The Australian government is seeking feedback on the Offshore Decommissioning Directorate’s progress in implementing Australia’s Offshore Resources Decommissioning Roadmap.
The Decommissioning Roadmap was released in December 2024 with the aim of maximising the opportunities arising from the estimated US$60bn worth of offshore oil and decommissioning activity due to take place in Australia over the next five decades. It gives a pathway to scaling up Australia’s local decommissioning industry with the aim of boosting local capabilities and creating jobs, as well as ensuring oil and gas infrastructure is decommissioned in a timely, safe and environmentally friendly way.
The roadmap focuses on five key areas of opportunity:
1. Ensuring a regulatory framework that protects the environment and attracts investment
2. Partnering with First Nations people and local communities
3. Optimising infrastructure opportunities and availability
4. Supporting new jobs and investment in recycling and waste management
5. Building a skilled, safe and diverse offshore decommissioning workforce.
The Directorate works with industry, unions, state and territory governments, international partners and other interest groups and organisations to maximise the benefit of decommissioning oil and gas infrastructure to the Australian economy and the environment. Feedback is sought from the businesses, communities and organisations it works with on its activities so far and how it can best continue supporting offshore oil and gas decommissioning activities in Australia. This will help it to ensure it is meeting industry and community needs, as well as directorate objectives, improve its decommissioning guidance and research and refine what it is working on to better meet needs and objectives over time.
For more information and to take part in the survey, go to https://app.converlens.com/industry/offshore-decommissioning-directorate-evaluation-survey
The survey closes on 24 October 2025.
