Omschrijving

The oil and gas infrastructure in the Netherlands is large, advanced and most assets are in their late life. The infrastructure comprises of 1740 wells, 4800 km of pipeline, 360 onshore sites, 160 offshore platforms and 25 subsea installations. This infrastructure will be decommissioned in the next few decades. Decommissioning costs are estimated to be € 7 billion in the Netherlands alone.

This enormous operation requires national coordination. For this purposes, Nexstep (National Platform for Re-use & Decommissioning) was launched on 10 October 2017. It is the joint initiative of the Dutch state, represented by EBN and the Dutch oil and gas industry, represented by NOGEPA. Nexstep’s ambition is to stimulate re-use and collaboration in decommissioning of oil and gas infrastructure in the Netherlands.

In view of the energy transition, re-use of the oil & gas infrastructure may stimulate the uptake of renewables. Various types of re-use are currently being investigated to enable infrastructure for offshore wind, power to gas, hydrogen transport and CO2 storage. Nexstep is exploring how the infrastructure could be used best. Timing, transparency and collaboration are key to optimize for the future.

Spreker(s)

Eric Kreft (1970) MSc.
Nexstep – Interim general manager
EBN – project lead re-use & decommissioning

In 1994, Eric graduated as a petroleum engineer in Delft University of Technology. After various international assignment in Austria, Suriname, and South America, Eric joined EBN in 2006. EBN has a unique position as non-operating venture partner in nearly all Dutch Exploration and Production (E&P) licenses. With 23 years in E&P, Eric Kreft has a vast experience in diverse projects throughout each phase from initiation to execution.
Eric is the proud father of three daughters in the age between 15-19 years.

Locatie

TU Delft, Faculty CITG, Building 23 (zaal G)

Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft

Organisator

Olie- en Gastechnologie

Naam en contactgegevens voor informatie

Lydia Boktor

og@kivi.nl

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