This joint framing report by Sabin Center and CCSI identifies risks in offshore decommissioning regimes around the world and provides recommendations to strengthen them. To protect the public in a rapid phase-out scenario, and to ensure that oil companies meet their decommissioning obligations, the report provides recommendations targeted towards governments, policymakers, and industry participants.
Read the report, Decommissioning Liability at the End of Offshore Oil and Gas: A Review of International Obligations, National Laws, and Contractual Approaches in Ten Jurisdictions, in Columbia's Scholarship Archive.
This report was authored by Martin Lockman, Climate Law Fellow at the Sabin Center, Martin Dietrich Brauch, Lead Researcher and Associate Research Scholar at CCSI; Esteban F. Fresno RodrÃguez, Spring/Summer 2023 Research Assistant at CCSI; and José Luis Gallardo Torres, Fall 2022 Research Assistant at CCSI.