Abstract: With the development of the offshore petroleum industry, it is urgent to establish the related law regime. In this paper, the author introduced the UK law regime on decommissioning of offshore petroleum facilities, including the 1998 Petroleum Act and Department's Guidance Notes. After comparing with the relevant law regime in China, the author made some proposals on improvement of legislation on decommissioning of offshore petroleum facilities in China, including acknowledging China's obligation in international law, clarifying responsible governmental authority and its duties, setting up the selection criteria of decommissioning measures and improving the decommissioning program and procedure. In addition, the author provided some advices to Chinese oil and gas companies, which recommended that the legal risk and costs factor with respect to the decommissioning be seriously considered for the investment on the offshore oil and gas fields.

Key words: offshore petroleum facilities, decommissioning, UK law regime, improvement of legislation

摘要： 随着海上油气开发的不断深入,相关活动的法律规制也愈加迫切。文章介绍了英国海上油气设施弃置方面的相关法律制度,包括英国《1998年石油法》和英国能源与气候变化部《海上弃置部指引》的相关规定。通过与我国现行法律制度的对比研究,提出对我国海上油气设施弃置方面立法完善的建议,主要包括确认中国国际法义务和参与区域立法、明确主管部门及职责、设立弃置方法选择标准、完善弃置方案内容和实施步骤等。另外也阐释了对中国油公司的重要启示,尤其在投资海上油气田时,需要对海上油气设施弃置涉及的法律风险和相关成本因素予以慎重考虑。

关键词: 海上, 油气设施, 弃置, 英国法律制度, 立法完善