10000 results found for 'Decommissioning'

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  • ExxonMobil books new vessel for decom ops offshore Australia

    23 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Esso Australia, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, has entered into an agreement to charter the Helix Q7000 semisubmersible vessel to support decommissioning  activities in Gippsland Basin offshore Australia.

  • Romania: GSP Adds Two Offshore Rigs to its Fleet

    31 August 2011
    Business & Finance

    GSP announces its drilling fleet has been extended up to seven offshore mobile drilling rigs and a modular one. GSP Britannia (ex. Britannia) and GSP Fortuna (ex. G.H. Galloway) entered GSP’s fleet in August. GSP Fortuna is an ABS class three legged independent leg cantilever jack-up rig reaching the maximum drilling depth of 25.000 ft […]

  • Green light for Woodside’s decom activities offshore Australia

    12 June 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Regulation & Policy

    Woodside has received a seal of approval for decommissioning and dismantling activities at a field off the coast of Australia.

  • Ship recycling goes to Scotland with Inchgreen Dry Dock reactivation

    17 November 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure

    North-East England-based company ATLAS Decommissioning has secured the giant Inchgreen Dry Dock in Scottland and plans to make it an export hub for the responsible decommissioning of global shipping fleets.

  • UK approves plan for removal of floaters from North Sea fields

    27 May 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Safety, Vessels

    UK authorities have approved the plan for the removal of the Petrojarl Banff FPSO and Apollo Spirit FSO from Canadian Natural Resources’ Banff and Kyle fields in the UK sector of the Central North Sea.

  • Fairfield submits decom plan for Dunlin subsea infrastructure

    23 June 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Fairfield Energy, a late-life asset and decommissioning operator, has submitted its draft decommissioning programs for the Dunlin, Merlin and Osprey field subsea installations and pipelines, in the UK sector of the North Sea, to the UK authorities.  This is a second company to submit a draft decommissioning plan to the UK’s Department for Business, Energy […]

  • Allseas to Build 2nd Single – Lift Vessel

    11 November 2013

    Swiss – based Allseas has decided to build a second single – lift platform installation and decommissioning vessel. The new vessel, larger than Pieter Schelte, will be capable of removing all platform topsides in the North Sea which are beyond the Pieter Schelte’s capabilities. Besides decommissioning, the vessel is designed for worldwide installation of very large […]

  • EMEC tenders for tripod foundation removal

    7 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is looking to appoint a contractor to remove a tripod foundation installed at its grid-connected tidal test site to ready the berth for future developers.

  • New decom gig in UK for marine consultancy firm

    24 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    ABL Group has been enlisted by Centrica’s subsidiary Spirit Energy for decommissioning support on three oil and gas platforms in the UK.

  • Ithaca brings in DOF Subsea for Athena decom work

    6 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    Subsea services provider DOF Subsea has been awarded a contract by Ithaca Energy for phase 1 of the decommissioning of the Athena field, in the UK North Sea. Athena is located in UK Continental Shelf block 14/18B in the central North Sea at a water depth of 130m. Ithaca ceased production from the Athena field […]

  • Ecosse IP Demos Its Subsea Lifting Tech

    1 April 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Ecosse IP (EIP) recently held an industry showcase to demonstrate the capability of its Ambient Lifter subsea and decommissioning solution, in a two-day event held in Fraserburgh. EIP, a subsea tools and technology developer based in Aberdeenshire, welcomed representatives from across the industry, including the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) which is jointly funding […]

  • Well-Safe selects helicopter operator for North Sea ops

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

    Offshore Helicopter Services UK Limited has secured a new contract with Well-Safe Solutions for operations off the UK.

  • InterMoor removes Innovator platform from Gomez field

    3 March 2014

    InterMoor, an Acteon company, has successfully completed decommissioning operations of the Innovator platform in Gomez field, Mississippi Canyon Block 711, Gulf of Mexico. The scope of work, conducted in water depths of 910 m, involved disconnecting 10 risers/umbilicals; disconnecting 12 mooring lines and then towing the Innovator to Ingleside, Texas. InterMoor developed special procedures for […]

  • JGC gets LNG-to-power EPC job from Sumitomo

    9 December 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Japanese engineering company JGC Corporation has been contracted to deliver EPC and commissioning work for an LNG-fueled facility for its compatriot Sumitomo.

