10000 results found for 'Decommissioning'

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  • With UK’s oil & gas decom costs on the rise, operators urged to get the job done by securing supply chain resources ‘now’ to avoid bottlenecks

    16 July 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy

    The NSTA has warned North Sea operators to pick up the pace of their well decommissioning operations to prevent further price hikes.

  • Highlands and Islands, Scottish Enterprise Introduce New Decom Action Plan

    23 December 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Scottish Enterprise (SE) have launched a new decommissioning action plan. The plan aims to support Scotland’s oil and gas sector to take advantage of the estimated £17.6 billion forecast by Oil & Gas UK to be spent on decommissioning on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) between now and 2025. In […]

  • Bibby Offshore Strikes Dunlin Decom Deal with Fairfield Energy

    7 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Fairfield Energy has awarded Bibby Offshore a contract for the subsea infrastructure decommissioning (SID) of the Greater Dunlin Area. Bibby Offshore has been awarded the contract with a consortium of companies including The Port of Cromarty Firth. The scope of the contract includes the subsea infrastructure associated with the Osprey and Merlin subsea fields and […]

  • Decom North Sea and OGIC to support development of decom solutions (UK)

    27 October 2015

    Decom North Sea (DNS) and the Oil and Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) have announced a collaborative memorandum of understanding (MOU), thus further signifying the increasing awareness of UKCS decommissioning. According to Decom North Sea, the MOU represents both parties’ wish to support operators, contractors, SMEs and a range of other stakeholders to develop the safe […]

  • EMEC Hires Leask Marine for Tidal Foundation Tripod Removal

    27 April 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has contracted Orkney-based Leask Marine to remove a tripod foundation from EMEC’s Fall of Warness tidal energy test site.  The operation will feed into a collaborative FORESEA-funded project called Forensic Decommissioning for Tidal Energy Converters (FoDTEC), involving Blackfish Engineering Design, the International Centre for Island Technology (ICIT), Rovco, and […]

  • Aker Solutions Wins Murchison Platform Decom Job

    9 October 2013
    Business & Finance

      Aker Solutions has secured the contract for the first phase of decommissioning the Murchison platform in the North Sea after more than 30 years of production. The three year contract was awarded by CNR International (UK) Ltd. Aker Solutions will manage the engineering design, procurement and offshore execution to ensure the facilities are safely […]

  • Scottish Government Boosts Decom Fund

    10 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Scottish Government has made available an additional £5 million to the supply chain in Scotland to help maximise the economic benefit to Scotland of decommissioning of North Sea infrastructure. Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands, Paul Wheelhouse, announced that the Decommissioning Challenge Fund (DCF) will reopen for a third round of funding during […]

  • Decom North Sea Releases 2014 Course Schedule

    12 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Following a successful launch last year, decommissioning industry body Decom North Sea (DNS) has announced its 2014 schedule of its dedicated training course, with the first to take place on the 26th & 27th of February in Aberdeen. Delivered in partnership with Decomareus, an organisation consisting of three course leaders with more than 105 years […]

  • Damen targets decom market with new vessel concept (Gallery)

    28 July 2016

    Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards has made a move in decommissioning market by announcing its latest vessel concept, the Damen Decommissioning Series. Damen said on Thursday that the design is based on an in-house research carried out at Damen by one of its undergraduate interns. The new vessels will specialize in three core areas of the oil and gas […]

  • Helix tucks five-year decom gig under its belt in Gulf of Mexico

    29 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Helix Energy Solutions has got its hands on a long-term joint decommissioning agreement with Talos Energy.

  • New chairman of the board for Decom North Sea

    1 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    Decom North Sea (DNS), the representative body for the offshore decommissioning industry, has appointed Nigel Lees as the new chairman of the board. DNS said on Thursday that Lees’ election follows the decision of Callum Falconer to step down from the position after two years as chairman. Lees has considerable experience in decommissioning as Vice […]

  • Orkney’s tidal energy tripod set for forensic scrutiny

    27 April 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has hired Leask Marine to remove a tripod foundation from the Fall of Warness tidal energy test site as part of an EU-backed collaborative decommissioning project.

