10000 results found for 'Decommissioning'

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  • Atlantis to decommission SeaGen

    26 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Atlantis Resources, an Edinburgh-based tidal energy developer, plans to decommission the SeaGen S tidal device installed at Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. Following the acquisition of Marine Current Turbines, together with its seabed rights, existing projects, and intellectual property, which includes the SeaGen S device, in April, 2015, Atlantis has now announced plans to begin with […]

  • Decommissioning Is Becoming a Reality

    29 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    The decommissioning of offshore installations is both a cost burden to operators and a potential job and profit machine to contractors and service providers. The Technical Session Decommissioning at Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2015 presents the latest decommissioning figures and recent experiences in oil and decommissioning projects. This session is organized in cooperation with […]

  • Decommissioning is becoming a reality

    29 September 2015

    The decommissioning of offshore installations is both a cost burden (to operators) and a potential job and profit machine (to contractors and service providers). The Technical Session Decommissioning at Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2015 in Amsterdam, presents the latest decommissioning figures and recent experiences in oil and decommissioning projects. This session is organized in […]

  • EU draws the line on Russian gas with gradual ban from 2026, oil set to follow suit in 2027

    18 December 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Given its determination to shake off the shackles of dependence on Russian oil and gas imports, the European Union (EU) has decided to lay down the law on these fossil fuels by holding the line on the proposed gradual ban on imports of pipeline gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from next year, with oil expected to suffer the same fate in 2027 in response to what is being portrayed as Russia’s systematic weaponisation of energy supplies.

  • MeyGen enters Decommissioning Programme

    1 December 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    MeyGen is now carrying out a 30 day consultation as part of the Decommissioning Programme for Phase 1 (86MW) of the MeyGen Tidal Energy Project. The consultation period will end on 29th December 2014.   The Decommissioning Programme covers the measures proposed to decommission all offshore components of the project which are: tidal turbine generators, […]

  • Decommissioning: A Gold Mine or a Nuissance?

    15 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Decommissioning of offshore installations is both a cost burden to operators and a potential job and profit machine to contractors and service providers. However, it has been a hot potato for offshore operators, who have been prolonging to deal with the issue for quite some time. During the technical session on decommissioning held on the […]

  • Decommissioning: A Gold Mine or a Nuissance?

    15 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Decommissioning of offshore installations is both a cost burden to operators and a potential job and profit machine to contractors and service providers. However, it has been a hot potato for offshore operators, who have been prolonging to deal with the issue for quite some time. During the technical session on decommissioning held on the […]

  • Amrumbank Met Mast Decommissioned

    22 August 2016

    Amrumbank West’s meteorological mast was removed from the site in February 2016, as reported by SGS, a Hamburg-based inspection and certification company that supervised the decommissioning at the 302MW offshore wind farm. Prior to the dismantling, the met mast had been gathering data on wind conditions at the site since April 2005, when it was installed by Hochtief and Germany-based […]

  • Petrex in Maersk Leadon Decommissioning

    15 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Aberdeen-based subsea specialist, Petrex Developments has recently been awarded a five-figure contract from Maersk Oil North Sea (UK) to provide support to the Leadon decommissioning programme. The Leadon field is situated in block 9/14 of the North Sea, approximately 190 miles North, North-East of Aberdeen in a water depth of 120m and was acquired by Maersk Oil […]

  • Video: Riding the decommissioning wave

    8 November 2018

    United Kingdom, Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands will together spend 30 billion euros on decommissioning up to 2025 according to Regional Chief Executive Yvo Jansen at Bureau Veritas & Nordic

  • Decommissioning – Just Round the Corner

    7 November 2016

    The maritime industry is gearing up for exciting times in an expanding sector The next 30 to 40 years will see the full-scale removal of the North Sea oil and gas industry’s production infrastructure. To say that this will be a considerable task is very much an understatement. For example, it is estimated that the North […]

  • Atkins in Decommissioning Contract with Centrica

    14 May 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Atkins has been awarded a multidisciplinary pre-FEED (Front End Engineering Design) decommissioning contract with Centrica Energy. The agreement applies to any fields Centrica decides to decommission in the UK or Netherlands during the contract period. Alex Campbell, managing director of Atkins’ oil and gas business, commented: “We are looking forward to building on our existing relationship […]

  • MarineSpace to assist in SeaGen decommissioning

    26 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Atlantis Resources has hired Marine Space to provide consenting support for the decommissioning and removal of the SeaGen device from Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland.

