Guidance on managing process safety in decommissioning projects

This publication is intended to provide guidance on managing process safety within decommissioning projects generally within the energy sector, with more specific guidance and information provided, where possible, in the following industry sectors:

• offshore oil and gas;
• onshore oil and gas and petrochemicals, and
• thermal power generation.

This document focuses on the context of prevention and mitigation of higher consequence events. For this reason, occupational safety is not addressed in detail. This guidance has also not been developed for application within the nuclear sector.

The document has been produced by Atkins Limited on behalf of the EI and, whilst written in the context of the UK legislative and regulatory framework, the principles set out in this publication can similarly be applied in other countries, provided national and local statutory requirements are complied with.