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  • UK’s National Subsea Centre bags grant to develop decommissioning AI-demonstrator

    10 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    The UK’s National Subsea Centre (NSC) and PlanSea, a spin-out company from Robert Gordon University (RGU), have secured a grant to develop a subsea decommissioning optimization software demonstrator with artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The partners, which have collaborated for many years to utilize AI to optimize marine logistics, will now deploy the technology and skills developed to […]

  • UK start-up gets funds to reduce subsea decommissioning carbon footprint

    9 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Equipment, Innovation, Project & Tenders

    Legasea has secured funding from Scottish Enterprise for a project that aims to reduce the carbon footprint of subsea decommissioning operations by taking equipment that is no longer required and finding ways to refurbish, recertify, remanufacture and reuse it, keeping in use as many components as possible. The Aberdeenshire-based subsea services start-up plans to invest […]

  • Regulator takes action against Woodside over riser turret mooring decommissioning

    5 February 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Australian offshore petroleum regulator NOPSEMA has taken action against Woodside related to decommissioning of the Enfield field and Nganhurra FPSO.

  • Helix gets decommissioning extension at rates reflecting improved well intervention market

    7 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Helix Energy Solutions has secured the extension of its decommissioning contract with Trident Energy do Brasil at rates said to be in line with the improved well intervention market. The contract extension, expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2024, is for an additional 12 months and is in direct continuation of the current […]

  • UK: 3D Real-Time Technology from CodaOctopus Set For Decommissioning Tasks

    14 September 2010
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The unique 3D sonar technology of the Coda Echoscope® is set for new decommissioning projects in the North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. The benefits of the Echoscope’s 3D capabilities, which bring real-time visualisation to the underwater working environment, were substantiated in a successful role in a recent ‘plug and abandonment’ task in the […]

  • DECOM North Sea Inks Contract with Shell for Brent Decommissioning Project (UK)

    11 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    DECOM North Sea member company, PDL Solutions (Europe) Limited, have been awarded a framework agreement with Shell UK Ltd to provide advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) support to the Shell UK engineering team on the Brent Decommissioning Project. PDL are a leading provider of advanced engineering design and analysis consultancy […]

  • Port of Amsterdam launches shore power system for cruise ships

    4 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Technology

    The Port of Amsterdam has commissioned a shore power system for cruise ships at the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam (PTA), enabling vessels to switch off onboard generators upon docking and reduce emissions and noise pollution.

  • Australian oil & gas sector sees new decommissioning levy as ‘terrible precedent’

    30 June 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Rules & Regulation, Vessels

    Australian oil and gas industry association has labelled a new levy by the government related to decommissioning costs for Laminaria-Corallina oil fields as over the top and extreme.

  • Decommissioned North Sea platform turning into art as SEE MONSTER comes to life

    22 October 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Innovation, Transition, Vision

    SEE MONSTER will reimagine a decommissioned North Sea offshore platform into an art installation in the UK next year.

  • Leask Marine ticks another tidal decommissioning job off to-do list

    23 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    Orkney-based marine specialist Leask Marine has provided its services to tidal developer HydroQuest for a major decommissioning project in France.

  • UK: MEPs call for more clarity on cost of O&G decommissioning to taxpayers

    27 March 2019

    The UK taxpayers might have to contribute much more to the cost of decommissioning of offshore oil and gas platforms in the North Sea through tax reliefs than the £24 billion estimated by HMRC, UK MEPs have warned of Tuesday, calling for more clarity on the expected spending.

  • Technip Secures USD 7 Million Decommissioning Contract for Shelley Field (UK)

    13 June 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

      Technip has secured a contract worth around £4.4 million to decommission the Shelley field in the North Sea… (business7) [mappress] Source: business7 , June 13 , 2011;

  • OGA: UK offshore decommissioning costs drop as industry gains practical knowledge

    27 June 2018

    The estimated costs of decommissioning of offshore oil and gas installation in the UK have fallen, the UK Oil and Gas Authority has said.

