Decommissioning, rehabilitation and closure of petroleum activities

Information on closure planning for petroleum activities is now available
Date: Tuesday, 26 November 2019

DMIRS is focusing on successful decommissioning, rehabilitation and closure with more petroleum projects nearing the end of field life.

Our aim is to have companies consider decommissioning, rehabilitation and closure in the project-planning phase for inclusion in approvals documents. As the project progresses, decommissioning, rehabilitation and closure should be reviewed and updated accordingly. For example, areas no longer required for use are progressively rehabilitated.

More information on planning for closure of petroleum activities is available on our website.