Shipowners' organisation Bimco has drawn up the industry's first offshore decommissioning contract.
The aim is to provide a balanced set of terms and conditions to both parties in the process.
The contract, known as Dismantlecon, will be released at the end of June.
“Dismantlecon is a marine services contract designed to appeal equally to the party requiring removal of the structure and the marine contractors whose services they use," said Kees de Looff, contracts manager of Van Oord Marine Contractors, who chaired the project.
It covers pipelines, mattresses, manifolds, jackets, topsides, platforms and monopile structures, plus renewables structures.
But it is not intended to cover disposal of the facility or plug and abandonment work.
The contract was written by a group comprising marine service providers, marine contractors, P&I and legal experts from HFW.
Paul Dean, global head of shipping at HFW, said: "We are very pleased to continue to support Bimco in drafting clauses and contracts covering the full lifecycle of ship-related operation and activity."
