Last week, Geoactive announced the launch of DecomX, a new P&A decision support system designed to reduce time and overhead around well decommissioning. 

The technology addresses the increasing effort required when selecting the de-risked option, in the shape of validating compliance, drafting submissions, planning campaigns and keeping designs aligned as conditions change.

DecomX supports well abandonment designs across environmental, risk, cost, compliance, and execution. The P&A design has been built directly into the platform, with the system generating feasible alternative options for ALARP comparison. Compliance checks run independently on every design change, checking regulatory standards and internal company rules.

Submissions export a single PDF that includes schematics, barrier definitions, demonstrable evidence, compliance findings, and cost risk justification.

DecomX also allows for wells to be grouped into campaigns, allowing for planning, offshore unit scheduling and equipment allocation to be supported within the same environment.

Gary McWilliam, DecomX Product Champion, said, “P&A engineering itself is demanding, but most teams are spending more time proving and demonstrating decisions than doing the engineering. DecomX was built to deal with that overhead; not by replacing engineers, but by supporting their decisions with consistent, traceable evidence.”