The Conversation Has Moved from "When?" to "How?"

Ageing offshore platforms across Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and beyond are moving from production into retirement. Northern Endeavour's Phase 3A tender is out. PETRONAS is running its largest coordinated retirement program to date, covering 31 platforms. Operators are looking beyond removal toward reuse, reefing and recycling. But vessels are scarce, specialist skills are thin, and recycling capacity is lagging behind. This report looks at whether the region is ready, and what needs to happen next.

What You'll Learn:

• The scale of the challenge. A market-by-market view of ageing platforms across Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei and Australia. It also explains why Australia carries the biggest liability despite having fewer assets.
• Three regulators, one region. How NOPSEMA, MPM/PETRONAS and the UK's NSTA approach compliance. It also makes the case for replacing Australia's three separate approvals with a single integrated plan.
• Design it, don't retrofit it. ADNOC's lifecycle approach to well integrity, which builds P&A into well design from day one.
• From removal to reuse. Case studies from PETRONAS, PTTEP and Chevron Thailand. One is a platform reuse that cut execution time from around 20 months to 6 and construction costs by 35–50%.
• What APAC can learn. Benchmarks from Norway, the UK and Brazil on regulation, cost discipline and deepwater scale.
• The supply chain question. Where vessels, workforce and waste capacity fall short, and why visibility is the missing layer.
• Five priorities for what comes next. A practical agenda for operators, regulators and the supply chain.

"Essentially, we needed everything. We needed the skills, the knowledge, the experience, the technologies, and the vessels." - Dr Francis Norman, CEO & Managing Director, CODA

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