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  • Decom North Sea Appoints New General Manager

    20 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Decom North Sea (DNS) announced that Karen Seath will join the organisation in September, in the role of General Manager. With the total cost of UKCS decommissioning expected to reach approximately £4.5billion in the next five years, these are strategically critical times for the North Sea decommissioning industry. This has been amply demonstrated by the […]

  • US picks contractor for decom work on eight orphaned oil & gas pipelines in Gulf of Mexico

    4 October 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Equipment, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has hired the Louisiana-based Chet Morrison Contractors, known as Morrison Energy, on a five-year on-site pipeline decommissioning assignment partially funded by a $4.7 billion investment for orphaned oil and gas well cleanups, called the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2021.

  • THREE60 booked for six years to lead ‘UK’s first multi-asset decom scope’

    20 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Aberdeen-based energy services company THREE60 Energy has secured a six-year, multi-million-pound contract to lead what it says is the UK’s first multi-asset decommissioning scope. As part of a contract with a major North Sea operator awarded following a competitive tender process, THREE60 Energy said it would provide duty-holder services to deliver and support end-to-end decommissioning for multiple […]

  • Xodus Completes Decom Study for TPS in Tunisia

    15 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Xodus Group has delivered a decommissioning and abandonment study for wells, surface and subsea facilities in Tunisia on behalf of Thyna Petroleum Services (TPS). Xodus developed a decommissioning cost estimate for four onshore fields, one offshore field and two onshore storage and processing sites. The six-week study provided a high-level risk and opportunities assessment and […]

  • UK start-up hits carbon emissions reduction with subsea circular economy project

    1 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Transition

    Legasea has completed a subsea circular economy project, which saw the disassembly of ten decommissioned subsea production systems recovered from the Celtic Sea, that is said to have reduced the carbon emissions of subsea decommissioning operations. The Shore-to-Store service has reduced the carbon footprint of subsea decommissioning operations by taking subsea equipment that is no […]

  • Veolia to Dismantle Subsea Equipment from BP’s North Sea Fields

    14 January 2014

    Veolia Environmental Services in partnership with Peterson has been awarded a major North Sea decommissioning project. The contract with BP, revealed in December 2013, is to dismantle and recycle subsea equipment associated with the Schiehallion and Loyal fields located in the West of Shetland region as part of the Quad204 major project to redevelop the […]

  • WATCH: Semi-sub rig embarks on its inaugural decom job in North Sea

    12 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    One of Well-Safe Solutions’ rigs is on its way to start its first decommissioning assignment on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • Decom North Sea to Host Lunch and Learn in Aberdeen (UK)

    15 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Recent figures from the Oil & Gas UK Activity Survey indicate that decommissioning could cost around £40.6 billion in the UKCS between now and 2040. In a bid to exploit this potential, Decom North Sea (DNS), the offshore oil and gas decommissioning forum, will host a lunch and learn event to give supply chain companies […]

  • Veolia to scrap Yme platform

    4 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Veolia group has won a contract to decommission a 14,000-tonne oil platform in the Norwegian North Sea. The Talisman-operated Yme platform has been sitting unmanned in the North Sea, offshore Norway, since mid-July, 2012, when Talisman decided to evacuate the personnel due to cracks found in the platform’s legs. After the evacuation, Talisman sent a letter […]

  • Australian gov’t to enhance scrutiny of oil and gas sector

    30 August 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Vessels

    Australia’s parliament has passed new legislation to strengthen its offshore oil and gas regulatory framework following the liquidation of NOGA.

  • Repsol Sinopec’s Buchan Alpha ready for disposal in Shetland

    14 August 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Repsol Sinopec Resources UK has informed that the Buchan Alpha oil production vessel has arrived in Lerwick, Shetland for disposal.   The contract for dismantling and recycling of the Buchan Alpha unit was awarded to Veolia back in June. Veolia is working on the project with its strategic partner in decommissioning, Peterson. Buchan Alpha, a semi-submersible moored floating […]

  • James Fisher wraps up its largest decom project so far

    9 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    James Fisher Decommissioning has completed its largest decommissioning project to date for a “major” operator in the Gulf of Thailand.