  • 3D Real-Time Technology from CodaOctopus Set For Decommissioning Tasks (USA)

    15 September 2010
    Technology

    The unique 3D sonar technology of the Coda Echoscope® is set for new decommissioning projects in the North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. The benefits of the Echoscope’s 3D capabilities, which bring real-time visualisation to the underwater working environment, were substantiated in a successful role in a recent ‘plug and abandonment’ task in the […]

  • Decommissioning Costs Could Be Cut 20 Pct, BP’s Win Thornton Says

    10 December 2013

    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 […]

  • USA: Global Industries Wins Contract for Decommissioning of 7 Production Platforms in GoM

    7 March 2011
    Business & Finance

      Global Industries, Ltd. announced  that it has been awarded multiple projects by McMoRan Oil & Gas for the decommissioning and abandonment of seven production platforms located in the central Gulf of Mexico in water depths ranging from 100 to 400 FSW. The decommissioning campaign is scheduled to commence in late April 2011 and has […]

  • UK: 3D Real-Time Technology from CodaOctopus Set For Decommissioning Tasks

    14 September 2010
    Equipment

    The unique 3D sonar technology of the Coda Echoscope® is set for new decommissioning projects in the North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. The benefits of the Echoscope’s 3D capabilities, which bring real-time visualisation to the underwater working environment, were substantiated in a successful role in a recent ‘plug and abandonment’ task in the […]

  • Are UK ports ready to accept decommissioned rigs? Not yet, law firm says

    14 November 2016

    Enhanced Government support and following through on Budget promises are needed if UK industry is to cash in on multi-billion-pound decommissioning projects in the North Sea, Pinsent Masons, a UK law firm says. In a statement on Monday, the company said that Scottish ports were also at risk of losing out to European and Scandinavian […]

  • Northern Lights: Second LNG-fueled LCO2 carrier named in Norway

    19 June 2025
    Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Northern Pathfinder, the second liquid CO2 transport ship built for Northern Lights, a joint venture (JV) between energy majors Shell, Equinor and TotalEnergies, has been named.

  • Delays in plug & abandonment work may put $5.5 billion on UK decom tab

    11 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    With investor confidence taking a hit in the aftermath of political and fiscal woes, hydrocarbon exploration in a slump, and supply chain costs likely to rise, a postponement of plug and abandonment (P&A) assignments could hike the UK’s decommissioning bill by $5.5 billion.

  • With 1,500 wells due for decommissioning by 2030, NSTA calls for new P&A tech trials

    31 January 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Vision

    Since around 1,500 wells will be due for decommissioning in the UKCS between 2026 and 2030, the UK regulator North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) said that this represents an opportunity for operators to test and adopt new well plugging and abandonment (P&A) technologies to cut costs and improve efficiency. According to NSTA, with well P&A […]

  • UK: North Sea decommissioning hub in store as new joint venture takes shape

    28 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    UK’s Forth Ports Limited and AF Offshore Decom UK on August 28 signed the head of agreement with the intent to establish a new joint venture, AF Dundee, which will lay the foundations of creating a UK North Sea oil and gas decommissioning hub in the city of Dundee, with its nucleus at the port. […]

  • WATCH: Well-Safe cheers ‘momentous landmark’ as decommissioning rig heads to North Sea

    20 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Well-Safe Solutions has reached a major milestone with the mobilisation of its Well-Safe Guardian rig for its first job in the UK North Sea.

  • USA: DNS Event Promotes Concept of Decommissioning as Part of Asset’s Whole Life Cycle

    2 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Decom North Sea (DNS), the offshore oil and gas decommissioning forum, will be promoting the concept of decommissioning as an integral part of the overall life cycle of an asset rather than a separate phase tagged on at the end, when it hosts a networking breakfast in Houston. The event, which is sponsored by URS […]

  • Chinese giant augments hydrocarbon production as oilfield project goes live

    9 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has flipped the production switch to bring online an oilfield development project in the South China Sea.