DECOM WEEK 2025
Join us in Aberdeen from 19 – 23 May 2025, for an agenda which will include more than two days of conference, a dedicated session on well abandonment, indoor and outdoor exhibition space and the eighth Decom Mission Awards.
As always, networking will play a key role during Decom Week, as we bring the energy sector’s decom community together. In true Decom Mission style, we’ll be providing a real mix of networking opportunities, including our golf day, cycling, evening social events and the Decom Mission Awards dinner.
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
This workshop is kindly supported by the Wells Decommissioning Forum Partner
Ballroom, Ardoe House Hotel
1230 Registration
1300 Welcome
Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission
1305 Workshop Introduction
Alasdair Thomas, NSTA
1320 Collective Alignment – Interactive Introduction
Kurt Lindley, BeMoreLnD
1330 Stronger Together: Delivering Through Collaboration
Chair: Kirsty Lal, NSTA
Panel:
- Mike Adams, Elemental Energies
- Kenny Dey, 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
1610 Round-up, Closing Panel, Networking
Chair: Sandy Fettes, Hogarth Energy
- Graham Falconer, TAQA
- Alasdair Thomas, NSTA
- Sam Long, Decom Mission
- Mike Adams, Elemental Energies
1700 Session Closes
0800 Registration | Networking | Exhibition
0830 Welcome
Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission
0835 Building for Better – Callum Falconer, Operations Director, Decom Mission
0845 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
- 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, Boskalis Subsea Services, CNOOC International, CNR International UK Ltd, DeepOcean, Elemental Energies, EnQuest, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, NSTA, 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 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
Forties and Beryl – Apache Decommissioning Portfolio – 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 Comfort and Coffee Break | Networking | Exhibition
1100 Meet the Exhibitors – Led by Roger Esson, Centurion Group
1130 Material change, means to support decarbonisation through decommissioning – Chair: Kenny Taylor, Zero Waste Scotland
1135 Green Heat Overview – Kenny Taylor, Zero Waste Scotland
1140 Update on Circularity in Wind – Lorna Bennet, ORE Catapult
1150 Early Insights from Onshore Wind Decommissioning – Charlotte Stamper, EMR
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 – Donna Sutherland, Vari Energy and John Davey, EnQuest
1240 Closing Remarks from all – Chair: Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission
1300 Conference Close
The Decom Mission Awards 2025
Supported by 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