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Provided below is a list of decommissioning-related research compiled by the NDRI.
Titles listed as ‘Commissioned by NDRI’ have been funded through our research program. If a title is listed as ‘Reviewed by NDRI’, this means that we have asked one of our expert peer reviewers to provide an opinion on the potential impact of the research.
Table of reports
| Date | Author | Article | Category | Source | Commissioned by NDRI | Reviewed by NDRI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/03/2023 | Sarah M. Watson, Dianne L. McLean, Brian J. Balcom, Silvana N.R. Birchenough, Alison M. Brand, Elodie C.M. Camprasse, Jeremy T. Claisse, Joop W.P. Coolen, Tom Cresswell, Bert Fokkema, Susan Gourvenec, Lea-Anne Henry, Chad L. Hewitt, Milton S. Love, Amy E. MacIntosh, Michael Marnane, Emma McKinley, Shannon Micallef, Deborah Morgan, Joseph Nicolette, Kristen Ounanian, John Patterson, Karen Seath, Allison G.L. Selman, Iain M. Suthers, Victoria L.G. Todd, Aaron Tung , Peter I. Macreadie | Offshore decommissioning horizon scan: Research priorities to support decision-making activities for oil and gas infrastructure | Priority research areas, Offshore decommissioning; Oil and gas, Evidence based Decision making | Science of the Total Environment | No | No |
| 01/03/2023 | Darren Koppel, Tom Cresswell, Amy MacIntosh, Rebecca von Hellfeld, Astley Hasting, Stuart Higgins | Threshold values for the protection of marine ecosystems from NORM in subsea oil and gas infrastructure | Offshore decommissioning; Oil and gas; Environmental impact assessment; NORM; Contaminated pipelines | Journal of Environmental Radioactivity | Yes | Yes |
| 28/10/2022 | Ronen Galaiduk, Ben Radford, Mark Case, Todd Bond, Michael Taylor, Tim Cooper, Luke Smith and Dianne McLean | Regional patterns in demersal fish assemblages among subsea pipelines and natural habitats across north-west Australia | Subsea oil and gas infrastructure; Offshore decommissioning; Fish assemblage | Frontiers in Marine Science | Yes | Yes |
| 01/09/2022 | da Cunha Jácome Vidal P, Aguirre González MO, Cassimiro de Melo D, de Oliveira Ferreira P, Vasconcelos Sampaio PG, Lima LO | Conceptual framework for the decommissioning process of offshore oil and gas platforms | Offshore decommissioning; Oil and gas; Environmental impact assessment | Marine Structures | No | No |
| 26/08/2022 | Madgett AS, Harvey ES, Driessen D, Schramm KD, Fullwood LAF, Songploy S, Kettratad J, Sitaworawetf P, Chaiyakul, S, Elsdon TS, Marnane MJ | Spawning aggregation of bigeye trevally, Caranx sexfasciatus, highlights the ecological importance of oil and gas platforms | Offshore decommissioning; Oil and gas; Fish assemblage; Fisheries; Rigs to reefs | Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science | No | No |
| 26/08/2022 | McLean D, Speed CW, Birt MJ, Colquhoun J, Case M, Stowar M, Bond T, Ierodiaconou D, Whitmarsh SK, Taylor MD, Wines S, Booth DJ, Fowler AM, Vaughan BI | Habitat value of subsea wells and pipelines for fishery target species in Australia | Offshore decommissioning; Oil and gas; Fish production; Habitat; Artificial reef; Rigs to reef; Fisheries | Frontiers in Marine Science | Yes | Yes |
| 19/08/2022 | Marnane MJ, Schramm KD, Driessen D, Fullwood LA, Saunders BJ, Songploy S, Kettratad J, Sitaworawet P, Chaiyakul S, Chankong A, Chantarawat N, Elsdon TS, Harvey ES | Evidence of fish following towed oil and gas platforms to a reefing site and rapid colonisation | Offshore decommissioning; Oil and gas; Fish assemblage; Fisheries; Rigs to reefs | Marine Environmental Research | No | No |
| 11/06/2022 | Kho F, Koppel DJ, von Hellfeld R, Hastings A, Gissi F, Cresswell S, Higgins S. | Current Understanding of The Ecological Risk of Mercury from Subsea Oil and Gas Infrastructure to Marine Ecosystems | Offshore decommissioning; Oil and gas; Environmental impact assessment; Mercury; Contaminated pipelines | Journal of Hazardous Materials | Yes | Yes |
| 13/05/2022 | Alexander N. Testoff, Nicholas A. Nelson and Joseph P. Nicolette | A quantitative method for evaluating ecological risks associated with long-term degradation of deep-sea plastic-containing infrastructure | Degradation; Ecological risk, Offshore decommissioning; Plastics; Toxicity | The APPEA Journal | No | Yes |
| 10/03/2022 | C. Gabriela Mayorga-Adame1, Jeff A. Polton, Alan D. Fox, Lea-Anne Henry | Spatiotemporal scales of larval dispersal and connectivity among oil and gas structures in the North Sea | Offshore connectivity; offshore & marine structures | Marine Ecology Progress Series | No | No |
