From Strategy to Execution: Connecting APAC to Advance Safe, Efficient and Sustainable Offshore DecommissioningMarch 18 - 19, 2027 l Novotel Perth Langley, Australia
Offshore Decommissioning APAC Summit 2027: Main Conference
The Offshore Decommissioning APAC Summit 2027 brings together operators, regulators, government agencies, engineering companies and technology providers to share practical experience from across the offshore decommissioning lifecycle, from late-life asset planning and well Plug & Abandonment through offshore removal, onshore recycling, commercial strategy and future asset repurposing.
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Opening Day 01 | Main Conference Day
8:00 am - 8:50 am
Registration & Morning Refreshments
8:50 am - 8:55 am
Welcome Address by Offshore Decommissioning APAC Summit 2027
8:55 am - 9:00 am
Opening Remarks by Chairperson
Ricky Thomson -
Project Manager - Offshore Projects,
Amplitude Energy
Preparing APAC for the Next Wave of Offshore Decommissioning
9:00 am - 9:30 am
The Next Decade of Offshore Decommissioning: Is APAC's Execution Capacity Ready for a US$100 Billion Program?
Dr Francis Norman -
Chief Executive Officer And Managing Director,
Centre of Decommissioning Australia (CODA)
Prioritizing late-life assets through integrity assessments, economic evaluation, and end-of-life planning.
Forecasting decommissioning demand across wells, platforms, FPSOs, pipelines, and subsea infrastructure.
Assessing execution of readiness, vessel availability, contractor capability, engineering capacity and supply-chain resilience.
Identifying delivery risks including cost pressures, resource constraints, and execution challenges.
Driving collaboration between operators, regulators and the supply chain to accelerate delivery and build a sustainable APAC decommissioning ecosystem.
Dr Francis Norman
Chief Executive Officer And Managing DirectorCentre of Decommissioning Australia (CODA)
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
Industry Thought Leadership
10:00 am - 10:30 am
From Compliance to Execution: What Regulators Actually Expect from Industry
Claudio Pellegrini -
Director of Wells,
Nopsema
- Understanding regulatory expectations from planning and approvals through final site closure.
- Navigating financial assurance, trailing liability, and long-term decommissioning obligations.
- Reducing project risk through early regulatory engagement and proactive compliance planning.
- Examining where regulatory expectations and project execution challenges intersect.
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Speed Networking Session
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Morning Break & Refreshment
11:00 am - 11:40 am
Panel Discussion | Plug & Abandonment: Optimizing Cost, Managing Risk & Delivering Execution Excellence
Dr Devi Putra -
Lead Specialist Drilling Research of Research Technology Innovation,
Pertamina
Ricky Thomson - Project Manager - Offshore Projects, Amplitude Energy
Alastair Bisset - Head of Decommissioning, North Sea Transition Authority
- Scaling campaign-based P&A to reduce cost and improve execution efficiency.
- Advancing well integrity through barrier verification and proven intervention technologies.
- Strengthening operator-contractor collaboration to reduce commercial and interface risk.
- Balancing regulatory compliance, project schedules and offshore resource constraints
- Lessons learned from live P&A campaigns shaping future decommissioning projects.
9:30 am - 10:00 am
Industry Thought Leadership
Lessons from Live Offshore Decommissioning Campaigns: Engineering Better Project Delivery
12:10 pm - 12:40 pm
PETROBAS CASE STUDY | Deepwater Subsea Decommissioning at Scale: Recovering Flexibles, Umbilicals & End-of-Life Infrastructure
Carlos Castilho -
General Manager of Decommissioning Projects,
Petrobras
Petrobras brings first-hand lessons from Brazil's complex offshore decommissioning environment, exploring how operators can manage the recovery of deepwater subsea infrastructure, flexibles and umbilical, while addressing environmental challenges and creating viable pathways for recycling and reuse.
• Recovering and managing large volumes of deepwater subsea materials at scale
• Tackling complex environmental and offshore execution challenges
• Turning recovered infrastructure into recycling and reuse opportunities
• Lessons that can be applied to Australia and other geographically isolated APAC markets
12:40 pm - 1:10 pm
THAILAND IN PRACTICE | What 17 Platform Reuses & Total Asset Repurposing Can Teach APAC
Pannawat Nilkitsaranont -
Vice President, Facilities Designs and Solutions Chevron Thailand,
Chevron
Puwadon Assadornithee - Senior Vice President of the Engineering Project Management & Execution Division, PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP)
. Rean Gilbert - General Manager, Centre of Decommissioning Australia (CODA)
Chevron Thailand & PTTEP share practical lessons from successfully reusing, relocating and repurposing offshore assets in the Gulf of Thailand and what APAC can learn from their experience.
Chevron
PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP)
• Chevron Thailand: Lessons from 17 successful wellhead platform reuses, covering the technical, commercial and execution challenges involved.
• PTTEP: Practical experience in total wellhead platform reuse, jacket relocation and conversion of decommissioned jackets into artificial reefs.
• From removal to reuse: How operators assess opportunities to extend asset value and reduce the need for conventional removal and disposal.
