Decommissioning

Our specialist team has experience advising on all aspects of decommissioning projects including compliance with environmental legislation, risk management and insurance.

Our expertise includes:

Advising on decommissioning terms in JOAs and decommissioning liability.
Advising on contracts for the decommissioning of offshore structures and subsea infrastructure.
Advising on claims for extra time and costs in the event of variations to the scope of work and/or inaccuracies in the company provided information.
Advising on claims for extra time and costs in the event of lack of safe access.
Advising on claims due to environmental and conservation issues.
Advising on contracts for the disposal and recycling of decommissioned materials.
Advising on the procurement for insurance for decommissioning projects.
Advising on the financing of decommissioning vessels.
Advising on construction contracts for decommissioning vessels.

Our experience includes:

Advised for marine contractors on their disputed US$290 million claim against an international oil company for sums due on the decommissioning and removal of an oil platform from the UK North Sea.
Advised on the financing of three diverless sub-sea decommissioning vessels.
Negotiated contracts for the decommissioning of a North Sea platform.
Advised on disposal of North Sea assets where decommissioning liability was a major issue for the buyer and the seller.
Advised on its investment in the North Sea and on potential decommissioning liabilities.
Advised on North Sea pipelines and on potential decommissioning liabilities.
Advised various clients on the decommissioning provisions contained in JOAs.
Advised on Construction contracts for a decommissioning vessel.
Advised on the liabilities of a contractor when managing and decommissioning an offshore production platform in the UK.
Represented an oil and gas company in an ICC arbitration in relation to the operator’s obligation when selecting a suitable decommissioning rig under a joint venture agreement.