  • Decom North Sea Award Winners Unveiled

    23 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Decom North Sea has revealed winners of the 2018 Decom North Sea Awards, on Tuesday. Decom North Sea revealed the three winners, with categories covering innovation, collaboration and individual achievement across the decommissioning sector. Sponsored by The Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC), the Outstanding Innovation category was won by BiSN for its Wel-Lok M2M […]

  • Repsol Sinopec picks Veolia for Buchan decom work

    2 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    Repsol Sinopec Resources UK has awarded a contract for dismantling and recycling of the Buchan Alpha unit to Veolia to be carried out at its Dales Voe site in Lerwick, Shetland. After 36 years and almost 150mm barrels of oil, the Buchan Alpha facility in the UK North Sea ceased production, as planned, on May 12, […]

  • Helix vessel close to crossing the finish line at decom job offshore Australia

    27 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Helix Energy Solutions is drawing to an end its multi-well decommissioning assignment offshore Australia, which is being carried out with its purpose-built DP3 semi-submersible vessel.

  • New Decom Centre of Excellence to Open in Late 2018

    26 March 2018
    Research & Development

    The Oil & Gas Technology Centre and the University of Aberdeen plan to create a new Decommissioning Centre of Excellence to tackle current and future industry challenges. Over the next decade, around 100 platforms and 7,500 kilometers of pipeline on the UK Continental Shelf are forecast for decommissioning, with costs estimated to be £59 billion […]

  • Acteon to grow its operations by buying Oceaneering’s decom assets and staff

    16 March 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Claxton, Acteon’s drilling and decommissioning segment, has inked a deal with Oceaneering to acquire its decom personnel and assets.

  • Nexen files decom plan for Ettrick, Blackbird fields

    5 January 2017
    Equipment

    Oil company Nexen has submitted a decommissioning plan for two of its oilfields in the UK North Sea. Nexen, based in Canada, delivered a decommissioning program for its Ettrick and Blackbird fields located in blocks 20/2a and 20/3a of the UKCS in the Outer Moray Firth, in approximately 115 meters water depth. Both fields were […]

  • Wood to oversee first decom phase of Timor Sea FPSO

    7 July 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vessels

    Wood has been contracted by the Australian government to supervise the first decommissioning phase of an FPSO in the Timor Sea off Australia.

  • Gulf of Mexico’s ‘Dense Microcosm of Issues’ Draws Global Audience to Summit

    17 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Organizers of 6th Annual Decommissioning & Abandonment Summit said that registrations for the biggest decommissioning and abandonment gathering in the world, taking place in Houston in March, have chalked up a record number of attendees from outside the United States, making it a truly global event. As well as the traditionally strong turnout from the […]

  • Decom North Sea Hosts Lunch and Learn (UK)

    13 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Petrofac’s decommissioning director is among industry speakers taking part in the latest event being hosted by offshore oil & gas decommissioning forum Decom North Sea (DNS). The lunch and learn will take place on Wednesday, September 18, at the Palm Court Hotel, Aberdeen, from 12-2pm. As well as senior staff from Petrofac Offshore Projects & […]

  • UK port handles decom work for Maersk Oil’s North Sea campaign

    16 August 2017

    Aberdeen Harbour, a marine support center for the oil and gas industry, will receive a total of nine shipments by the end of September related to its support of Maersk Oil’s decommissioning campaign in the UK sector of the North Sea.  According to the port’s statement on Wednesday, two subsea mid water arches weighing around […]

  • D3 Consulting’s Solution for North Sea Decom Projects

    16 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    D3 Consulting, specialist decommissioning and demolition consultants, has been awarded a six-figure contract with a undisclosed operator. The eight-month contract started in April 2016 and involves the preparation of materials inventories for 21 platforms in the Southern North Sea, with eight associated subsea installations and pipelines. The work scope includes the quantification of assets with subsequent […]

  • WATCH: Allseas vessel on decom quest carries out this year’s largest single lift in North Sea

    14 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Heavy lifting, Vessels

    EnQuest has tucked a new decommissioning milestone under its belt in the UK sector of the North Sea, thanks to the assistance received from a heavy lift vessel owned by Allseas, an offshore pipeline installation, heavy lift, and subsea construction contractor.

  • DeepOcean and EXCEED shake hands for vessel-based plug and abandonment

    12 November 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Norway-based ocean services provider DeepOcean and Scotland-based well management company EXCEED have entered a partnership to deliver vessel-based well plug and abandonment (P&A) services to the global decommissioning market. According to DeepOcean, the collaboration leverages the company’s subsea engineering expertise and a fleet of work-class remotely operated vehicles (WROVs) and subsea vessels alongside EXCEED’s specialization […]