• What can APAC learn? Applying Thailand's experience to the emerging decommissioning markets across APAC
Pannawat Nilkitsaranont
Vice President, Facilities Designs and Solutions Chevron ThailandChevron
Puwadon Assadornithee
Senior Vice President of the Engineering Project Management & Execution DivisionPTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP)
1:10 pm - 2:10 pm
Networking Lunch
2:50 pm - 3:20 pm
CASE STUDY | Delivering Multi-Asset Offshore Decommissioning Campaign | Gippsland Platforms Removal Project | Allseas & Esso Australia
Evert Van Herel -
General Manager,
Allseas
• Early Engagement & Front-End Planning: Building the foundations for a safe, efficient and executable decommissioning campaign
• Engineering Complex Mature Structures: Tackling the structural and technical challenges of the Gippsland platforms
• Sequencing for Campaign Efficiency: Optimizing removal sequence, offshore preparation and vessel utilization
• Delivering the campaign with Pioneering Spirit and lessons for large-scale platform removal
2:10 pm - 2:50 pm
Panel Discussion | Aligning Regulation with Execution: Building Practical Offshore Decommissioning Frameworks Across APAC
Shamir Salahudin -
Managing Director,
Petroleum Authority of Brunei Darussalam
Jason Medd - Director of Offshore & Decommissioning, Australian Energy Producers
Claudio Pellegrini - Director of Wells, Nopsema
- Strengthening regulatory collaboration across Australia's emerging APAC decommissioning markets.
- Balancing financial assurance, liability, and long-term asset stewardship.
- Streamlining approvals while maintaining safety, environmental and operational integrity.
- Aligning regulatory expectations with project delivery and execution realities.
- Sharing practical lessons from Australia's, Malaysia's and regional regulatory frameworks.
3:20 pm - 3:50 pm
Strategic Keynote | The Decommissioning Decision | From Asset Liability to Long-Term Value
Syarifah Aliza Syed Azauddin -
Vice President, Corporate Governance and Sustainability Reporting,
Hibiscus Petroleum
• Beyond the ARO: Reframing decommissioning from a future liability into a strategic business decision
Hibiscus Petroleum
• Boardroom to Asset: How fiduciary duty, climate scenarios and long-term asset planning shape retirement decisions
• Remove, Reuse or Repurpose? Evaluating end-of-life pathways through value, risk, environmental and stakeholder lenses
• Creating a Responsible Exit: Aligning decommissioning with sustainability, disclosure, stakeholder expectations and long-term value creation
Syarifah Aliza Syed Azauddin
Vice President, Corporate Governance and Sustainability ReportingHibiscus Petroleum
3:50 pm - 4:10 pm
Afternoon Networking Break
Deep Dive into Industry Challenges into Practical Solutions
4:20 pm - 4:50 pm
ROUNDTABLE 01| Pipeline & Subsea Infrastructure Decommissioning
Exploring integrated subsea decommissioning, campaign planning and marine execution, from pipeline recovery and isolation to vessel coordination, offshore logistics and safe, cost-effective removal.
4:20 pm - 4:50 pm
ROUNDTABLE 03| 50,000 Wells: Repurpose, Not Just Remove
Dr Devi Putra -
Lead Specialist Drilling Research of Research Technology Innovation,
Pertamina
Pertamina's live research into platform reutilization Rigs-to-Fish-Farms, Rigs-to-CCS and Rigs-to-LNG Regas, and what campaign scale means for the region's supply chain.
4:20 pm - 4:50 pm
ROUNDTABLE 05| Cost-Effective Plug & Abandonment: Applying Well Integrity Principles to Reduce Risk and Improve Execution
Andrey Yugay -
Senior Well Integrity Engineer,
ADNOC
- Most common challenges during well P&A.
- Abandonment at the Well Design stage: What are the benefits?
- When Cement is a reliable barrier?
4:20 pm - 4:50 pm
ROUNDTABLE 02 | Building APAC’s Offshore Decommissioning Supply Chain
Can APAC's boom-bust decom cycle ever sustain a real supply chain? Exploring the shift to early partner integration and offset-basin fixes like asset purchase-and-maintain agreements.
4:20 pm - 4:50 pm
ROUNDTABLE 04| Digital Decommissioning: AI, Robotics, and Digital Twins
Identifying technologies that are delivering measurable improvements in project performance today while separating proven solutions from emerging concepts.
4:20 pm - 4:50 pm
ROUNDTABLE 06| Plug It, Abandon It, Fund It
Roger Van Hoek -
Manager Decommissioning and Decision Assurance,
Inpex
- Who Pays, What's Required & Why It Matters
- Wider Implications of Financial Assurance & Common Pitfalls
5:10 pm - 5:40 pm
Closing Joint Presentation | New Ways of Working in a Mature Basin: Collaboration Lessons for APAC from NSTA
Alastair Bisset -
Head of Decommissioning,
North Sea Transition Authority
Alasdair Thomas - Decommissioning Manager, North Sea Transition Authority
- The role of the NSTA and some of the challenges/opportunities we see for Decom in the UKCS
- How industry workgroups and initiatives in the UKCS are established and run, to balance the needs of regulators, operators, and the supply chain
- Examples of collaboration that industry have undertaken in the basin to plan/execute decom work and some of the current efforts that are underway or planned
- How the NSTA utilizes its data, and Stewardship role, to inform and influence industry to drive cost-effective decom (with examples of specific tools and initiatives – inc. SDC, TWIST, Data Vis Dashboard, AB3 charter)
