MSc Decommissioning students get chance to attend prestigious conference

The NDC was delighted to sponsor the attendance of Diogo Prado and Peter Burrows, two University of Aberdeen MSc students, at the recent Offshore Energies UK Offshore Decommissioning Conference in St Andrews.

Published: 27th November 2023

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Economic and environmental challenges of decommissioning offshore wind farms

An important new paper from the National Decommissioning Centre's Dr Shahin Jalili and colleagues has assessed the economic and environmental challenges of offshore wind farms as they enter the decommissioning phase.

Published: 24th November 2023

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Update from Abraham Mensah – PhD student funded by Ghana National Petroleum Corporation

The National Decommissioning Centre's Abraham Mensah is doing a PhD funded by Ghana National Petroleum Corporation. He tells us about his research here.

Published: 24th November 2023

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A first estimate of blue carbon associated with oil & gas industry marine infrastructure

A new paper from NDC PhD researcher Abigail Davies and Professor Astley Hastings quantifies Blue Carbon (BC) stocks around oil and gas infrastructure in the marine environment.

Published: 14th November 2023

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Quantifying the ability of Imaging Sonar to identify fish at a subtropical artificial reef

A new paper from The National Decommissioning Centre's Ed Sibley has quantified the ability of Imaging Sonar (IS) to identify fish species at a subtropical artificial reef off Perth, Western Australia.

Published: 27th October 2023

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PhD opportunity available – ‘Long-term degradation of buried subsea pipelines’

An exciting PhD opportunity, jointly funded by Chevron and The National Decommissioning Centre is now open for applications.

Published: 26th October 2023

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Doors Open Day Success at the NDC

Thanks to everyone who supported the Doors Open Day at the National Decommissioning Centre on Saturday, 16th September 2023. It was great to see so many people engaging with the science which is supporting the future of the energy sector.

Published: 19th September 2023

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Panel Session: Energy integration – competition, consensus and collaboration

The NDC held a panel session on Wednesday (6 September) exploring the challenges and opportunities which may arise in establishing a sustainable and truly integrated UKCS energy basin.

Published: 12th September 2023

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Reflections from NDC director Professor Richard Neilson as OE23 momentum builds

As momentum builds for Offshore Europe 23 it is an opportunity to reflect on what has been achieved and the direction of travel for future years. Professor Richard Neilson gives an update on how the NDC is supporting the energy sector.

Published: 22nd August 2023

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NEW PAPER – NDC simulator used to de-risk future offshore use of anchors for floating wind applications

The use of the National Decommissioning Centre's state-of-the-art marine simulator to de-risk future offshore use of variable buoyancy anchors for floating wind technology has been published in a new paper.

Published: 28th July 2023

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