being touted. These range from those who view the proposed measures as simply filling in the gaps in the current regime to those who regard it as a significant creep of regulatory powers. The consultation focused on a number of issues, the principal ones being on how best to ring-fence funds earmarked for decommissioning in an insolvency; ...