Decommissioning
Xodus widens its role on Australian offshore oil field decom project
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 completes North Sea subsea removal campaign
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 team up to deliver simplified decommissioning
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
New North Sea partnership targets IRM, decommissioning and construction
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
Well-Safe bags new North Sea decom job: Archer, NMC Energy supporting P&A ops for 260+ wells
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.
Ocean Installer to recover 1,000 tons of subsea infrastructure for TotalEnergies
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
EnerMech assists Subsea7 in decommissioning scope delivery
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
BP entrusts subsea decom and recycling job at UK field to DeepOcean
Norwegian ocean services provider DeepOcean has been hired by the UK-headquartered energy giant BP to lend a hand in the decommissioning and recycling of subsea equipment from a site where a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) worked at the operator’s field located West of Shetland,
ABL finds work on ExxonMobil’s huge Australian offshore decom campaign
ABL, part of Oslo-listed global consultancy group ABL Group, has been hired to support Esso Australia Resources (Esso), a subsidiary of U.S.-headquartered energy giant ExxonMobil, during an offshore removal campaign of multiple platforms, hundreds of wells, and subsea infrastructure off the coast of
Fresh North Sea gig for Well-Safe Solutions’ semi-sub rig
Aberdeen-based decommissioning services provider Well-Safe Solutions has picked up a new assignment in the UK sector of the North Sea, enabling it to provide well operatorship capability for the first time.
Saipem and Petrobras set their cap on advancing Brazil’s decom offering
Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem is pooling resources with Brazil’s state-owned energy player Petrobras to look into enhancing solutions for decommissioning activities across the South American country’s oil and gas fields, subsea systems, and associated infrastr
DeepOcean picks up subsea and topside removal job for North Sea FPSO
Norwegian ocean services provider DeepOcean has been hired to support the subsea decommissioning and disconnection of an undisclosed floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel in the UK sector of the North Sea.
Woodside in the clear for plug & abandonment ops offshore Australia
Australian energy giant Woodside has received a blessing for its environmental plan (EP) from the country’s offshore regulator for permanent plug and abandonment (P&A) of multiple subsea exploration wells off the coast of Australia.
Firm selected to decommission wells at North Sea field inaugurated in 1975
Aberdeen-based decommissioning services provider Well-Safe Solutions has secured a multi-year contract with Apache North Sea Limited to decommission its platform wells and subsea wells in the Forties Field in the North Sea, inaugurated in 1975. Well-Safe Solutions will lead the contract across all w