| 12/02/2022 | van Elden S, Meeuwig JJ, Hobbs RJ. | Offshore platforms as novel ecosystems: A case study from Australia’s Northwest Shelf | Offshore decommissioning; Oil and gas; Environmental impact assessment; EIA; Sea dumping; Artificial reef; Rigs to reef | Ecology and Evolution | No | No |
| 19/01/2022 | McLean et al. | Influence of offshore oil and gas structures on seascape ecological connectivity | Offshore connectivity; offshore & marine structures | Global Change Biology | Yes | Yes |
| 01/01/2022 | DJ.Koppel; F. Khoa; A. Hastings; D.Crouch; A.MacIntosh; T. Cresswell; S.Higgins | Current understanding and research needs for ecological risk assessments of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) in subsea oil and gas pipelines | Environmental impact assessment; EIA; Sea dumping; Artificial reef; Rigs to reef; Offshore Decommissioning | Journal of Environmental Radioactivity | Yes | Yes |
| 19/11/2021 | Davies.AJ: Hastings.A | Quantifying greenhouse gas emissions from decommissioned oil and gas steel structures: Can current policy meet NetZero goals? | Decommissioning; Greenhouse gas; Emissions; Oil& gas | Energy Policy | No | No |
| 22/09/2021 | ES.Harvey; SL. Watts; BJ.Saunders; D.Driessen; LAF.Fullwood; M.Bunce; Se Songploy; J.Kettratad; P.Sitaworawet; S.Chaiyakul; TS.Elsdon; MJ. Marnane | Fish Assemblages Associated With Oil and Gas Platforms in the Gulf of Thailand | Offshore decommissioning; fish communities; | Frontiers in Marine Science | No | No |
| 24/08/2021 | "Harvey, E.S., Ackermann, F., Burton, M., Clifton, J., Elrick-Barr, C.E., Zimmerhackel, J.S., Hill, G., Newman, S.J., Shaw, J.L., Pagano, M., McLeod, P., McLean, D.L., and Partridge. J.C. " | Enhancing the Understanding of the Value Provided to Fisheries by Man-made Aquatic Structures | Offshore decommissioning; Oil and gas; Habitat; Artificial reef; Rigs to reef; Fisheries | Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) | No | No |
| 02/07/2021 | T.Cresswell; Sue.Brown; H.Wong; S.Apte | Assessing the impacts of scale residues from offshore oil and gas decommissioning on marine organisms | Offshore decommissioning; pipelines; mercury; NORM; impact assessment | The APPEA Journal | No | No |
| 24/06/2021 | M. Schläppy; LM. Robinson; V.Camilieri-Asch; K.Miller | Trash or Treasure? Considerations for Future Ecological Research to Inform Oil and Gas Decommissioning | Subsea structures, decommissioning, offshore wind, marine renewables, rigs-to-reefs, oil and gas industry, offshore & marine structures | Frontiers in Marine Science | No | No |
| 16/04/2021 | Birchenough, S.N.R and Degraer, S. | Science in support of ecologically sound decommissioning strategies for offshore man-made structures: taking stock of current knowledge and considering future challenges | Offshore decommissioning; Oil and gas; Environmental impact assessment | ICES Journal of Marine Science | No | No |
| 06/08/2020 | T.Bond; R. J. Mueller; Matthew J. Birt; J. Prince; K. Miller; J. Patridge; D. McLean | Mystery pufferfish create elaborate circular nests at mesophotic depths in Australia | Fish; Pufferfish; North West; Environment | Journal of Fish Biology | No | No |
| 27/05/2020 | Meyer-Gutbrod EL, Love MS, Schroeder DM, Claisse JT, Kui L, Miller RJ. | Forecasting the legacy of offshore oil and gas platforms on fish community structure and productivity | Offshore decommissioning; Oil and gas; Environmental impact assessment; EIA; Sea dumping; Artificial reef; Rigs to reef; Fish community; Fish productivity | Ecological Applications | No | No |
| 15/05/2020 | S.McKay; SA.Higgins; P.Baker | NORM inventory forecast for australian offshore oil and gas decommissioned assets and radioactive waste disposal pathways. | Offshore decommissioning; NORM | APPEA Journal | No | No |
| 20/03/2020 | D. Mclean et al | Enhancing the Scientific Value of Industry Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) in Our Ocean | ROV; Surveys; Guidelines | Frontiers in Marine Science | No | No |
| 12/06/2019 | D. Burdon; S. Barnard; S.J. Boyes; M.Elliott | Oil and gas infrastructure decommissioning in marine protected areas: System complexity, analysis and challenges | Environment | Marine Pollution Bulletin | No | No |
| 12/06/2019 | Daniel O.B. Jones; Andrew R.Gates; Veerle A.I.Huvenne; Alexander B.Phillips; Brian J.Bett | Autonomous marine environmental monitoring: Application in decommissioned oil fields | Environment; Monitoring | Science of the Total Environment | No | No |
