Oil and gas industry professionals are to meet later this month at the 4th European Well Abandonment Seminar in Aberdeen, where key information will be given on updated regulations affecting UK and Norwegian operations.

This year’s event will see the keynote speakers Paul Dymond of Oil & Gas UK and Andrew Carr of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) discuss issues surrounding the abandonment and suspension of wells.

A number of international operators and service providers including Shell UK, Talisman, Apache, Chevron, Perenco, Wintershall, Conoco Phillips, BP, Island Offshore Subsea and Baker Hughes, are also set to present on developments in plug and abandonment and new technologies, as well as discuss case studies and lessons learned.

A particular highlight of the one day event will be a presentation from the Oil & Gas UK Well Suspension and Abandonment workgroup on the 2012 changes to regulations affecting well abandonment. This presentation will also discuss new guidelines introduced last year for the qualification of materials and for cost estimation.

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