  • Well-Safe Selects Port of Dundee for Marine Base Location

    28 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Aberdeen-based Well-Safe Solutions has selected Port of Dundee for its onshore marine base location. Well-Safe secured two acres of quayside facilities with access to 40,000 square feet of covered space at the Port of Dundee for its marine assets. The Port of Dundee will provide Well-Safe with direct access to deep water quaysides, heavy lifting […]

  • UK firm develops decom solution for Thai operator

    16 April 2018
    Equipment

    Longitude Engineering has developed a decommissioning barge concept for the removal of small oil and gas platforms for PTTEP.

  • Shell’s Leman topside arrives ashore for recycling

    11 July 2017

    The Veolia-Peterson joint venture company has accepted the first offshore structure into their Great Yarmouth decommissioning facility. Namely, Shell’s Leman BH platform arrived into the harbor on July 11. The 50-meter high steel jacket structure that supported the topside is due to follow later in July. The topside was previously used as living quarters for […]

  • Aker Solutions, Heerema to decom Equinor’s Heimdal and Veslefrikk fields

    18 March 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oilfield services company Aker Solutions has signed a ‘sizeable’ letter of intent with Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) for decommissioning work on Equinor’s Heimdal and Veslefrikk fields off Norway.

  • Fugro Emu Services Metocean Monitoring Equipment

    22 July 2014

    Fugro Emu Ltd undertook the second scheduled service and decommissioning of metocean monitoring equipment at two locations deployed within the Northern Irish Wind Resource Zone. Earlier this month, MPV Skua recovered, serviced and redeployed wave buoy and seabed frames and moorings at the first location. All the elements at the second location were recovered for […]

  • Well-Safe Adds IPM and Appoints Its Founder as CEO

    9 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Well-Safe Solutions, a specialist well abandonment company, has acquired Intervention Project Management (IPM) for an undisclosed sum. IPM’s founder and managing director, Phil Milton, has been appointed chief executive officer of Well-Safe Solutions which has been set up to capitalise on the decommissioning opportunity in the North Sea by providing a new approach to decommissioning […]

  • InterMoor Executes Red Hawk Spar Project

    30 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    InterMoor, an Acteon company, has successfully completed its contract supporting the decommissioning of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation’s Red Hawk spar in the Gulf of Mexico. The Red Hawk spar is the deepest floating production platform to date to be decommissioned in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the first spar decommissioned in the “Rigs-to-Reefs” programme, […]

  • Will falling oil prices boost plug & abandonment ops?

    28 January 2015
    Equipment

    In December, hotel occupancy rates in Aberdeen dropped 4.5% compared to the same period in 2013, according to market analysts LJ Research. It’s just one of the knock-on effects of the fall in oil prices, with other, more obvious ones being the abrupt slowdown in drilling and near-daily announcements of new job cuts across the […]

  • UK union slams driller for sending rigs to scrapyards in India and Bangladesh

    15 January 2018
    Exploration & Production

    British trade union RMT has raised concerns over the North Sea decommissioning industry, following the cash sale of three semi-submersible drilling rigs to be scrapped in India and Bangladesh. 

  • Shell’s Curlew FPSO arrives in Dundee for cleaning job ahead of recycling

    24 June 2019
    Infrastructure

    Augean North Sea Services, a subsidiary of Augean, has welcomed the arrival of the Curlew FPSO vessel into the Port of Dundee and with it the start of a major contract supporting Shell in its objective to decommission redundant North Sea infrastructure.

  • InterMoor UK Boosts Decom Services

    9 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    InterMoor has added rigless well abandonment capabilities to its UK-based services. Consolidating the capabilities of former sister company OIS Ltd, InterMoor UK can now help plan and execute turnkey suspended well decommissioning campaigns. This includes vessel charter and project management of all onshore and offshore operations from the initial review of well schematics to the […]