| 25/03/2019 | Brigitte Sommer; Ashley M.Fowler; Peter I. Macreadie; David A.Palandro; Azivy C.Aziz; David J.Booth | Decommissioning of offshore oil and gas structures – Environmental opportunities and challenges | Environment | Science of the Total Environment | No | No |
| 11/02/2019 | Nichola C Lacey, Peter Hayes | Epifauna associated with subsea pipelines in the North Sea | Marine; Pipeline | ICES Journal of Marine Science | No | No |
| 01/02/2019 | Ann Scarborough Bull & Milton Love | Worldwide oil and gas platform decommissioning: A review of practices and reefing options | Environment | Ocean & Coastal Management | No | No |
| 26/11/2018 | Todd Bond, Julian C. Partridge, Michael D. Taylor, Tim F. Cooper, Dianne L. McLean | The influence of depth and a subsea pipeline on fish assemblages and commercially fished species | Marine; Pipelines; Fish | PLos ONE | No | No |
| 01/11/2018 | F. Murray et al | Data challenges and opportunities for environmental management of North Sea oil and gas decommissioning in an era of blue growth | Environment; Data | Marine Policy | No | No |
| 01/10/2018 | T.Bond, J.C.Partridge, J. Prince, D.J. White | The Value of Subsea Pipelines to Marine Biodiversity | Marine; Pipelines | Offshore Technology Conference Asia | No | No |
| 01/10/2018 | T.Bond, J.C.Partridge, M.D.Taylor, T.J.Langlois, B.E.Malseed, L.D.Smith, D.L.McLean | Fish associated with a subsea pipeline and adjacent seafloor of the North West Shelf of Western Australia | Marine; Pipelines; Fish | Marine Environmental Research | No | No |
| 01/10/2018 | Bond, T., Langlois, T.J., Partridge, J.C., Birt, M.J., Malseed, B.E., Smith, L. and McLean, D.L. | Diel shifts and habitat associations of fish assemblages on a subsea pipeline. | Marine; Pipeline | Fisheries Research | No | No |
| 12/09/2018 | M. Baqery; P.Edalat | A Knowledge Based Decommissioning Alternative Selection System for Fixed Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms in Persian Gulf | Environmental impact assessment; EIA; Sea dumping; Artificial reef; Rigs to reef; Offshore Decommissioning | International Journal of Coastal & Offshore Engineering | No | No |
| 15/07/2018 | ML.Fam; D.Konovessis; LS.Ong; HK.Tan | A review of offshore decommissioning regulations in five countries – strengths and weaknesses. | Offshore decommissioning; offshore regulations | Ocean Engineering | No | No |
| 15/07/2018 | D.L.McLean, M.D.Taylor, J.C.Partridge, B.Gibbons, T.J.Langlois, B.E.Malseed, L.D.Smith, T.Bond | Fish and habitats on wellhead infrastructure on the north west shelf of Western Australia | Marine; Fish; Habitat; Wellhead; Wells | Continental Shelf Research | No | No |
| 03/07/2018 | AM.Fowler; A.-M. Jørgensen; JC.Svendsen; PI.Macreadie; DOB. Jones; AR.Boon; DJ.Booth; R.Brabant; E.Callahan; JT.Claisse; TG.Dahlgren; S.Degraer; QR.Dokken; AB.Gill; DG.Johns; RJ.Leewis; HJ.Lindeboom; O.Linden; R.May; AJ.Murk; G.Ottersen; DM.Schroeder; SM.Shastri; J.Teilmann; V.Todd; G.VanHoey; J.Vanaverbeke; JWP.Coolen | Environmental benefits of leaving offshore infrastructure in the ocean. | Offshore decommissioning | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment | No | No |
| 01/04/2018 | Sally Rouse; Peter Hayes; Ian M.Davies; Thomas A.Wilding | Offshore pipeline decommissioning: Scale and context | Environment; Engineering | Marine Pollution Bulletin | No | No |
| 01/01/2018 | Shaw J.L., Seares P., Newman S.J. | Decommissioning offshore infrastructure: a review of stakeholder views and science priorities. | Offshore decommissioning; Oil and gas; Stakeholders, Research | Western Australian Marine Science Institution (WAMSI) | No | No |
| 16/05/2017 | McLean, D.L., Partridge, J.C., Bond, T., Birt, M.J., Bornt, K.R., and Langlois, T.J. | Using industry ROV videos to assess fish associations with subsea pipelines | Marine; ROV | Continental Shelf Research | No | No |
| 01/02/2017 | John Chandler; David White; Erika J.Techera; Susan Gourvenec; Scott Draper | Engineering and legal considerations for decommissioning of offshore oil and gas infrastructure in Australia | Engineering; Legal | Ocean Engineering | No | No |
| 01/01/2014 | A.M.Fowler; P.I.Macreadie; D.O.B.Jones; D.J.Booth | A multi-criteria decision approach to decommissioning of offshore oil and gas infrastructure | Environment; Comparative Assessment | Ocean & Coastal Management | No | No |
| 27/11/2013 | Melchers.RE | Examples of mathematical modelling of long term general corrosion of structural steels in sea water | Offshore decommissioning; Pipelines; Corrosion; Steel | Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology | No | No |