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Originally Posted by ckinchen
[SIZE=2]Think Maco economics not Micro, big picture total cost not the cost figures shared with you on your operating rig. An abandoned rig (no cooks or people there) total cost compared to the total coast of rig removal and cleanup.
The government might not have intended for rigs to be removed in the manner that they are when the current rules are setup but oil companies with a duty of best interest to their shareholders have found the most cost effective manner (you can't blame them for that) and it may be more catastrophic to the environment than the government had ever planned for. That generally happens when a government over regulates something.
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In perfect world case !!! One removal we just did cost about 2.3 mill
Work needed cost about 1.8 mill
When a well is made you have money allocated for removal of that platform, a abandon platform is sitting in saltwater !!
Now if you had a 2 pile structure that would cost 10mill to remove it could be worth the delay, but when ot starts rusting up the repair damage will cost in the millions also!
The platform on that vid cost about 500,000 in PNA and about 1.5 to remove , which money has already been allocated for that!