Who It’s For
Oil and Gas Operators
Supporting high performance during the transition into decommissioning.
High Risk and High Cost
Decommissioning is a high-risk and high-cost phase in the asset lifecycle, where there is no revenue to offset expenditure and overall business performance depends on how efficiently, safely, and compliantly the work is executed.
The Workforce Challenge
The change
At the same time, the workforce is transitioning from a production-focused environment into a fundamentally different phase that requires a different mindset. This change introduces new operational realities, different risks, and complex interdependencies between disciplines.
Narrow not broad
Oil and gas companies have highly specialised professionals whose experience has largely been built in a production-focused environment. While these individuals are experts in their respective disciplines, they may not always have a clear understanding of the broader decommissioning landscape or how the various activities, risks, and dependencies interact.
Impact
Historically, decommissioning projects have led to costly lessons learned, and significant delays that negatively affect business performance.
Start with Training
Performance Enhancement and Risk Mitigation
Lean Decom provides a scalable method to drive performance during decommissioning and mitigate common risks by building a shared understanding of the activities, interdependencies, opportunities and lessons learned across a decommissioning programme.
Mitigating Organisational Risk
In decommissioning, some of the most significant risks are not purely technical.
When teams do not fully understand:
- →How decommissioning differs from production
- →Why priorities shift during asset retirement
- →How sequencing influences downstream cost
- →Where regulatory pressure intensifies
The consequences can include:
- ▲Decision-making delays
- ▲Poor interface management
- ▲Increased rework
- ▲Escalating cost exposure
- ▲Heightened regulatory scrutiny
Embedding Lessons Learned at Organisational Scale
Decommissioning is a domain shaped by hard-earned lessons.
The training highlights:
- ✓Where early-stage decisions influence downstream cost
- ✓How sequencing mistakes create avoidable rework
- ✓Where cross-discipline misunderstanding increases risk
- ✓What good coordination looks like in practice
- ✓How regulatory expectations shape programme planning
Supporting Multiple Functions
Asset Leadership and Executives
- →Reducing risk of non-compliance
- →Improving cross-functional alignment
- →Supporting cost-conscious decision culture
HSEQ Teams
- →Supporting hazard and risk communication
- →Promoting disciplined sequencing and interface control
HR and Workforce Teams
- Understanding the transition better to support the performance of individuals and the business
Technical and Engineering Teams
- →Improving understanding of cross-discipline interdependencies
- →Building understanding of best practice, opportunities and risk
Standardising Knowledge
Building a common understanding across these groups strengthens alignment and standardises the core knowledge base of decommissioning.
Prepare Your Organisation for Decommissioning
Find out how Lean Decom can support your operator teams through the transition to decommissioning.