Reuse Before Removal: What the Gulf of Thailand reveals about the next phase of offshore decommissioning

In mid-2026, Chevron and PTTEP each relocated and redeployed an entire wellhead platform in the Gulf of Thailand. This free white paper explains what it means for decommissioning across Asia-Pacific.

Inside, you'll find:

• What happened at Chevron's Chaba B and PTTEP's Jakrawan K, and how both projects built on nearly a decade of topside reuse
• The three types of "reuse" (topside reuse, total reuse and reefing) and why the difference matters for pricing, permitting and bidding
• Why the business case is about speed and cost, not only carbon, including PTTEP's estimate of 6 months to install versus about 20 for a new build
• Where reuse works best, and why nearby demand for the asset matters
• Why removal still isn't going away, with lessons from the Erawan field handover
• What reuse asks of the supply chain, from structural assessment to heavy lift and regulatory approvals
• What Australia and wider APAC can learn, including Australia's A$43.6 billion decommissioning liability estimate