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  • Japanese Demo Offshore Wind Unit Set For Decommissioning

    2 October 2019
    Research & Development

    Japan’s Penta-Ocean Construction is preparing to remove a bottom-fixed foundation type wind turbine and an observation tower off the coast of Kitakyushu. The decommissioning is scheduled to take place in October. Back in 2011, Penta Ocean constructed the 2MW wind turbine and the wind observation tower as part of a joint research project of National Research and […]

  • Balltec to supply connectors for North Sea platform decommissioning

    15 August 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Subsea connector specialist Balltec has recently been awarded a contract by Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) for work on the decommissioning and removal of a large platform with conductors in the North Sea.

  • Shipwreck Salvage Techniques Could Help GOM Decommissioning

    3 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    A Dutch salvage expert believes that techniques developed by the global salvage industry could be usefully deployed for offshore decommissioning in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Jelle Lanting, commercial manager of Manmoet Salvage BV, told DecomWorld that since every shipwreck presents a unique mix of risks and opportunities, salvage companies have to be ‘terribly creative’. […]

  • Decom North Sea’s Event to Address Decommissioning Challenges

    16 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    With a projected £40.6bn spend over the next 25 years in the UKCS alone, and a significant potential for jobs to be sustained or created, decommissioning is understandably high on the agenda across the oil and gas industry. The scale of these figures indicates that it is essential for cross-sector understanding, collaboration and a sharing […]

  • Bookings Open for Offshore Decommissioning Conference 2014 (UK)

    12 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Bookings have now opened for the annual Offshore Decommissioning Conference, jointly organised by Decom North Sea and Oil & Gas UK. Sponsored by EY and entitled ‘Delivering the Future Together’, the conference will reflect DNS’ key strategic themes of Collaboration and Innovation, with a focus upon bringing the decommissioning sector together to ensure future projects […]

  • Decom Offshore 2015 to promote cost reduction in decommissioning

    18 February 2015

    Decom North Sea (DNS), the representative body for the offshore decommissioning industry, will be hosting Decom Offshore 2015 in order to “continue its work to drive and facilitate a sustainable and efficient decommissioning industry”. Entitled Decommissioning – The Economic and Operational Challenges, this one-day conference is sponsored by DNV GL and will take place at […]

  • OIS scoops well decommissioning gig from Centrica

    12 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Offshore Installation Services (OIS), an Acteon company, has been awarded a contract to decommission multiple wells in the North Sea by Centrica Energy. The initial campaign includes six subsea wells in the central North Sea, in categories 2.1 and 2.2, which will be abandoned using a diverless, vessel-based approach. IOS says that planning and engineering […]

  • Green light for Ithaca Energy’s Jacky decommissioning plan

    25 October 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Ithaca Energy has received an approval from the UK authorities for the decommissioning program of its Jacky field located in the UK sector of the North Sea. 

  • Shell takes Awilco rig for UK decommissioning program

    18 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Awilco Drilling has signed a contract with Shell UK Limited for the provision of WilPhoenix rig for a decommissioning program of 18 firm wells plus options totaling a further eight wells. 

  • First North Sea decommissioning awards to be held in May

    29 March 2018

    Decom North Sea has launched the first industry awards to be dedicated to decommissioning.

  • Lloyd’s Register names asset management and decommissioning head

    5 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Lloyd’s Register (LR), an engineering, technical and business services organization, has appointed Steve Gilbert as the organization’s new director of asset management and decommissioning.  LR said that Gilbert, an industry veteran, would lead the asset management and decommissioning operations program internationally for operators and manufacturers in the oil and gas sector. Gilbert will be based […]

  • Bilfinger Salamis to assist Aker Solutions with Murchison decommissioning

    19 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Aberdeen-headquartered industrial services contractor Bilfinger Salamis UK has been awarded a significant contract for the supply of the fabric maintenance services support and access solutions by Aker Solutions for the first stage of decommissioning CNR International’s Murchison Platform. The contract will initially see the company provide alternative system scaffold, multi-discipline rope access teams and fabric […]

  • Industry Unprepared for Decommissioning of Offshore Structures in Gulf of Mexico?

