Decommissioning
UK’s offshore oil & gas decom bill to hit £24.6 billion by 2033
Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) has outlined in its new report that decommissioning work could account for 22% of the cumulative oil and gas spend over the next ten years.
One week to go: 400+ exhibitors from offshore energy industry to gather in Amsterdam
The following is a press release from Navingo BV, the owner of Offshore-Energy.biz and organizer of the annual Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC). More than 400 exhibitors and co-exhibitors booked their spots at OEEC 2024 Businesses and organizations from across the offshore energy secto
McDermott picks up ‘largest’ decom job in its history
McDermott has lined up its next multimillion-dollar decommissioning assignment off the coast of Australia, which is said to represent the firm’s largest secured project of this kind.
DeepOcean and EXCEED shake hands for vessel-based plug and abandonment
Norway-based ocean services provider DeepOcean and Scotland-based well management company EXCEED have entered a partnership to deliver vessel-based well plug and abandonment (P&A) services to the global decommissioning market. According to DeepOcean, the collaboration leverages the company’s subsea
‘Largest ever’ vessel-based UK North Sea decommissioning campaign wraps up, Mermaid Subsea reports
Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) has performed what it says is the largest vessel-based UK North Sea decommissioning campaign ever. The project included the plugging and abandonment (P&A) of 21 wells spread across the Northern and Central North Sea over a duration of two years, carried out on behalf of
Retired offshore oil & gas infrastructure lives on as rig-to-reef project
Hibiscus Petroleum has confirmed that facilities related to a decommissioned oil field infrastructure, which reached the end of its service life, have got a new lease on life thanks to a rig-to-reef project off the coast of Malaysia.
Decade-long decom ops at Shell’s UK oil & gas field enter home stretch as final mammoth topside is skidded quayside
The last remaining topside from a Shell-operated oil and gas field situated northeast of the Shetland Islands has been lifted to the quay by Dutch heavy lifting and transport provider Mammoet.
US court forestalls threat of oil & gas shutdown in Gulf of Mexico with a reprieve
A court decision, which was interpreted to pose a serious threat to new and existing oil and natural gas operations in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico with some fearing that it would have unintended consequences for the offshore wind program as well, has been replaced with a new one.
Island Drilling rig finishes plug and abandonment gig offshore Africa
Island Drilling has wrapped up its plug and abandonment (P&A) campaign off the coast of Mauritania, Africa, which is being carried out with its 2012-built semi-submersible rig.
Eni seeks approval for decom ops offshore Australia
Eni Energy Bonaparte, an affiliate of Italy’s energy titan Eni, has submitted a revised environment plan for decommissioning operations at a field in the Bonaparte Basin in northern Western Australia to the Australian Commonwealth regulator, National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Manag
US picks contractor for decom work on eight orphaned oil & gas pipelines in Gulf of Mexico
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has hired the Louisiana-based Chet Morrison Contractors, known as Morrison Energy, on a five-year on-site pipeline decommissioning assignment partially funded by a $4.7 billion investment for orphaned oil and gas well cleanups, called the Bip
Mermaid Subsea ahead of schedule with ‘major’ decommissioning campaign for Shell
Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) has ahead of schedule wrapped up the first phase of what it says is a major North Sea decommissioning contract for Shell UK. Mermaid announced in June that it had been awarded an engineering, preparation, removal and disposal (EPRD) well head severance (WHS) contract by
Interview with Opsealog: Power of digitalization levels up vessels’ energy efficiency game as shipping regulations tighten their grip on fleets’ emissions
France’s Opsealog paints a picture of the offshore supply vessel (OSV) future rich with evolving technologies, a blossoming array of propulsion tools, and decarbonization gains.
US earmarks $15 million to tackle methane menace posed by abandoned oil & gas wells
The United States Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), is securing federal funding in support of research and development projects that help reduce methane and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from undocumented orphaned wells (UOWs) across the country