10000 results found for 'Decommissioning'

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  • OGA Awards UKCS Surface and Subsurface Study Contracts

    3 August 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded four contracts with a combined value of more than £6 million over three years for surface and subsurface studies to improve understanding and maximise value by integrating exploration, development, production, late-life planning and decommissioning in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Lloyd’s Register, British Geological Survey (BGS) and […]

  • 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 […]

  • Dong to abandon Oselvar field

    22 February 2016

    Dong Energy has reportedly decided to shut down production from the Oselvar field offshore Norway 14 years earlier than planned due to reservoir issues.  The Oselvar oil and gas field is located in the southern part of the Norwegian sector of the North Sea and it was put in production in April 2012. The field is located […]

  • EMEC opens consultation for Magallanes Renovables’ ATIR platform decom

    13 May 2020
    Operations & Maintenance

    EMEC has opened a consultation on the revised decommissioning programme for Magallanes Renovables’ 2 MW ATIR platform. Magallanes has secured support through the Horizon 2020 MaRINET2 programme for the ATIR platform, deployed at EMEC’s Fall of Warness test site, and therefore requested consent from the regulator, Marine Scotland, to extend their testing schedule at EMEC. The public and […]

  • Bisso Marine Delivers GoM Diving Projects

    17 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Bisso Marine has completed a two‐month saturation diving campaign in the Gulf of Mexico. Using its 126.4-meter construction barge, Bisso Subsea Vision, configured with a 12‐man ABS-classed 300m saturation system, the company said it performed a variety of subsea infrastructure services including several subsea abandonments in water depths ranging from 91 meters to 220 meters. […]

  • UK to Develop Micro Robots

    2 January 2019
    Equipment, Research & Development

    The UK has announced a £26.6 million investment which should help scientists from 4 British universities create tiny robots aimed at repairing its underground pipe network and subsea inspection. These 1 cm-long robotic devices will use sensors and navigation systems to find and mend cracks in pipes. A further 14 projects backed by the government […]

  • BSEE, NOC Receive Award for Rigs-to-Reefs Efforts

    17 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell presented the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the National Ocean Council with the Partners in Conservation Award in a ceremony at the Sidney R. Yates Auditorium of the Stewart Lee Udall Main Interior Building in Washington, DC. The award was given for the bureau’s collaborative efforts […]

  • ACE Winches Moors Iron Lady Barge for Brent Delta Decom Work

    12 May 2017
    Equipment

    ACE Winches has mobilized a six point mooring system to anchor the ‘Iron Lady’ barge being used on the Brent decommissioning project.  The equipment, designed and manufactured by ACE Winches at their global headquarters in Aberdeenshire is now in situ and being supported by a team of ACE Winches offshore personnel. As part of the Brent […]

  • Well-Safe semi-sub rig sports saturation diving system

    25 April 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Aberdeen-based decommissioning services provider Well-Safe Solutions has installed a saturation diving system on board its semi-submersible rig, which is now said to be the only one of its type in the North Sea with this capability. The custom-built dive spread installed on Well-Safe Guardian has a capacity for up to 15 persons and enables access to […]

  • James Fisher Expands Middle East Ops with New Work

    18 October 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    James Fisher and Sons has further expanded its operations in the Middle East with its largest deployment of equipment and manpower in the region in the company’s history. With recent decommissioning and subsea trenching operations completed, James Fisher has moved onto five construction and decommissioning projects currently being undertaken, including cable installation, survey and diving […]

  • Enpro Subsea Gets EV Private Equity Boost

    22 January 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Enpro Subsea has secured investment from EV Private Equity (EV) to grow its production optimisation business into new international markets and further develop the range of production optimisation and intervention technologies. The Aberdeen-headquartered subsea company enters 2018 with projects currently ongoing in the UK Continental Shelf, West Africa, and Gulf of Mexico. The deal will […]

  • bioWAVE getting ready for commissioning

    20 January 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    BioPower System (BPS) has begun the diving operations to prepare its bioWAVE wave energy unit for commissioning.

