Posted in California, decommissioning, Offshore Energy - General, UK, tagged assessment, California, decommissioning, John B. Smith, Robert Byrd on October 30, 2023| Leave a Comment »
An excellent paper by John Smith and Bob Byrd is attached.
The authors recommend the operators of large OCS platforms offshore California and in the Gulf of Mexico who propose to partially remove platform jackets prepare Comparative Assessments to support their decommissioning applications. The Comparative Assessments can also be prepared to support the case for allowing partial removal of smaller platform jackets and allowing pipelines and drill muds and cuttings to remain in-situ.
Posted in California, decommissioning, tagged California platforms, decommissioning, John B. Smith, Platform Irene, production ceased on January 12, 2023| 3 Comments »
My former colleague John Smith, an expert on Pacific Region decommissioning, advises me that production has ceased at Platform Irene in the Santa Maria Basin offshore California. Irene, the first platform installed in the Santa Maria District in 1985, was a milestone in Pacific OCS development.
Only 7 of the 23 Pacific OCS platforms are still producing. Attached is an updated summary table that John prepared for an upcoming SPE event in Alaska.
More on California OCS decommissioning.
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