Antony M Knights, Anaëlle J Lemasson, Louise B Firth, Nicola Beaumont, Silvana Birchenough, Jeremy Claisse, Joop W P Coolen, Andrea Copping, Michela De Dominicis, Steven Degraer, Michael Elliott, Paul G Fernandes, Ashley M Fowler, Matthew Frost, Lea-Anne Henry, Natalie Hicks, Kieran Hyder, Sylvia Jagerroos, Milton Love, Chris Lynam, Peter I Macreadie, Dianne McLean, Joseph Marlow, Ninon Mavraki, Paul A Montagna, David M Paterson, Martin R Perrow, Joanne Porter, Ann Scarborough Bull, Michaela Schratzberger, Brooke Shipley, Sean van Elden, Jan Vanaverbeke, Andrew Want, Stephen C L Watson, Thomas A Wilding, Paul J Somerfield
Switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy is key to international energy transition efforts and the move toward net zero. For many nations, this requires decommissioning of hundreds of oil and gas infrastructure in the marine environment. Current international, regional and national legislation largely dictates that structures must be completely removed at end-of-life although, increasingly, alternative decommissioning options are being promoted and implemented. Yet, a paucity of real-world case studies describing the impacts of decommissioning on the environment make decision-making with respect to which option(s) might be optimal for meeting international and regional strategic environmental targets challenging...
November 23, 2023: Journal of Environmental Management