10000 results found for 'Decommissioning'

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  • Boskalis vessel carrying Congo-bound floating production unit to Angola

    29 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Heavy lifting, Vessels

    Dutch offshore services provider Boskalis is using one of its semi-submersible heavy-lift and transportation vessels to move a recently converted floating production unit (FPU) to Angola.

  • Delay-induced clouds over UK’s oil & gas decom realm warn of billions in extra costs and fines

    10 July 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Regulation & Policy

    With the backlog of wells due for decommissioning on the rise, the UK’s regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), has issued a stark warning to operators on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), urging them to take steps to decommission permanently inactive wells now to stave off a future scenario where they, alongside taxpayers, will need to face cost hikes and potential sanctions because of the missed decommissioning deadlines.

  • UK decommissioning firm sets sight on CCUS projects

    17 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Human Capital, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vision

    UK well decommissioning company Well-Safe Solutions is targeting carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) projects with the appointment of the company’s first energy transition manager. Well-Safe announced on 17 October that it is adding CCUS as well as geothermal project capabilities to its offering with the appointment of Alexa Duncan as the energy transition manager. […]

  • Helix details first New Zealand decommissioning win

    22 November 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Helix Energy Solutions is set to carry out well abandonment, recovery of subsea trees and wellhead severance and recovery at the Tui oil field offshore New Zealand as part of the contract recently secured with New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE).

  • Lloyd’s Register Adds Director of Asset Management and Decommissioning

    6 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Lloyd’s Register (LR) has appointed Steve Gilbert to lead its asset management and decommissioning operations programme internationally for operators and manufacturers in the oil and gas sector. Steve will be based in Aberdeen and brings a wealth of experience to the job, having spent more than 25 years in the industry. “Assessing the cost of […]

  • Acteon to Showcase Decommissioning Services at Oil & Gas UK

    5 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Acteon will showcase its integrated decommissioning services at the Oil & Gas UK Offshore Decommissioning Conference in St Andrews, UK, 9–11 October 2012. Decommissioning is a vital part of Acteon’s market Acteon vice president Neill Kelly said, “Our involvement in this high-profile event underlines both our commitment to the decommissioning sector and our on-going support […]

  • EnQuest files decommissioning programs for North Sea fields

    10 January 2020
    Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    EnQuest has submitted its draft decommissioning programs for the Alma & Galia fields located in the North Sea to the UK authorities. 

  • Scottish Gov’t injects another $6.45M to decommissioning fund

    9 August 2018

    An additional £5 million ($6.45M) has been made available by the Scottish Government to the country’s supply chain to help maximize the economic benefit to Scotland from decommissioning of North Sea infrastructure.

  • Bergen Group to take part in Ekofisk decommissioning work

    28 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Bergen Group AAK has been awarded a framework contract by AF Offshore Decom for delivery of subcontractor services connected to decommissioning and disassembly of topside structures on the ConocoPhillips-operated Ekofisk oil field in the North Sea. Initially, the framework contract covers the period 2017 – 2018, Bergen Group said in an Oslo Stock Exchange filing on […]

  • Hess awards North Sea decommissioning job to Petrofac

    27 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    Petrofac has been awarded a well plugging and abandonment contract in the UK North Sea with oil company Hess. 

  • Works set to begin on Scottish offshore decommissioning yard

    25 November 2019

    Works on the construction of offshore facilities dismantlement area at what will be the Decommissioning Facility at the Energy Park Fife in Methil, Scotland, are set to begin by the end of the year.

  • Decommissioning North Sea platforms to cost $66.3 B

    22 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Decommissioning North Sea oil and gas facilities is projected to cost £40.6 billion ($66.3 billion) over the next 25 years in the North Sea, Oil & Gas UK says. According to Oil & Gas UK when the time is right, oil companies will seek to decommission as efficiently and cost effectively as possible while ensuring […]

  • Fairfield sets out to decommission Dunlin Alpha platform

    11 May 2015
    Project & Tenders

    Fairfield Energy’s subsidiaries Fairfield Betula Limited and Fairfield Fagus Limited and their joint venture partner, MCX Dunlin Limited (MCX), are planning to start a Decommissioning Programme for the Dunlin field cluster in the northern North Sea. The start of the programme is subject to the necessary regulatory approvals. Fairfield acquired Dunlin, Dunlin SW, Merlin and […]

