By attending this VILT course, participants will be able to: 

• Gain a detailed understanding of all aspects of decommissioning.
• Gain a rare learning experience through real life decommissioning related exercises and case studies.
• Learn how decommissioning challenges are managed internationally.
• Observe and discuss future changes and technologies for decommissioning.
• Gain an understanding of the decommissioning market and influences.
• Identify decommissioning opportunities.
• Develop the ability to identify decommissioning opportunities and mitigate decommissioning risks and issues.
• Learn how to develop a decommissioning strategy.

The VILT course will benefit professionals such as project managers and engineers, supply chain managers, finance & tax managers, HSE managers, operational managers, well work-over specialists as well as government and industry regulators and all persons who have an involvement – directly or indirectly – with decommissioning.

The VILT course will be delivered online in 4 half-day sessions comprising 4 hours per day, with 2 breaks of 10 minutes per day.

Course Duration: 4 half-day sessions, 4 hours per session (16 hours in total).

Learning, Methods and Tools of this Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This VILT course will comprise 12 training sessions given via live online and will bring together decommissioning professionals from the Oil and Gas Industry. The focus will be on covering all key aspects of decommissioning, taking note of lessons learnt from actual projects and case studies.

Participants will be taken on a journey starting from the late life of field, circa 8 years from cessation of production (COP). Over the duration of the VILT course, participants will progress through early planning, preparation, and finally execution and close out of a typical offshore field. During this time, through a series of exercises, participants will participate in the development of a decommissioning strategy, schedule and estimate for a typical field. In addition, there will be the added benefit for participants to network with other professionals within the group.

Your expert course leader has 40 years of international Oil and Gas experience, primarily within construction engineering and management, and is a recognized expert with over 20 years of decommissioning experience.

He has an MSc in Project Management from Aberdeen University, with a dissertation in decommissioning. His publications include ‘Decommissioning Strategies for 21st Century’.

He is also the co-author of ‘Human and Organization Factors in the End of Service Life and Decommissioning’ and numerous papers/presentations. He retired from Wood Group in 2013 after 23 years of service, with the last 17 years being responsible for their decommissioning activities as Decommissioning Manager. He is now a decommissioning advisor and decommissioning trainer.

Main achievements:

• Responsible for circa 100 decommissioning studies from liability/conceptual studies through detail, engineering and implementation.
• Key role in development of Wood Group decommissioning strategy (prior to retirement).
• Active participant in decommissioning industry work groups.
• Regular presenter at decommissioning events.
• Team leader for decommissioning workshops – both UK and international.
• Implementation manager for the decommissioning of Brent Spar in Norway.

To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized “One to One” coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster.
Request for further information about post training coaching support and fees applicable for this.