Lee Vettese
Environmental & Decommissioning Lead, ASCO
Module: Onshore disposal, reuse, repurpose and recycle
Biography
Lee Vettese is the UK Business Development Manager for Environmental & Decommissioning at ASCO, where he plays a pivotal role in shaping strategic approaches to offshore decommissioning within both domestic and international markets. He leads the module Global Decommissioning Strategy & Supply Chain Engagement, offering a forward-looking perspective on managing complexity, cost, and risk through early collaboration and integrated planning.
With deep industry insight and a focus on supply chain optimisation, Lee champions the importance of early engagement to drive efficiencies, improve scheduling, and reduce overall project uncertainty. His thought leadership, featured in publications such as Energy Voice, highlights the challenges posed by shrinking asset lifecycles, overlapping demand from renewables, and increasing global pressure on offshore decommissioning infrastructure.
Drawing on extensive North Sea experience, Lee provides critical guidance on how mature basin expertise can support the emerging needs of global regions now facing decommissioning at scale.
Experience & Expertise
- UK Business Development Manager – Environmental & Decommissioning at ASCO
- Expert in strategic approaches to offshore decommissioning
- Focus on supply chain optimisation and early engagement strategies
- Thought leadership featured in Energy Voice and industry publications
- Extensive North Sea decommissioning experience
- Specialist in managing complexity, cost, and risk in decommissioning projects
- Expert in global decommissioning market dynamics
- Strategic planning for mature basin expertise transfer to emerging regions
Training Course Module
Lee Vetesse delivers his Lean Decom training course module, ‘Onshore Disposal and Materials Management’ for oil and gas decommissioning. In this module, he provides a comprehensive walkthrough of the recovery, reuse, repurpose, and recycling of offshore infrastructure, outlining the decision context required to manage the logistics of end-of-life materials safely and efficiently.
He covers the classification of hazardous materials, including NORM and mercury, and explains how to apply the waste hierarchy to maximise recoverable value through reuse and repurposing. He also shares professional insight into significant efficiency drivers, and emphasises the vital role of early engagement with the supply chain to reduce the overall project cost and taxpayer burden.
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