Energy and marine consultancy ABL, part of Oslo-listed global consultancy group Aqualis, has been hired by Switzerland-based offshore contractor Allseas to support the lifting of a massive 60,000-ton topside in a single motion as part of a North Sea decommissioning project on the Norwegian Continent
Hornbeck Offshore Services, which recently merged with Helix Energy Solutions, has secured a multi-year decommissioning contract set to commence in the North Sea next year. The contract by a “major operator” was awarded to the company’s subsidiary Helix Well Ops (U.K.) and will have a duration of tw
More than four decades after first producing oil, a 17,200-ton North Sea platform has been lifted from its steel jacket in a single operation and loaded aboard a heavy-lift vessel, owned by Switzerland-based offshore contractor Allseas, marking the start of its final journey to shore for dismantling
Aberdeen-based decommissioning services provider Well-Safe Solutions has strengthened its decommissioning offering through a strategic partnership with NMC Energy, combining their subsea, platform interface, and well lifecycle expertise to support major North Sea projects.
Spirit Energy, a North Sea operator, has finished a multimillion-dollar decommissioning campaign in the UK sector of the North Sea, plugging and abandoning (P&A) three gas wells that have reached the end of their productive lives and removing more than 234 tons of subsea infrastructure.
A consortium – consisting of AF Offshore Decom, part of AF Gruppen, and Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) – has won a new assignment for offshore platform decommissioning activities on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), representing its third contract from the same North Sea operator in the past year.
Norwegian engineering company CoreMarine has wrapped up the disconnection of a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit offshore Cameroon, clearing the way for the vessel to leave Africa after eight years of service and begin its next chapter in the Americas, with redeployment planned in Argentina
Aberdeen-based energy consultancy Xodus has expanded its role on a decommissioning program in Australian waters, supporting environmental approvals for the next phases in the removal of one of the country’s largest offshore oil field developments.
DeepOcean has completed subsea removal activities at two North Sea fields operated by Spirit Energy, whose shareholders are Centrica (69%) and Stadtwerke München (31%). DeepOcean reported today, July 14, that it had completed the recovery of the remaining subsea wellhead protection structure at the
Aquaterra Energy and James Fisher and Sons have established a decommissioning partnership to offer operators a single, integrated route to plan and execute well abandonment and infrastructure removal programs more efficiently, with fewer interfaces and greater execution certainty. Aquaterra Energy i
Boskalis Subsea Services and the UK’s Anasuria Operating Company (AOC) have signed a preferred partnership framework agreement to collaborate on inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM), decommissioning and construction activities in the North Sea. The parties’ long-term collaborative framework is d
Aberdeen-based decommissioning services provider Well-Safe Solutions has landed a new decommissioning assignment at a field in the North Sea on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) and hired Archer and NMC Energy to lend a hand with the plug and abandonment (P&A) scope of work.
Norway’s marine construction and operations player Ocean Installer, part of the Moreld Group, has won a contract with TotalEnergies that includes the recovery of around 1,000 tons of subsea infrastructure. Awarded for the Byggve, Skirne and Atla fields in the North Sea, the project covers engineerin
Aberdeen-headquartered integrated solutions specialist EnerMech has completed a pipeline flushing and cleaning workscope for Subsea7 as part of a field decommissioning program in the Gulf of Mexico. EnerMech reported it was in charge of flushing and cleaning a long-distance deepwater oil export pipe
