EG55R3: GROUP PROJECT IN COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT (2021-2022)

Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:05

Course Overview

Decommissioning of oil and gas infrastructure is becoming a major issue for the North Sea and other mature basins. This course provides students with an insight into the process used to find the best decommissioning option for a particular installation, taking account of the complex interactions between, cost, technical feasibility, environmental and societal considerations and safety.

Course Details

Study Type	Postgraduate	Level	5
Term	Second Term	Credit Points	15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Dr Antonios Karadimos

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Any Postgraduate Programme

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

Students are required to undertake a significant project in small groups on comparative assessment addressing, for a given case, the technical challenges, legal and economic aspects, as well as safety, team work and project management. This module builds on the knowledge acquired in the two half sessions and aims to enhance the students’ understanding and knowledge of the many disciplines that comprise decommissioning. The students will work in groups and will need to co-ordinate their effort and contributions from each member of their small team.

The project will cover the requirements of comparative assessment (CA) for decommissioning plan and other assessment frameworks that may be used in conjunction with CA. This will include assessment of items including:

• Energy consumption

• Environmental aspects

• Safety and risk

• Technical feasibility

• Socio-economics

• Reuse or removal and recycling of materials/equipment

Case studies will be considered based on, for example, the Inde decommissioning project (complete removal of structure and transport onshore for deconstruction), Northwest Hutton (Deconstruction of topside by module and cutting up of jacket, removal by heavily lift), Brent (potential single lift of topside) or Murchison, or Ekofisk Tank, or other piece small removal(s).

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Comparative assessment interim report (20%)

Comparative assessment final report (70%)

Interview (10%)

Resit

Re-sit of only the failed assessment component(s)

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Factual	Remember	ILO’s for this course are available in the course guide.