Dutch Wagenborg Offshore has signed a long-term agreement with an “energy major” for a platform supply vessel (PSV) that will be converted into a multipurpose offshore vessel set to support subsea activities and decommissioning works. A young PX121 PSV will be converted into a multipurpose offshore
Solstad Offshore’s offshore construction vessel (OCV) Normand Cutter has arrived in Brazil to conduct decommissioning activities for Petrobras under a contract with Brazilian oil and gas services provider Ocyan.
A partnership comprising Acteon’s Claxton, the University of Aberdeen, the National Decommissioning Centre, and the Net Zero Technology Centre is developing a gas-jet system expected to “revolutionize” subsea cutting. The Underwater Laser Cutting (UWLC) technology is said to improve efficiency when
A semi-submersible rig has arrived at a port in Scotland to prepare for its first decommissioning assignment on the UK Continental Shelf.
Due to several ongoing projects, the UK’s Kishorn port (KPL) is currently playing host to giant semi-submersible and jack-up drilling rigs.
While the oil & gas infrastructure needs to be retired at the end of service life, does this have to be the end for these giant beasts?
The semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Xin Guang Hua, owned by China’s COSCO Shipping, has completed the float-on and load-in operation of a floating, production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO) set to be decommissioned, an operation that is believed to have set a new world record. Xin Guang
M.A.R.S. has been awarded a major EU Green Recycling contract for Teekay’s Petrojarl Foinaven FPSO.
UK-headquartered energy services provider Expro has completed the plug and abandonment (P&A) of Ireland’s first indigenous gas wells. Expro provided integrated subsea and well test services over a period of eight months to intervene, plug and abandon subsea wells from a mobile offshore drilling unit
EnQuest has achieved a milestone in the decommissioning of the Heather asset in the UK North Sea following the award of a topside removal contract.
AF Gruppen has been awarded a contract by TotalEnergies for the removal and recycling of platforms in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.
Oil major Shell has secured a semi-submersible rig for plug and abandonment operations on two of its fields located offshore Norway.
The UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has kicked off research on end-of-life oil fields in the North Sea using the robot submarine Boaty McBoatface with the aim of helping monitor and protect the marine environment and support industry transition towards net-zero targets. The Autosub Long-Rang
Neptune Energy has hired Well-Safe Solutions to undertake a decommissioning campaign in the Dutch and UK sectors of the North Sea.
