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Decommissioning Oil & Gas Facilities and Infrastructure
Decommissioning Oil & Gas Facilities and Infrastructure
AIM: To enhance the understanding of the initial phases for decommissioning oil field infrastructure, both onshore and offshore, and related environmental considerations. This course covers the roles and responsibilities under national and international legal frameworks, as well as financing, challenges, and key steps to ensure sustainable decommissioning.
AIM: To enhance the understanding of the initial phases for decommissioning oil field infrastructure, both onshore and offshore, and related environmental considerations. This course covers the roles and responsibilities under national and international legal frameworks, as well as financing, challenges, and key steps to ensure sustainable decommissioning.
TARGET AUDIENCE:
TARGET AUDIENCE:
This course targets government officials responsible for regulation, monitoring, or implementation of environmental legislation in the oil & gas sector, as well as members of industry, civil society, and academia with roles related to environmental regulation, advisory, or management in the oil & gas sector.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Participants are expected to:
Develop basic knowledge on, and understand the role of, decommissioning in the oil & gas value chain;
Appreciate environmental issues/concerns associated with decommissioning and remediation of oil & gas installations;
Understand the socio-economic opportunities, risks, costs, and technological challenges related to both offshore and onshore decommissioning, enhanced through case study examples;
Familiarize with environmental regulatory and legal frameworks and institutions associated with oil & gas infrastructure decommissioning, including institutional roles and responsibilities, financing, and constraints.
UNEP National Training on Decommissioning, Colombia, 2024 - © UNEP / Marisol Estrella
Course 5 Materials
Course 5 Materials
Presentation slides
Presentation slides
Module 2: Obligations and challenges of decommissioning in the oil & gas value chain
Module 5: Environmental and societal considerations of decommissioning
Module 6: Environmental regulatory frameworks for decommissioning
Module 8b: California and Thailand offshore decommissioning case studies
[SPANISH] Module 2: Decommissioning steps, challenges, and obligations
[SPANISH] Module 3: Basics of onshore (terrestrial) decommissioning
[SPANISH] Module 5: Assessments, site clean up, and reporting
Knowledge assessment questionnaire
Knowledge assessment questionnaire
Supplementary publications
Supplementary publications
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