  • CNRI Awards Contract to BMT for Decommissioning Support (UK)

    1 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      BMT Cordah, a leading marine environmental consultancy and a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has been awarded a major contract by Canadian Natural Resources International (CNRI). This project will see BMT provide vital support and guidance for the environmental aspects during two of CNRI’s decommissioning projects, both of which are currently in the planning […]

  • UK: Ithaca hands in decommissioning plan for Jacky field

    6 March 2018

    North Sea-focused Ithaca Energy has submitted its draft decommissioning program for the Jacky field in the UK sector of the North Sea. 

  • Dutch heavy lift player joins decommissioning consortium

    17 June 2020
    Collaboration, Heavy lifting, Vessels

    A global decommissioning services consortium has added a specialist heavy lift vessel operator.

  • Petrofac Nets Tullow Oil’s Thames Decommissioning Deal

    2 April 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Petrofac has been appointed well operator by Tullow Oil for the next phase of its Thames Decommissioning Project, following the award of a contract worth around $16 million. As well operator, Petrofac will be responsible for the execution of plug and abandonment operations on three of Tullow Oil’s subsea wells in the Southern North Sea. […]

  • Perenco files decommissioning plan for four Amethyst topsides

    24 April 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Oil and gas company Perenco has submitted its draft decommissioning programs for four Amethyst gas field topsides to the UK authorities.

  • Decommissioning Conference Attracts Record Numbers of Visitors (UK)

    6 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      Industry interest in the Offshore Decommissioning Conference organised by Decom North Sea and Oil & Gas UK has resulted in another sell-out event as delegates gather in Dunblane (October 5) to learn more about the opportunities available in the sector. This year’s two-day conference, sponsored by Aker Solutions and Wood Group PSN, delivered with […]

  • Minister Ewing Keynote Speaker at Offshore Decommissioning Conference

    26 September 2013

    Oil & Gas UK and Decom North Sea, co-organisers of the Offshore Decommissioning Conference, have confirmed that Fergus Ewing MSP, Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism will deliver the keynote address at this year’s event, sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP. The conference will take place at the Fairmont Hotel, St Andrews from 1 to […]

  • Bookings Opened for Annual Offshore Decommissioning Conference (UK)

    5 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Bookings have officially opened for the annual Offshore Decommissioning Conference organised by Decom North Sea in partnership with Oil & Gas UK. This year’s event, sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP, will be held at the Fairmont Hotel, St Andrews, on 2-3 October. With annual expenditure for North Sea decommissioning projects forecast to top £1billion […]

  • What we can do now for future decommissioning

    29 July 2016

    With every month that passes, the interest in North Sea decommissioning grows. Understandably, the topic has been thrust into the spotlight, as the oil price continues to challenge the North Sea industry. The industry body I lead, Decom North Sea, is about setting decommissioning within that context. However, let’s be clear, we do not advocate […]

  • USCG Hands Over Decommissioned Cutter to Nigerian Navy

    8 May 2014

    The U.S. Coast Guard and the Nigerian Navy held a ceremony Wednesday in North Charleston to officially sign the decommissioned U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin over to the Nigerian Navy. The Gallatin was offered to Nigeria April 24, 2013, through the Foreign Assistance Act (FSA), and was decommissioned from Coast Guard service March 31, 2014. […]

  • Jee helping Tullow cut decommissioning costs (UK)

    5 April 2016

    Tullow Oil has awarded a contract to Jee Ltd, the subsea engineering and training firm, to investigate the most appropriate options for decommissioning their Thames area assets. The contract relates to the decommissioning of the Horne, Wren, Wissey, Orwell and Thurne fields in the Southern North Sea. In order to decommission these assets, Tullow has […]

  • DNS, ZWS, Jee Begin Mattress Decommissioning Research

    23 February 2015
    Research & Development

    Decom North Sea (DNS) has announced a partnership with Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS) and subsea engineering and training firm, Jee Ltd, which will investigate efficient solutions for the recovery of concrete subsea mattresses and re-use, thereby contributing to the circular economy. The project involves engaging with operators and suppliers across the oil and gas industry, with […]