As energy infrastructure across the Asia Pacific region continues to mature, decommissioning is becoming an increasingly important strategic consideration for asset owners, governments, and the wider energy industry. Rising regulatory expectations, financial pressures, environmental responsibilities, stakeholder scrutiny, and evolving energy systems are challenging organisations to rethink how decommissioning is planned, financed, and delivered. Decommissioning is no longer just an end-of-life obligation, but an integral component of responsible asset management, corporate strategy, and long-term value creation.

The executive plenary session will bring together senior industry leaders to examine the strategic challenges and opportunities shaping sustainable decommissioning across Asia Pacific, with a focus on how greater regional collaboration can enable more efficient, consistent, and value-driven outcomes. Key themes for discussion will include:

• Aligning decommissioning strategies with long-term business objectives, portfolio planning, and asset lifecycle management.
• Addressing financial considerations, funding mechanisms, cost management, and long-term liabilities.
• Strengthening cross-border collaboration between governments, regulators, operators, contractors, and other stakeholders to share expertise, capabilities, and best practices.
• Exploring opportunities for greater alignment of regulatory approaches, standards, and frameworks across the region.
• Navigating evolving regulatory expectations, maintaining the licence to operate, and strengthening public and stakeholder confidence.
• Managing public perception and demonstrating environmental and social responsibility throughout the decommissioning lifecycle.
• Leveraging innovation, technology, and new business models to improve efficiency, manage risk, and unlock value.
• Exploring opportunities for reuse, repurposing, resource recovery, and other pathways that support a more circular and sustainable approach.
• Building regional capability, knowledge sharing, and industry readiness to address the growing scale and complexity of future decommissioning activities.

Session Chairs: Nadiah Bt Abu Hassan, PETRONAS; M Aziehan Mat Kasah, PETRONAS

Featured Presentations: 

• Decommissioning Planning- a Longterm Perspective by Andrew Duncan, Director, Gaffney Cline and Associates

• From Asset Retirement to Decommissioning Readiness: A Structured Planning Framework for Offshore Asset Portfolios by Graham Wright, Technical Director, Bureau Veritas

• Offshore Asset Decommissioning (Post P&A) Planning and Cost Effectiveness by Danai Chaisuttanont, Regional Director (India and Eastern Hemisphere), Mermaid Subsea Services 

• A Portfolio-Level Approach to Offshore Pipeline Decommissioning: Comparative Assessment for End-State and Liability Estimation by Azrin Azahrin, Sr. Project Engineer EPRD, Brunei Shell Petroleum

Session Chairs: Brian Twomey, RESL; Jamie Watson, Claxton Engineering Services

Featured Presentations: 

• ENautilus - The World's First Subsea Pipeline Inspection and Repair Robot by Phongpat Binsomprasong, Chief Operating Officer, S2 Robotics Company Limited

• Qualifying Innovation: The DNV-RP-A203 Journey of XLay™, a Novel Reverse-Lay Technology for Offshore Pipeline Retrieval and Decommissioning by Adrian Lim, , Engineering Director, Restore Subsea

• Considerations for Remaining Useful Life Assessment of Aged Steel Tube Umbilicals for End of Field Life Decommissioning Decision Making by Javed Akbar Khan, Technical Director, Zhejiang Baofeng Steel Group Co., Ltd.

• F29,M4 and G7 Facilities Decommissioning – Decommissioning of Pipeline (Flushing) from Subsea Wellhead and Post Decommissioning Survey by Nor Faiszi Norhassan, Construction Manager, VTEB OFFSHORE SDN BHD (formerly known as Sapura Offshore Sdn. Bhd.)

With many assets maturing in the region, facilities decommissioning is becoming an increasingly important aspect of responsible asset lifecycle management. Regulators are refining policies to ensure decommissioning activities are carried out safely, efficiently, and sustainably while balancing environmental protection, economic considerations, energy security, and stakeholder expectations. However, varying regulatory frameworks in the region continue to present both challenges and opportunities for industry.

This panel will explore the evolving regulatory landscape for facilities decommissioning and examine how regulators and industry can collaborate to develop practical, transparent, and future-ready frameworks. Key discussion topics include:

• Emerging regulatory trends and policy developments across the region.
• Balancing safety, environmental stewardship, economic viability, and social responsibility in decommissioning regulations.
• Regulatory approaches to permitting, compliance, liability management, financial assurance, and stakeholder engagement.
• The role of international standards and industry best practices in promoting consistency and regulatory certainty.
• Enabling sustainable decommissioning through circular economy principles, waste management, asset repurposing, and infrastructure reuse where appropriate.
• Leveraging digital technologies and innovative regulatory approaches to enhance transparency, compliance, and decision-making.
• Strengthening collaboration between regulators, operators, contractors, and other stakeholders to support effective policy development and implementation.

Session Chairs:  Haji Abdul Hakeem Haji Ali, Brunei Shell Petroleum; Elaine Fung, Halliburton; Brian Twomey, Reverse Engineering Services Ltd

Featured Presentations: 

• Everything Must Go — A Commercial Architecture to Reduce Your Asset Retirement Obligation Spend by Steven Allan Canny, Vice President P&A, Archer Well Services

• Probabilistic Decommissioning Cost Estimating in the Assess–Select Phase: An independent, Public-data Back-test of a North Sea Field by Milana Ayzenberg, Chief Technology Officer, OptField Ltd

• From Liability to Strategic Value: Improving Asset Retirement Obligation Accuracy Through Residual Value Integration by Dawn Robertson Global Oil & Gas Director Bureau Veritas

Session Chairs: Ping Teo, IOGP; Trond Skaar, AF Gruppen

Featured Presentations: 

• Hydraulic Assessment of Subsea Pipeline Flushing and Well Bullheading for Field Decommissioning by  Ilani Binti Mohd Sakri, Senior Flow Assurance Engineer, Agile Energy Group Sdn Bhd

• Lessons from Building Australia's Decommissioning Industry by Francis Norman, CEO and Managing Director, Centre of Decommissioning Australia (CODA)

• Don't Forget the Dynamics — Deepwater Decommissioning by Steven Allan Canny Vice President P&A Archer Well Services

Session Chairs: William MacInnes, THREE60 Energy;  Afrizal Safrin, Hydratight

Featured Presentations: 

• Executing Innovative Decommissioning Delivery Models by William Maclnnes, Operations Director, THREE60 Energy

• Casse Study: The Optimisation of Swarf Removal Equipment and Tools for a Deepwater Decommissioning Campaign by Craig Martin, Global Business Development Manager, Archer Well Services

• Executing Innovative Decommissioning Delivery Model by William MacInnes, Operations Director, THREE60 Energy

• Bringing Port-Equipment Cost Discipline to Offshore Decommissioning: Barge Transport and Skidded Load-In of the South Angsi Alpha Topside by Johanz Mohammad Jassa, Project Manager, Jasib Offshore Services Sdn Bhd