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March 2025 SPE-SA Distinguished Lecture

Event Details
Event Date 26th Mar 2025
Time 12:00 for 12:30 hrs start
Duration 2 hours
 
Registration Details
Closing Date 24th Mar 2025
Registrations Available 97
SPE Member $50.00 ea
Students $20.00 ea
General $75.00 ea
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Description

Liability is for Ever: Risk Elements in the Implementation of Decommissioning and Well P&A

Dr Brian Twomey (Reverse Engineering Services Ltd)

2024-2025 SPE Distinguished Lecturer

Wednesday 26th March

Ayers House, 288 North Terrace, Adelaide

12:00 for 12:30 hrs start

Please RSVP by COB Monday 24th March by registering for this event online.

$50 SPE members / $75 non-members / $20 student members

Presentation Abstract:

Facility decommissioning together with well plugging and abandonment (P&A), collectively known as D&A, is a critical element of any oil and gas project life cycle. Often, it is an afterthought, barely considered at the outset, particularly when production sharing contracts are negotiated and signed. Despite this vital activity costing as much (or occasionally more) than the initial project development, it seldom receives similar critical, scoping and planning attention that construction and drilling activities need to attain final investment decisions (FID). Frequently shunned due to costs and zero associated revenue, D&A remains largely misunderstood, neglected, or ignored during asset life. Experience illustrates that effective decommissioning must be planned years in advance of execution, ideally in parallel from the construction stage. Moreover, decommissioning should be managed as carefully as project development to mitigate looming liabilities for existing operators and future generations.

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Brian Twomey established Reverse Engineering Services Ltd (RESL) over 30 years ago; a specialist consultancy solely focused on the decommissioning, abandonment, and recycling of onshore and offshore facilities, pipelines, wells, subsea systems and ships. He has more recently leveraged that experience to incorporate lessons learned during decommissioning in the petroleum industry to new and emerging arenas, including the offshore wind and nuclear industries. Brian has unique global expertise. He has decommissioned projects in every major petroleum province of the world, in many cases identifying unique innovative solutions. Additionally, Brian has helped formulate and shape national decommissioning policies and guidelines; he has assisted both regulators and operators in the optimal design and interpretation of national regulatory frameworks. Brian is a leading authority in developing the next generation of competence to address the tsunami of complex decommissioning projects which are rapidly being imposed on an unsuspecting worldwide industry. Over the past 12 years, Brian has served as a global trainer on decommissioning with SPE International on several continents. He holds BSc, MSc and PhD, MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Composite Materials, Plant Design & Applied Mechanics respectively from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), UK

Venue
Venue Ayers House
Address 288 North Terrace, Adelaide
 
Contact
Email functions@spe-sa.org