Plan for reuse and future in the North Sea? No indeed.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: Removal of the deck on Statfjord A, of 45,000 tonnes, has been ordered. The lifting ship is ready, but put on hold: There is nowhere to put the deck. The clean-up in the North Sea is becoming problematic.
This week, the petroleum industry and suppliers meet at a "decommissioning conference" at Sola near Stavanger. Unfortunately, the actors are far too close to demand responsibility and creativity from each other, Gunnar S. Eskeland writes.
His feature article Plan for ombruk og fremtid i Nordsjøen? Nei da (in Norwegian) was published in Dagens Næringsliv on 11 February, 2024.