Rigs to Reefs in the North Sea
Rigs to Reefs in the North Sea
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北海珊瑚礁的钻井平台
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2000
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J. Side
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G. Picken;M. Baine;Louise Heaps;J. Side
在接下来的二十年里，英国将不得不退役其大多数海上平台，当它们停止具有成本效益的生产并成为多余时。在过去10年中，这引起了关于退役的工程、法律的、财务和环境方面的大量讨论（Read，1984年，1985年; Side，1993年; Side等人，1993年）。北海平台退役的法规和标准框架已经到位，包括国际海事组织1989年制定的指导方针。然而，在布伦特Spar事件之后，关于海上设施的海上处置问题出现了相当多的辩论。这导致1992年《保护东北大西洋海洋环境公约》缔约国商定了一项关于处置废弃的岸外设施的决定（98/3），将于1999年2月生效。该决定禁止在海洋区域内保留全部或部分废弃的海上设施，唯一可能的例外是空中重量超过10 000吨的钢设施的基脚;重力基础和浮动混凝土设施;混凝土锚基座;以及因结构损坏、老化或同等困难而遭受特殊或不可预见情况的任何其他装置。但是，本决定不包括在有关缔约国主管当局授权或管制的海域内为另一合法目的服务的设施。这些设施须遵守1992年《保护东北大西洋海洋环境公约》附件三（第8条）和其他有关的联合王国和国际立法和准则，前者要求缔约方根据委员会通过的有关适用标准、准则和程序授权，以防止和消除污染。
In the next two decades, the UK will have to decommission most of its offshore platforms, when they cease cost-effective production and become redundant. This has resulted in considerable discussion over the past 10 years about the engineering, legal, financial and environmental aspects of decommissioning (Read, 1984, 1985; Side, 1993; Side et al, 1993). A framework of regulations and standards for North Sea platform decommissioning is in place including guidelines drawn up by the International Maritime Organisation in 1989. In the wake of the Brent Spar incident, however, there has been considerable debate on the disposal at sea of offshore installations. This has resulted in the contracting parties to the 1992 OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North- East Atlantic agreeing a Decision (98/3) on the Disposal of Disused Offshore Installations, to enter into force in February 1999. This decision prohibits the leaving wholly, or partly in place, of disused offshore installations within the maritime area, the only potential exceptions being the footings of steel installations weighing more than 10 000 tonnes in air; gravity based and floating concrete installations; concrete anchor bases; and any other installation suffering exceptional or unforeseen circumstances resulting from structural damage, deterioration or equivalent difficulties. This decision, however, does not cover those installations which serve another legitimate purpose in the maritime area authorized or regulated by the competent authority of the relevant contracting party. These installations are subject to Annex III (Article 8) of the 1992 OSPAR Convention and other relevant UK and international legislation and guidelines, the former requiring authorization from the contracting party in accordance with relevant applicable criteria, guidelines and procedures adopted by the Commission, with a view to preventing and eliminating pollution.