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dc.contributor.authorKnights, AM
dc.contributor.authorLemasson, AJ
dc.contributor.authorFirth, LB
dc.contributor.authorBeaumont, N
dc.contributor.authorBirchenough, S
dc.contributor.authorClaisse, J
dc.contributor.authorCoolen, JWP
dc.contributor.authorCopping, A
dc.contributor.authorDe Dominicis, M
dc.contributor.authorDegraer, S
dc.contributor.authorElliott, M
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, PG
dc.contributor.authorFowler, AM
dc.contributor.authorFrost, M
dc.contributor.authorHenry, L-A
dc.contributor.authorHicks, N
dc.contributor.authorHyder, K
dc.contributor.authorJagerroos, S
dc.contributor.authorLove, M
dc.contributor.authorLynam, C
dc.contributor.authorMacreadie, PI
dc.contributor.authorMcLean, D
dc.contributor.authorMarlow, J
dc.contributor.authorMavraki, N
dc.contributor.authorMontagna, PA
dc.contributor.authorPaterson, DM
dc.contributor.authorPerrow, MR
dc.contributor.authorPorter, J
dc.contributor.authorBull, AS
dc.contributor.authorSchratzberger, M
dc.contributor.authorShipley, B
dc.contributor.authorvan Elden, S
dc.contributor.authorVanaverbeke, J
dc.contributor.authorWant, A
dc.contributor.authorWatson, SCL
dc.contributor.authorWilding, TA
dc.contributor.authorSomerfield, PJ
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-12T11:43:49Z
dc.date.available2024-03-12T11:43:49Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-15
dc.identifier.issn0301-4797
dc.identifier.issn1095-8630
dc.identifier.other119644
dc.identifier.urihttps://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1/22170
dc.description.abstract

Switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy is key to international energy transition efforts and the move toward net zero. For many nations, this requires decommissioning of hundreds of oil and gas infrastructure in the marine environment. Current international, regional and national legislation largely dictates that structures must be completely removed at end-of-life although, increasingly, alternative decommissioning options are being promoted and implemented. Yet, a paucity of real-world case studies describing the impacts of decommissioning on the environment make decision-making with respect to which option(s) might be optimal for meeting international and regional strategic environmental targets challenging. To address this gap, we draw together international expertise and judgment from marine environmental scientists on marine artificial structures as an alternative source of evidence that explores how different decommissioning options might ameliorate pressures that drive environmental status toward (or away) from environmental objectives. Synthesis reveals that for 37 United Nations and Oslo-Paris Commissions (OSPAR) global and regional environmental targets, experts consider repurposing or abandoning individual structures, or abandoning multiple structures across a region, as the options that would most strongly contribute toward targets. This collective view suggests complete removal may not be best for the environment or society. However, different decommissioning options act in different ways and make variable contributions toward environmental targets, such that policy makers and managers would likely need to prioritise some targets over others considering political, social, economic, and ecological contexts. Current policy may not result in optimal outcomes for the environment or society.

dc.format.extent119644-119644
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.subjectOil and gas platforms
dc.subjectOffshore wind
dc.subjectArtificial structures
dc.subjectImpact assessment
dc.subjectEnvironmental management
dc.subjectExpert judgement
dc.titleTo what extent can decommissioning options for marine artificial structures move us toward environmental targets?
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeArticle
plymouth.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38000275
plymouth.volume350
plymouth.publisher-urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119644
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalJournal of Environmental Management
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119644
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth|Faculty of Science and Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth|Faculty of Science and Engineering|School of Biological and Marine Sciences
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dc.publisher.placeEngland
dcterms.dateAccepted2023-11-15
dc.date.updated2024-03-12T11:43:44Z
dc.rights.embargodate2024-3-14
dc.identifier.eissn1095-8630
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