  • Major Oil Operators Confirm Attendance at DecomWorld Event in Houston

    24 January 2014

    Maturing offshore oil and gas fields around the world and the looming prospect of asset retirement have resulted in a 65% increase in registrations at the biggest decommissioning and abandonment gathering in the world, organizers say.   More than 350 attendees are confirmed to date at the event taking place in Houston in March, 65% […]

  • Decom North Sea collaborates with DARe in Brunei

    17 June 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    Decom North Sea (DNS) has created an agreement designed to deliver a mutually beneficial relationship between its members and Brunei’s growing late life & decommissioning sector. Darussalam Enterprise (DARe) was created to support the growth of small and medium Brunei local enterprises, and as the Southeast Asian offshore industry’s late life and decommissioning phase begins […]

  • Veolia, Peterson to dismantle Spirit Energy’s North Sea platform

    15 July 2019

    Steel jacket and topsides from Spirit Energy’s ST-1 platform have arrived at the Dales Voe facility in Shetland for decommissioning by Veolia and Peterson.

  • Decom North Sea Gets ECITB Training Approval

    10 September 2015

    Decom North Sea, industry body for the North Sea Oil and Gas decommissioning industry, has received ECITB approval of its ‘Decommissioning – from Planning through to Execution’ course. Chris Claydon, chief executive of the ECITB presented Karen Seath, Interim chief executive officer of Decom North Sea with the ECITB’s Approved Training Provider plaque at Offshore […]

  • UK offshore decom specialist attracts $85M investment

    29 October 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Expenditure on decommissioning in the UK to be £15.3 billion in the next decade

  • Decom North Sea appoints eight new directors

    16 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    Decom North Sea (DNS), the representative body for the offshore decommissioning industry, has named new directors to its Board during its seventh Annual General Meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland. The AGM was held on November 14, the evening before the Offshore Decommissioning Conference 2016. Decom said on Wednesday that eight new directors were elected and one re-elected from a range […]

  • COSCO Scraps Eight

    15 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    China COSCO Holdings Company Limited (COSCO), following their recent order for ten newbuilds, has decided to decommission and dispose of eight vessels with a total capacity of  331,294 dwt, in an effort to rejuvenate their fleet.   The decommissioned vessels include four container vessels, and four bulk carriers, which have been disposed of as scrapped to different […]

  • Petrobras hires Endeavor

    6 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Endeavor Management announced that Brazi’s oil company Petrobras has retained the Houston-based consulting firm to investigate and document successful industry practices for decommissioning subsea infrastructure. Endeavor Management intends to gather information from regulators, contractors, and engineering companies, as well as engage major operating companies in collaborative benchmarking to share knowledge and experiences. Bruce Crager, Executive […]

  • UK firm picks up nine-well decom gig in Gulf of Mexico

    23 May 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Elemental Energies has won a master services agreement with Promethean for the decommissioning of orphaned wells in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

  • OIS Names New Managing Director in Aberdeen

    10 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    Offshore Installation Services Ltd (OIS), an Acteon company, has named Colin Shellard as its new managing director. Based in Aberdeen, Shellard is responsible for setting the strategy at OIS, as the company continues to focus on new opportunities in the offshore decommissioning sector. He will also play a key role in developing opportunities for OIS […]

  • Petrofac takes over FPSO operatorship as part of ‘landmark’ decom deal off Australia

    3 October 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Safety, Transition

    Petrofac has taken over the operatorship of a floating production, storage and offtake (FPSO) vessel on behalf of the Australian government.

  • Peterson, Veolia Invest in Great Yarmouth Decom Facility

    17 June 2015
    Research & Development

    Peterson, in partnership with Veolia, has announced a £1 million investment in the development of a new, purpose built decommissioning facility in Great Yarmouth. The new site in Great Yarmouth Port, operated with joint venture partner Veolia, and developed in cooperation with the Port, and with support funding from NewAnglia LEP, will provide operators in […]

  • New offshore partnership targets cleaner North Sea

    27 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Various parties from the offshore sector have formed a partnership dedicated to sustainable decommissioning and recycling of offshore and maritime installations.