Making uniform decisions to justify the decommissioning of offshore artificial structures at the end of their lives could pose significant environmental challenges, a new study has said.
In line with the global decarbonisation agenda, governments and industries worldwide are exploring how best to expand the use of renewable energy technologies to replace fossil fuels.
This means that worldwide, an increasing number of structures such as wind turbines are being sited on land and in the sea, while oil and gas infrastructure is reaching its end-of-life and requiring decommissioning.
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