The eni Case is an interdisciplinary case introducing the very sensitive matter of offshore oil and gas installations decommissioning. The Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (eni) is one of the largest integrated energy companies in the world, operating in the oil and gas industry: exploration & production, international gas transportation and marketing, power generation, refining and marketing, chemicals and oilfield services. In 2012 eni is active in 85 countries with 79,000 employees. In the Adriatic Sea, once a lucrative gas prospect, eni has installed some 80 gas platforms over the last 50 years. With most of these structures approaching their end of life, the staged situation shows eni Board of Directors in the middle of a critical decision: a plan to decommission the platforms at the lowest possible cost and risk. Since applying the internationally approved standard decommissioning procedure to a relatively large number of platforms is an expensive, risky and time consuming, Mr John Doe, a fictional Division Manager, is appointed by the Board to set up a team to study the situation and develop, if any, less risky and expensive alternatives. The case text provides the students with general information about the environmental interactions of a standard platform life cycle and the issues related to decommissioning and end-of-life stage. The case also provides the students with a lengthy appendix on law regulations.
A second life for off-shore platforms: the ENI case
FIORILLO, VITALIANO;VERONESI, VITTORIA
2013
Abstract
The eni Case is an interdisciplinary case introducing the very sensitive matter of offshore oil and gas installations decommissioning. The Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (eni) is one of the largest integrated energy companies in the world, operating in the oil and gas industry: exploration & production, international gas transportation and marketing, power generation, refining and marketing, chemicals and oilfield services. In 2012 eni is active in 85 countries with 79,000 employees. In the Adriatic Sea, once a lucrative gas prospect, eni has installed some 80 gas platforms over the last 50 years. With most of these structures approaching their end of life, the staged situation shows eni Board of Directors in the middle of a critical decision: a plan to decommission the platforms at the lowest possible cost and risk. Since applying the internationally approved standard decommissioning procedure to a relatively large number of platforms is an expensive, risky and time consuming, Mr John Doe, a fictional Division Manager, is appointed by the Board to set up a team to study the situation and develop, if any, less risky and expensive alternatives. The case text provides the students with general information about the environmental interactions of a standard platform life cycle and the issues related to decommissioning and end-of-life stage. The case also provides the students with a lengthy appendix on law regulations.
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