Policy Research on the Offshore Rig-to-Reef Program in the US and Its Enlightenment to China
Building artificial reefs with decommissioned offshore oil and gas platforms is one way to dispose these structures.In the next few years,a large number of offshore oil and gas platforms will be decommissioned in China.Dismantling all of them will result in technical difficulties and huge financial investment.At the same time,this will damage small ecosystems established around decommissioned platforms.The US is the first country to try to con-vert decommissioned platforms into artificial reefs and has established relevant policies,systems,and regulatory systems.Combined with the current management of decommissioned offshore oil and gas platforms and artificial reefs in China,it is found that the filing of decommissioned offshore oil and gas platforms and establishment of artificial reefs are managed by different departments.Thus,the conversion of these platforms into artificial reefs needs to involve more laws,regulations,and approvals from the respective functional departments.Therefore,this paper examined the US project management system for building artificial reefs from decommissioned offshore oil and gas platforms,combined with the domestic regulatory status quo,to put forward targeted recommendations so as to provide new ideas for decommissioned platform reuse.
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