Decommissioning of Oil and Gas Offshore Platforms in the UK
Article from: OGEL 5 (2003), in Decommissioning
Summary
The decommissioning of offshore oil and gas installations has attracted global attention, especially since the advent of the Brent Spar. With the impending expiration of the economic viability of several such installations, the question is: to abandon, to partially abandon or not to abandon at all? This article seeks to examine the legal regime relating to this issue in the United Kingdom. With seemingly different views being propounded by the international, regional and domestic laws - the 1958 Geneva Convention requiring total removal, the 1982 UNCLOS permitting partial removal ...