10000 results found for 'Decommissioning'

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  • Aquaterra and Oceaneering to Jointly Offer Decom Solutions

    29 January 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Aquaterra Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Oceaneering International to offer complete decommissioning and late life solution packages to the North Sea oil and gas industry. Under the MoU, the companies will offer tooling and services in four distinct areas: platform well abandonment, subsea well abandonment, topside and jacket removals and subsea […]

  • 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 […]

  • Allseas to Build Vessel Larger Than ‘Pieter Schelte’

    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, can remove all platform topsides in the North Sea which are beyond the capability of Pieter Schelte. Besides decommissioning, the vessel is designed for worldwide installation of very large topsides.  The topsides lift capacity will […]

  • 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 […]

  • Genesis in action: Oil platform comes back to life as artificial reef

    11 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production

    A new lease on life has been bestowed upon an offshore platform that brought over 120 million barrels of oil to the energy market during its lifetime.

  • Harkand Begins Decom Work on Leadon Field

    18 June 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Global inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) company Harkand, has started decommissioning work in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf supporting Maersk Oil UK’s work in the Leadon field. Earlier this year, the IRM firm secured a 12-month frame agreement with Maersk Oil in the region for the provision of its two dive support vessels (DSVs), the Harkand […]

  • 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.

  • EnQuest’s decom plan for Heather topsides gets green light

    23 July 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Rules & Regulation

    EnQuest has received approval from the UK authorities for its decommissioning programme for the Heather topsides in the UK North Sea.

  • Repsol Files Rev Pipeline and Umbilical Decom Plan

    12 January 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    Repsol has submitted an application to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for the removal of Rev export pipeline and umbilical located on UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The Rev field, consisting of Rev West and Rev East, is located in the Block 15/12 on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), while the export pipeline and umbilical cross […]

  • Interview: Impact of Cheap Oil on Plugging and Abandonment

    28 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    DecomWorld interviewed Tom Leeson, principal consultant & well P&A manager for Reverse Engineering on his views of the impact of low oil prices on decommissioning and well plugging and abandonment. Leeson believes that now is actually a good time to embark on decommissioning campaigns and discusses the options available for the industry. Will bargain-basement oil […]

  • Oil & Gas Technology Centre Names New Industrial Director

    16 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Oil & Gas Technology Centre has appointed a new industrial director to lead the creation of two new national research and development centres based in the North-East of Scotland. Russell Stevenson, who took up the role this month, will work closely with principal academic partners, the University of Aberdeen and Robert Gordon University, industrial […]

  • Australia stuns with abandoned fields decom costs levy

    12 May 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    The Australian oil industry was stunned by the government’s decision to levy the estimated $200 million cost of decommissioning Laminaria-Corallina oil fields in the Timor Sea.

  • Three contracts for Scarabeo 8 rig in Norway

    23 April 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Italian offshore services provider Saipem has been awarded new contracts in the offshore business, three for its semi-submersible rig Scarabeo 8 in Norway, one in the decommissioning space, and one for offshore construction and installation.

  • Woodside in the clear to leave certain subsea oil & gas equipment in situ during decom

    11 April 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Regulation & Policy

    Woodside has received a stamp of approval for an environment plan, covering decommissioning and dismantling activities at a field off the coast of Australia.

  • BOEM to Update Offshore Oil and Gas Regulations

    18 August 2014

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on Risk Management, Financial Assurance, and Loss Prevention to seek public input as it considers modernizing its risk management program and bonding regulations for offshore oil and gas operations on the Outer Continental Shelf. This first step initiates a […]

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    12 October 2018

    Join us on a journey through the full offshore energy life cycle in our Offshore Energy Thematic Sessions.

  • Decom North Sea to Host Lunch and Learn

    11 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Decom North Sea (DNS), the oil and gas decommissioning forum, will host a lunch and learn event to give supply chain companies the opportunity to learn more about a variety of pertinent topics; from crisis communications, to the new developments at Aberdeen harbour. The event will take place on Tuesday, June 24, at the Doubletree […]

  • TotalEnergies picks marine warranty surveyor for decom work in North Sea

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

    ABL Group has been appointed as marine warranty surveyor for the decommissioning operations at a field in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.

  • OGA Makes New Team Appointments

    8 January 2020
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has expanded its leadership team with three recent appointments. Scott Robertson has been promoted to director of operations, and replaces Gunther Newcombe who will be retiring in March 2020. Robertson will be responsible for the OGA’s Exploration, Production, Decommissioning and Technology agenda. He joined the OGA in June […]

  • Fabricom lands ‘Rough’ work with Centrica

    25 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Construction personnel have now been mobilized on both platforms to undertake a program of work scopes

  • Mermaid Subsea wraps up another North Sea well intervention

    16 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Vessels

    Aberdeen-headquartered Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) has completed a well intervention on the Teal P2 well in the UK Central North Sea on behalf of Anasuria Operating Company (AOC). According to Mermaid Subsea Services, the operation, carried out from the Island Valiant vessel, focused on delivering a scale inhibitor treatment on Teal P2, located about 4 […]

  • Norway: AF Group Signs Contract with DeepOcean to Recycle Statoils Loading Buoy at Statfjord C

    2 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

      The AF Group has signed a contract with DeepOcean to demolish and recycle Statoils loading buoy at Statfjord C. For AF Group the contract comprises planning, engineering and preparation offshore, bringing the buoy onshore and recycling. DeepOcean has total responsibility for the contract, including implementing the subsea work and towing from Statfjord to the […]

  • Scottish Government Supports Shetland Harbour Project

    17 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Alex Salmond announced a £10 million package to support plans for a deep-water quay facility in Shetland to secure decommissioning work on major offshore structures from the Northern North Sea. Following a meeting in Oslo on Tuesday with senior executives of AF Group and Lerwick Port Authority, the First Minister today said the Scottish Government […]

  • Lloyd’s Register, Schlumberger, BGS win UKCS study contracts

    2 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded four contracts for surface and subsurface studies to improve understanding and maximize value by integrating exploration, development, production, late-life planning and decommissioning in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). OGA said on Tuesday that Lloyd’s Register, British Geological Survey (BGS) and Schlumberger are the recipients of the contracts, […]