Decom Week Golf Day – Banchory Golf Course

This event is kindly supported by our Decom Week Principal Golf Partner

Whether you’re strengthening existing relationships or making new connections across the decommissioning community, this is a great opportunity to do business differently.

Format: Shotgun start, Texas Scramble
Entry: Individual places or teams of four available

1200 – 1245

Registration and refreshments | Exhibition

1245 – 1300

Opening Remarks, Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission

The here and now of decom in the Energy Transition

Sector Pulse Check

Trends, forecasts, work volumes, timelines

Framing the Challenge

Capacity, cost, pressure, Iran and global markets, what’s happening in this decade (2026 -2035)

1300 – 1315

Headline Partner Address, Alan McLean, Head of Mechanical Solutions, Ashtead Technology

1315 – 1335

Keynote Address – Phil Milton, Well-Safe Solutions

1335 – Session: What Lies Ahead – Competing or Complementary?

Chair: Callum Falconer, Decom Mission

Is forward demand in decom competing or complementary? Can we predict the future market?

1340 – 1355

UKCS Operator, Current Activity in the UKCS

1355 – 1405

Nuclear Decommissioning Update

1405 – 1415

Renewables Decommissioning Update – Friederike Andres, RUK

1415 – Session: How will Decommissioning be Enacted in Coming Years?
Chair: Kurt Lindley, Be More Learning & Development

1420 – 1430

Net Zero Technology Centre Test Hub

1430 – 1440
Decommissioning of an Offshore/Onshore Wind Farm – Ian House, RWE

1440 – 1450
Planning Effective Decommissioning for Offshore Renewable Energy – Nicky Richards, Frazer Nash

1450 – 1515

Break and Exhibition

1515 – Session: Getting into the Details

Chair: Richard Lind, Ashtead Technology

Facilitator: Kurt Lindley, Be More Learning & Development

1600 – Session: Engineering Decommissioning: From Strategy to Execution

Georgina Hosford, CNRI, in conversation with a representative of Sellafield

Cutting Under Tension: A Practical Methodology for Mooring Chain Severance,
Nick McNally, Decom Engineering

Mahmud Amin, Subsea7

Decom Joint Venture with Three60
Graeme Fergusson, AF Decom

1610 – 1630
Expert opinion – Martha Vasquez, Boston Consulting Group
Independent thinking on the state of decommissioning in the energy sector

1645 – Session: Driving Safety in Decom
Chair: Sam Long, Decom Mission

Safety in Decom Network Update
Alan McIntyre, Step Change in Safety

Safety Through Reliable AtoNs
Marielle Tvedt, ComPower AS

1655 – 1700
Closing Remarks
Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission

1900 – 2130
Marine Hotel Dinner, Stonehaven
Bus will depart from Ardoe House Hotel at 18.00, and return from the Marine Hotel to Ardoe House Hotel at 2130

0800 – 0900

Registration, Refreshments and Exhibition

09.00 – Session: Why and How: Planning for Decom

Chair: Sam Long, Decom Mission

0900 – 0930
North Sea Futures Board and the Need for an Area Plan – David Whitehouse, OEUK

Panel:
Sam Long, Decom Mission
Pauline Innes, NSTA

0930 – 1000
Panel: Current Policy Impact, Future Trends and Bridging the Gap

Chair: Neil Gordon, CEO, GUH

Neil to do a summary from previous session and then open to the panel for comments each and then pose questions/also from audience

• Caroline Lawford, CNRI
• Jinda Nelson – PDi
• Sandy Fettes, Hogarth Energy

1000 – Session: Ensuring Capability for the Future

Paul de Leeuw, Director, Energy Transition Institute, Robert Gordon University

Impact of the Energy Transition on skills and Macro Factors Impacting Progression

1025 – 1100

Break and Exhibition

1100 – Session: From OPEX to CAPEX via ABEX. Skills and Workforce Needs of the Future

Chair: Kurt Lindley, Be More Learning & Development

We need to prepare our workforce for the future, where the emphasis in on ABEX and CAPEX, whilst building the workforce of the future. What skills are needed, how do we entice people to be retained or join in? How do we enable appropriate reskilling and add direction to careers?

Panel:

• Gareth Jones, Xodus
• National Decom Centre; Role of Academia
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
• Jaida Teber, Tradebe Scotoil

1200 – 1300

Lunch and Exhibition

1300 – Session: Seabed to Shore

Chair: NSTA

This session will explore how to enable cost‑effective decommissioning for vessel workscopes related to the removal of subsea infrastructure and fixed installations, with the NSTA presenting the latest data on current and forecast activity levels and supply‑chain capacity. Attendees will then take part in table‑based breakout discussions and a panel session to identify challenges, opportunities, and practical actions to improve ways of working, scope definition, and execution efficiency.

1500 – 1530

Break and Exhibition

1530 – Session: International Opportunities – A Balance of Needs

Chair: Callum Falconer, Decom Mission

The UK and Europe have world leading expertise in energy sector decommissioning. How do we maximise this without compromising capability at home?

• Roseanna Allnutt, DBT
• Diveena Danabalan, PhD, Head of EIC Consult, EIC
• James Coggs, International Trade Specialist – Energy Transition, Scottish Development International
• NDA International Relations

1640 – Session: Remote Intervention and Technologies

Remote operations are of increasing interest, removing people from hazardous environments

• NRS Dounreay/Sellafield: Glovebox

• Andrew Thomson, DeepOcean
Diverless disconnect of Total Energies Gryphon

1655 – 1700

Closing Remarks

Sam Long, Decom Mission

Note: Priority Access Session run in parallel to the afternoon’s agenda

1400 – 1700
Priority Access Sessions in Ogston Suite

• Adura
• Aroeira Salles
• Boskalis Subsea Services
• CNOOC International
• CNRI
• DeepOcean
• EnQuest
• RWE
• Subsea7
• NRS

 

 

 

 

0800 – 0845

Registration, Refreshments and Exhibition

0845 – 1015

“Empty Chair” Workshop: Let’s be Honest – A Moment to Contribute

Facilitator: Kurt Lindley, Be More Learning & Development

We are a community, it’s important that we have open dialogue. Anyone can voice or express an opinion in this session. Grab a chair to make your point and someone else will vacate the table for you.

1015 – 1045

Break and Exhibition

1045 – Knowledge Transfer Session: Why Would a 25 Year Old Choose Decom?

Chair: Heather Barton, NDA

Facilitator: Kurt Lindley, Be More Learning & Development

1145 – Session: Calls from the Community: Priorities and Who?

Chair: John Allan, Independent

What are we hearing, what is this making us think? Focussed input from members and attendees.

1230 – 1250

Closing Plenary: Commitments for the Future

• Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission
• Callum Falconer, Operations Director, Decom Mission
• Gareth Jones, Xodus and Decom Mission Board Chair
• Jinda Nelson, PDi and Decom Mission Board

Closing Remarks – Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission

1730 – 2300
Decom Mission Awards Dinner 2026, The Chester Hotel, Aberdeen

Held at The Chester, Aberdeen, join us for an evening of celebration.

Cycling on Deeside

Join us on the final day of Decom Week – Friday 29 May – for a road cycling networking event on Deeside led by our own Sam Long.

Take on some of Deeside’s best routes while networking with fellow industry professionals who enjoy pushing the pace as much as the conversation. A standout way to close the week, combining performance, scenery and strong connections.

This event is open to all Decom Mission members and Decom Week ticketholders.