    21 November 2013

    The deepwater decommissioning challenge in the Gulf of Mexico is approaching fast, prompting concerns that the industry may be unprepared. Several very large jackets greater than 10,000 tons and in water depths of around 1,000 ft or more in the Gulf are in Pre-FEED Status for decommissioning. To date only seven structures have been removed […]

  • Acteon firm gets more decommissioning work with Chevron

    10 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Project & Tenders

    InterMoor, part of Acteon’s engineering, moorings and foundations division, has secured a contract extension with Chevron for a decommissioning scope in Thailand. Following the completion of Phase 1 decommissioning work in 2021 in the Gulf of Thailand, Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production (CTEP) has extended InterMoor’s field decommissioning contract by adding more packages for the disconnection and […]

  • PSV to undergo conversion to back subsea and decommissioning activities

    1 February 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Dutch Wagenborg Offshore has signed a long-term agreement with an “energy major” for a platform supply vessel (PSV) that will be converted into a multipurpose offshore vessel set to support subsea activities and decommissioning works. A young PX121 PSV will be converted into a multipurpose offshore vessel within 34 weeks at the shipyard Royal Niestern Sander in […]

  • Petrofac and Saipem to together tackle UK decommissioning job

    23 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Heavy lifting, Project & Tenders

    Oilfield services provider Petrofac has secured a multi-million-pound contract with Saipem to support the decommissioning of a platform in the UK sector of the North Sea. Under the terms of the contract, the companies will work as an integrated team to prepare and remove a 20,000-tonne topside using the large semi-submersible heavy-lifting vessel Saipem 7000. Petrofac […]

  • Petrofac lands large decommissioning contract in Gulf of Mexico

    5 May 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Project & Tenders

    Petrofac and Promethean Decommissioning Company (PDC have formed an alliance to decommission fields in the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Decommissioning plan for Shell’s Kingfisher field under assessment

    8 June 2020
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy

    UK authorities are assessing the plan for the decommissioning of Shell’s Kingfisher installations and fifteen associated infield pipelines.

  • Helix and Trident agree on contract extension for decommissioning services

    17 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Helix Energy Solution has secured a one-year contract extension with Trident Energy for field decommissioning services offshore Brazil. The project, located in the Pampo and Enchova Clusters in the Campos Basin, is expected to commence late this year for a period of two years with multiple options to extend. Helix will provide a riser-based well intervention […]

  • Neptune picks Maersk Supply for UK decommissioning job

    1 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Neptune Energy has awarded Maersk Supply Service (MSS) with a decommissioning contract for the removal of subsea infrastructure at the Juliet field in the UK.

  • Aker Solutions firms up decommissioning award in Norway

    23 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oilfield services provider Aker Solutions has formally signed a sizeable contract award with Heerema Marine Contractors.

  • Mermaid’s new subsidiary targets Thai decommissioning activities

    25 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy

    Subsea and offshore drilling services provider Mermaid Maritime has established an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary in Thailand focused primarily on offshore and onshore decommissioning.

  • USA: Top Decommissioning Operators to Speak at GoM Summit

    5 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Experts from operators at the forefront of decommissioning in the Gulf of Mexico have been confirmed as keynote speakers at the largest decommissioning and abandonment gathering in the world taking place in Houston. Win Thornton, vice president for decommissioning at BP, and Lew Dennis, Chevron’s Gulf of Mexico decommissioning manager, are among the experts scheduled […]

  • Fairfield submits decommissioning plan for PL5 offshore pipeline

    5 April 2019

    Fairfield Energy has submitted its draft decommissioning program for the Dunlin Alpha to Cormorant Alpha pipeline (PL5) located off the UK to the UK authorities.  The decommissioning program is for the PL5 pipeline and associated equipment only, which is part of a wider suite of decommissioning programs for the Greater Dunlin Area. The Dunlin subsea […]

  • JFSE Takes On Another Decommissioning Project in Gulf of Mexico

    12 October 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE), a part of James Fisher and Sons, is embarking on its 80th decommissioning/salvage job in the Gulf of Mexico. The platform was destroyed during Hurricane Ike in 2008. The region has been hard-hit by hurricanes in the past decade and the recent extreme weather saw this project delayed for a […]