  • NSTA to become offshore hydrogen transport and storage regulator

    7 September 2023
    Authorities & Government, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    U.K.’s North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) is expected to soon assume the role of offshore hydrogen transport and storage regulator following the conclusion of a consultation on the proposal. According to NSTA, the move is intended to support the industry by enabling pioneering projects to obtain the necessary licences and consents and move quickly into […]

  • Decom North Sea Appoints New CEO

    19 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    Decom North Sea, the membership organisation for the oil and gas decommissioning sector, has appointed John Warrender as chief executive, starting on August 01, 2018. Most recently John worked as an independent advisor to the industry, applying his specific expertise in corporate governance and performance improvement. He spent over 20 years with ConocoPhillips in a range […]

  • Gallery: Pioneering Spirit Lifts Brent Delta Platform

    1 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Pioneering Spirit, Allseas’ single-lift installation, decommissioning and pipelay vessel set the world lifting record with the removal of Shell UK’s Brent Delta platform topsides from the North Sea on April 28, the company said. Located in the Brent field, approximately 186 km off the north-east coast of Shetland, the 24,000 t Brent Delta topsides sat on […]

  • OPT PB3 PowerBuoy Set for North Sea Debut

    13 August 2019
    Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    Ocean Power Technologies, in partnership with the Acteon Group, has recently unveiled the PB3 PowerBuoy in Montrose – prior to its demonstration in the North Sea on Premier’s Huntington field. The project, supported by the OGTC and Premier Oil, is PB3 PowerBuoy’s first-of-its-kind deployment in the North Sea, whereby a moored buoy captures power from […]

  • Archer picked as sole provider of downhole services on Gyda P&A campaign

    4 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance

    Archer has been awarded the fishing, milling & wellbore cleaning services for Repsol Norge on the Gyda platform located offshore Norway.

  • World-first as Woodside removes riser turret mooring from Australian waters (Photo+video)

    20 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Heavy lifting, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Australian energy giant Woodside Energy has removed the decommissioned Nganhurra riser turret mooring (RTM) from Australian water, which is now in transit to the shore for recycling and reuse. The Nganhurra RTM has been lifted onto a barge approximately 38 kilometers north of the North West Cape in Western Australia and is transiting to the […]

  • Well-Safe Solutions Moves to New Headquarters

    27 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    Well-Safe Solutions will be moving headquarters, following a landmark contract win and acquisition of its first asset.  The decommissioning company, set up in 2017, has invested several million in the HQ building in Cove, Aberdeen, having already out-grown its current offices at Hill of Rubislaw. Graeme Murray, legal & commercial director at Well-Safe said: “This […]

  • Oceaneering to Buy NCA for USD 60 Million (Norway)

    7 March 2011
    Business & Finance

      Oceaneering International, Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Norse Cutting & Abandonment AS (NCA), for approximately $60 million. The purchase is expected to close by March 31, 2011. NCA is an oilfield technology company that specializes in providing subsea tooling services used in the plugging, abandonment, and decommissioning […]

  • DecomTools Project Seeks Sustainable End-of-Life Solutions

    11 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The European Union’s Interreg North Sea will fund the DecomTools project to develop eco-innovative concepts for the end-of-life for offshore wind farms.

  • Scots form energy ports portal

    21 November 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels

    The Scottish Energy Ports Capability Directory has been launched with the aim to provide up to date technical information on active marine energy industry ports covering the oil and gas, decommissioning, subsea and renewable sectors.

  • Petrojarl Banff FPSO reaches UK port ahead of recycling

    9 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    UK’s Kishorn Port has welcomed the Petrojarl Banff FPSO for temporary mooring while its owner is looking for a suitable location for recycling.

  • Jee Wins Contract Renewal from BP

    17 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Jee Ltd, a subsea engineering and training firm, has been awarded a three-year contract extension from BP with potential value in excess of $7.3 million (£4.5 million). The two companies have had a support contract in place for 10 years, with Jee providing global operations and project support to BP in locations including Aberdeen, Grangemouth and London […]

  • PDi Stays Afloat as Ceona Goes Bust

    22 September 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Project Development International (PDi), part of Ceona, has secured more than £6 million in project awards in 2015 to date. Aberdeen-headquartered, with offices in London and Houston, PDi was established in 2003 to provide multi-disciplined engineering, project management, project services and training to the international oil, gas and renewables industry. In August 2012, Hammersmith-based SURF contractor […]