  • Towards Smarter and Greener Decommissioning

    29 October 2017

    Project and financing models for decommissioning are moving up oil and gas operators’ agenda worldwide as ‘lower for longer’ oil prices raise questions about how long aging assets can operate viably beyond their design lives. The UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) is set for a wave of large, expensive projects in deeper offshore locations including Shell’s […]

  • Maintenance and upgrade work completes at world’s largest tidal stream array

    19 December 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Offshore works, which included turbine recovery, have been completed at MeyGen, described as the world’s largest tidal stream energy development, located in Scotland’s Pentland Firth. UK-based tidal energy company Proteus Marine Renewables reported on December 18 that it had, together with project owner Ampeak Energy, completed works at the MeyGen tidal stream project which involved […]

  • Spain: Record 22-meter suction sail installed on general cargo vessel (Video)

    17 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    Spanish bound4blue has completed the installation of what it says is the largest suction sail ever fitted to a general cargo vessel for Dutch shipping company Amasus. Bound4blue and Amasus Shipping completed the installation of a 22-meter eSAIL on the general cargo vessel Fluvius Tavy at Astander Shipyard in Santander, Spain, marking their second such […]

  • Orbital decommissions SR2000 unit

    12 August 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Orbital Marine Power, working with Thompsons of Prudhoe and Port of Blyth, has decommissioned its 2MW SR2000 floating tidal turbine. Heavy lifter Mammoet managed the tandem lift of the 516-tonne structure out of the water and onto the Blyth quayside. It was also the port’s largest heavy lift to date. Orbital are reclaiming key components […]

  • Awards to Highlight Decommissioning Sector

    29 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Decom North Sea, the membership organisation for the oil and gas decommissioning sector, has launched the first industry awards to be dedicated to decommissioning excellence. The Decom North Sea Awards will recognise efforts of Decom North Sea members to innovate and collaborate within the sector, as well as an award for specific contribution to Decom […]

  • Towards smarter and greener decommissioning

    11 September 2017

      By DNV GL Project and financing models for decommissioning are moving up oil and gas operators’ agenda worldwide as ‘lower for longer’ oil prices raise questions about how long ageing assets can operate viably beyond their design lives. Large-scale decommissioning has so far featured in the Gulf of Mexico, for which the eventual bill […]

  • Nexstep Hackathon: Challenges in decommissioning

    15 October 2018

    Decommissioning is not an easy business, and on top of that, it is a very expensive one. So how can the challenges in decommissioning be tackled?

  • MeyGen Prepares Decommissioning Programme

    1 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Under Section 105 to 114 of the UK’s Energy Act 2004, the responsible parties of offshore wind and marine energy installations are required to submit and eventually carry out a decommissioning programme. Accordingly, MeyGen Ltd. has submitted a document that constitutes the MeyGen Tidal Energy Project Phase 1 Decommissioning Programme to the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) for […]

  • Jee to Run Decommissioning Webinar

    18 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Subsea engineering and training company, Jee, will host a free-to-attend offshore decommissioning webinar on April 13 2016. The webinar, titled ‘Innovation and efficiency in decommissioning’ will be presented by Head of Late Life, Graham Wilson. It will discuss how decommissioning can be done differently to realise cost savings and environmental and safety benefits. “The growing […]

  • OGA Seeks Chief of Decommissioning

    17 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Oil & Gas Authority UK is looking for head of decommissioning department on a permanent basis. Based in Aberdeen, the head of decommissioning leads a specialist team of five within the operations directorate and reports to the director of operations. This is the largest directorate and is responsible for the overall stewardship of oil and […]

  • WATCH: SeaGen Decommissioning Project

    20 August 2019
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

     SIMEC Atlantis Energy recently decommissioned its SeaGen tidal turbine in Strangford Narrows, Northern Ireland. The 1.2MW SeaGen is the first commercial scale tidal turbine development to be fully decommissioned. Keynvor MorLift was appointed as the principal contractor to carry out the decommissioning engineering, planning and offshore works. The final major lift operations included the […]

  • Hiretech invests in decommissioning sector

    20 July 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    Hiretech Limited has taken delivery of newly built subsea shears and hydraulic grabs as part of a recent GBP 600k investment in decommissioning equipment. Hiretech’s Decommissioning and Subsea Business Development manager, Duncan Duthie, said: “We were keen to pinpoint the correct target for our investment, and collaborated with our clients and the manufacturer to go […]