Decommissioning
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Managing Repurposed Offshore Platforms
The current trend of removing fixed or floating offshore Oil and Gas platforms either for demolition or for the rigs-to-reefs program misses the opportunity of creating new revenue streams, particularly in the ever-expanding energy transition arena. Repurposing these platforms for green energy or...
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Preparing for the Future of Offshore Oil and Gas
Are you ready for the next phase of Offshore Oil & Gas? Bruce Crager shares his views on preparing for the future of offshore oil and gas.
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The Law of Unintended Consequences - Part 3
In the last 2 weeks, the Decommissioning blog posts discussed the Law of Unintended Consequences or LOUC for short. We also observed that: There is negativity to the oilfield among those unfamiliar with the industry. The attitude of some toward older offshore installations is: They are worn out,...
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The Law of Unintended Consequences - Part 2
In last week’s Decommissioning blog post we learned about the Law of Unintended Consequences or LOUC for short. We also discussed the attitude of a decent portion of the public not familiar with the oilfield and observed that: There is negativity to the oilfield among those unfamiliar with the...
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The LAW of UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
in Oilfield Decommissioning An unwritten law of societies familiar to most people is the Law of Unintended Consequences. Simply put, it describes the tendency of our best-laid plans to somehow go awry, ending up with results – consequences – that are completely different than the results we...