PLATFORM ABANDONMENT: A SEAFARERS AND OIL INDUSTRY DILEMMA

Part 1 of this article takes up the question of what should be done with offshore platforms whose useful lives are finished. Specifically, it examines the ambiguity surrounding the "removal" stipulation found in Article 60.3 of the U.N. Law of the Sea Convention and the potential hazards that incompletely-removed platforms could present to shipping. Part 2 discusses the ways in which governments are dealing with the problem and the procedures and equipment used to dismantle and remove platforms or transform them into fish habitats.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Journal article
• Authors:
  • Martin, D B
• Publication Date: 1990

Media Info

• Pagination: 12 p.
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: No.201

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abandonment; Offshore platforms
• Uncontrolled Terms: Removal
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00660783
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM