11.30 – Decom Week Golf Day – Banchory Golf Course

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

Golfers are invited to join the Decom Mission team for breakfast rolls and coffee, a round of golf, and an early evening meal.

Teams of four will compete in a Texas Scramble, with a shotgun start at 1.00pm.

Wells Decommissioning Forum

Ballroom, Ardoe House Hotel

1230 Registration

1300 Welcome
Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission

1305 Workshop Introduction
Alasdair Thomas

1320 Collective Alignment – Interactive Introduction
Kurt Lindley, BeMoreLnD

1330 Stronger together: delivering through partnership, collaboration and collective alignment

Chair: Kirsty Lal

Panel:

• Mike Adams, Elemental Energies
• Ian Farrow, Archer
• Graham Falconer, TAQA
• John Moffat, Odfjell Technology

1415 Comfort Break

1430 The P&A Design of the Future

Susie Coull, NSTA & Lewis Harper, Net Zero Technology Centre

Hear from a number of technology speakers as the NSTA and NZTC collaborate to bring you the P&A design of the (hopefully not so distant) future.

Utilising ‘The P&A Fishbone’ developed by the Wells Decommissioning Steering Group (WDSG), this session aims to Abandon a Well on Paper (AWOP) utilising new and existing technologies and techniques.

1515 Coffee Break

1530 The Role of Contracts in Determining Outcomes
Chair: Callum Falconer, Decom Mission
Panel:

• Erin Johnston, DeepOcean
• Natasha Morris, TAQA
• Calum Crighton, Gilson Gray
• James Richards, Well-Safe Solutions
• Anne-Marie Darwin, CNOOC International
• Michèle Blackwell, NSTA

1610  Closing Panel, Networking 

Chair: Sandy Fettes, Hogarth Energy

• Graham Falconer, TAQA
• Alasdair Thomas, NSTA
• Sam Long, Decom Mission
• Mike Adams, Elemental Energies

1645 Round-up – Alasdair Thomas, NSTA

1700 Session Closes

0800 Registration | Networking | Exhibition

0830  Welcome
Callum Falconer, Operations Director, Decom Mission

0835 Let’s Be Honest – Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission

0855 Decom at a Crossroads: short-term pressures vs long-term value – Martha Vasquez, Boston Consulting Group

0915 Robin Mawhinny, DeepOcean

0930 – Panel Discussion: Chair – Kurt Lindley, BeMoreLnD

• Sam Long
• Callum Falconer
• Martha Vasquez
• Robin Mawhinny
• Jinda Nelson, Project Development International Ltd

1010 Safe from the Start – Chair: Genevieve Martin, Shell
1015 Launch of Safety in Decommissioning Network – Craig Wiggins, Step Change in Safety
1025 Diving & Decommissioning – what could go wrong? – Bill Chilton, Diving Manager, IMCA
1035 Beyond the End – managing grief, motivation and opportunity in decom – Paula Paterson, Fides Oak

1045 Higher Hazard, Same Risk?: a summary of risk in nuclear decommissioning – TBC, NDA

1055 Panel Discussion

1100 Comfort Break

1110 Thinking Differently: what value an empty chair at the table?
Kurt Lindley, BeMoreLnD

1220 Lunch – meet the exhibitors

1320 Navigating the future – opportunities and challenges for emerging professionals in Decommissioning
Chair: Gareth Jones, Xodus

1415 Nuclear: a Shared Decommissioning Challenege – Chair: Sam Long, Decom Mission

1420 Widening the Political Conversation on Nuclear & Decommissioning – Oliver Mundell MSP

1435 Continued Development of Digital Solutions in Decom –  Dr Yaji Sripada, University of Aberdeen

1445 From Silos to Synergy: Enabling Scalable Technology Deployment Across the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Sector – Uzodhu Michael, NDA

1520 Break

1400 – 1700 1-2-1 Sessions: Meet the Buyers – featuring Archer, Aroeira Salles, Boskalis Subsea Services, CNOOC International, CNR International UK Ltd, DeepOcean, Elemental Energies, EnQuest, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, RWE, Shell, Subsea7

1500 Break

1535 “What’s coming next?”: lessons learnt/reflections on projects – past and present – Chair: Erin Johnston, DeepOcean

1535 The Importance of Early Strategy Development  – Stephen Salter, Wood

1550 Subsea7 & EnQuest ROV Drilling & Pinning System – Iain Gartshore, Subsea7

1605 Empowering Tomorrow: developing skills for sustainable industry and inspiring the next generation – Neil McKinnon, Claxton Engineering

1620 A Fresh Approach – Chair: Bryan Smith, DeepOcean

Decommissioning Two Iconic North Sea Fields – Stephen Duncalf, Decommissioning Director, Apache

1645 Panel featuring Roy Aspden and Caroline Lawford, CNR International UK Ltd

1655 Closing Remarks – Sam Long and Kurt Lindley

 

Delegate Social Evening 

Marine Hotel, Stonehaven

1800 Bus departs Ardoe House Hotel

1830 Dinner at Marine Hotel, Stonehaven

2100 Bus returns to Ardoe House Hotel

0800 Registration | Networking | Exhibition 

0845 Welcome and Learnings from Day One – Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission

0850 Annual Report: state of play – Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission

0900 An Operator Perspective – Chair: Caroline Lawford, CNR International UK Ltd

• Toby Rider, CNR International UK Ltd
• Dave Calder, Dounrey

0935 Panel Discussion includes David Wallace, NDA

0950 Global but Local: the interconnected nature of decom

Chair – Jim Christie

0955 From Pit to Platform: what oil and gas can learn from mining demolition -Martha Vasquez, Boston Consulting Group

1010 TBC – Tom Bacon, EIC

1020 Decommissioning and transition: lessons from the Middle East – Jim Christie

1030 Panel Discussion

1045 Meet the Exhibitors: internal and external – Led by Roger Esson, Centurion Group

Refreshment Break

1130 Material change, means to support decarbonisation through decommissioning – Chair: Lorna Bennett, Zero Waste Scotland

1135 Green Heat Overview – Kenny Taylor, Zero Waste Scotland

1140 Early Insights from Onshore Wind Decommissioning – Charlotte Stamper, EMR

1150 Update on Circularity in Wind – Lorna Bennet, ORE Catapult

1200 Group Wide Energy Programme – an update – Cat Lundie and Joanna Black, NDA

1210 Offshore Wind Decommissioning: developing opportunities  -David Terry, RWE Renewables UK

1220 Sullom Voe: Decommissioning and Repurposing in a Remote Location – James Healy, Veolia and Ross MacLeod, EnQuest

1240 Closing Remarks from all – Chair: Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission

1300 Conference Close

The Decom Mission Awards 2025

Supported by Dinner Award Sponsor, AquaTerra Group, and Individual Award Sponsors, North Sea Transition Authority, Specialist Equipment Solutions and CNR International UK.

Held at The Chester, Aberdeen, join us for an evening of celebration. Read more about the awards finalists here.

1730 Welcome Drinks

1815 Decom Mission Awards Dinner

2330 Carriages

10.00 Cycling on Deeside

Intermediate and advanced routes