Decommissioning
Ninian Northern topside set for decommissioning at Lerwick port
The 14,200-tonne Ninian Northern topside has been loaded onto its final resting place – the Dales Voe decommissioning pad at Lerwick Harbour.
Stena Drilling finds new gigs for two rigs
Stena Drilling has won two contracts, one for a semi-submersible rig and the other for a drillship in Ireland and Suriname, respectively.
DOF Subsea to support offshore decom project
DOF Subsea has won a marine operations turnkey contract in connection with a decommissioning project by Teekay Petrojarl Floating Production. The award for the Oslo-listed firm covers project management, engineering, procurement and all offshore marine operations. The offshore works specifically inc
GALLERY: Pioneering Spirit brings Ninian Northern topside for decommissioning
Allseas’ giant heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has delivered the 14,200 tonne Ninian Northern platform topside to the Lerwick port in Scotland for decommissioning.
Greenpeace strikes again in protest against Shell’s Brent decom plans
Greenpeace activists from Germany have launched a protest in the North Sea to call out Shell’s plans to abandon an estimated 11,000 tonnes of oil in the sea.
Resolve Marine disposes of jacket offshore India
US-based maritime salvage company Resolve Marine has been awarded a contract for stabilization and disposal of an oil platform jacket off the west coast of India.
GALLERY: Heerema’s Sleipnir vessel in record-breaking jacket lift for Shell
Heerema’s giant semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir has removed Shell’s 10100 mT Brent Alpha jacket, which was located in the UK North Sea.
Orca provides dive system support and engineering services for Well-Safe Solutions
Orca Oceanic Systems Ltd (OOS) has secured a contract with Well-Safe Solutions for the provision of dive system support and engineering services onboard the Well-Safe Guardian semi-submersible decommissioning rig. Mike Masson, OOS’s managing director sad: “We’re delighted to finally secure the Maste
Pioneering Spirit removes Tyra East and West platforms
Allseas’ heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has removed the Tyra East and Tyra West integrated processing and accommodation platforms.
Deep Panuke offshore platform de-installed
In its half-year earnings report, Dutch FPSO operator SBM Offshore stated that the Deep Panuke mobile offshore production platform (MOPU) has been de-installed from its namesake gas field offshore Canada.
TAQA files decommissioning plans for two North Sea platform topsides
TAQA Bratani has filed its decommissioning programs for the Tern and North Cormorant platform topsides, located in the UK North Sea, to the UK authorities.
Shell gets green light for Brent Alpha jacket decommissioning plan
UK authorities have approved Shell’s decommissioning plan for the Brent Alpha jacket, located in the UK sector of the North Sea.
Heerema’s Sleipnir vessel sets jacket lifting record
Heerema’s Sleipnir, the LNG-powered world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel, has set a record for the largest single lift jacket removal.
Santos plans to leave Tern wellhead on site
Santos has filed its environment plan for the abandonment of the Tern-1 wellhead to the Australian offshore regulator and the plan is now under assessment.