Well Decommissioning 2025

10-11 June 2025, P&J Live, Aberdeen

Call for Abstracts – Deadline Friday 31st January

The leading conference for the decommissioning sector.

Now in its 14^th year, the SPE Well Decom conference unites energy professions specialising in decommissioning and late-life operations from leading operators, service providers, academic and regulatory bodies.

Decommissioning can ensure that the UK’s world-leading supply chain is equipped to help operators clean up their oil and gas infrastructure over the next 50 years and support the carbon storage sector, which will rely on many of the same resources. The forecast cost of decommissioning from the start of 2023 onwards is now £43bn in 2023 prices, with well decommissioning work being the most expensive aspect of decommissioning at £11bn over the next 9 years alone. This includes planned well decommissioning activities on ~1,300 platform wells and ~700 subsea wells during this period according to the NSTA Decommissioning cost and performance update 2024.

At this conference, delegates will discover the latest in well decommissioning by exploring success stories, case histories and lessons learned with energy experts from across the energy sector.

The themes for 2025 will include but will not be limited to:

New technologies, novel approaches and alternative designs

Teaching old technology new tricks

Contracting strategies for well decommissioning scopes

Lessons learned from completed workscopes: highlights and hinderances

Risk based approaches to collaboration

Through-tubing; where are we now and what still needs to be done

Managing legacy wells in the energy transition

Understanding and managing sustained annulus pressure in well decommissioning

Vessel-based, rigless and rig-based well decommissioning

The use of data, digital and AI in well decommissioning

Legislation, liabilities and legal ramifications

Insights from academia

Abstracts are welcome from the UKCS and also lessons learned from other areas.

Presentation format and what’s required

A short 200-word abstract detailing the title and presenter’s details submitted by 31st January.

• Format - 20 minutes plus Q&A or 5-minute techbyte (sales oriented pitches)
• We encourage innovative presenting styles, not necessarily PowerPoint slides
• Case histories and collaborations are encouraged

How to submit your abstract

Send your short 200-word abstract by 20^th December in a word document format by email to aberdeen.events@spe-uk.org

Contact Details

Email - aberdeen.events@spe-uk.org Visit - www.spe-aberdeen.org/events Call - 01224 646311

Sponsorship

SPE Aberdeen is a not-for-profit organisation. Raising sponsorship is crucial to help us ensure that this conference continues to be an affordable and valuable training opportunity for the industry; to enable us to re-invest back into industry and society and to support our future generation of young engineers.

This is your opportunity to sign up early, take advantage of the early bird sponsorship rates and be a prime example of industry collaboration to deliver a first-class conference for the industry. Any surplus funds get reinvested to help support the future of our young engineers.

Previous supporters have included:

Shell, Spirit Energy, CNOOC, Repsol Sinopec, CNR, TAQA, NSTA, Harbour Energy, TotalEnergies, SLB, Halliburton, Well Safe Solutions, Expro, Helix, DHVI, Reservoir Group, TGT, TAQA, Weatherford

Sponsorship Benefits

All conference sponsors, depending on package, will receive:

Free delegate pass(es) on both days

A place on the technical committee

Unrivalled branding opportunities, which will include, but will not be limited to, branding on all marketing materials, website, emailers, social media content, branding at the conference on screens and abstracts books. Additional benefits are outlined below.

Sponsoring the conference will help ensure you are seen as an ‘employer of choice’. In addition, the package benefits are as follows:

(add in Breakfast Sponsor - £2,500) 2 passes logo displayed at catering stations

*All costs exclude VAT

Exhibition

Exhibiting at Well Decom is a cost-effective promotional opportunity. There will be ample opportunities for maximum interaction between exhibitors and delegates during the registration period, coffee breaks, lunch and networking reception.

Space is suitable for a pop-up portable display stand or tabletop display. A table and x2 chairs will be provided. If you require any items of your stand to be built with any ladders/electrical equipment, this must be agreed with the organizer in advance.

Benefits:

All exhibitors will receive one free conference pass for x2 days, logo and company description in the abstract books.

Cost:

£1,500 + VAT for 3m x2m (space only)

Contact Details

For more information on the Conference, Sponsorship or Exhibition contact the Event Organisers, Mearns & Gill on

Email - aberdeen.events@spe-uk.org

Website – www.spe-aberdeen.org/events

Phone - +44 (1224) 646311