Decommissioning
Fatal rig dismantling incident throws health, safety, and environmental perils at recycling yards into stark relief
A tragic accident recently claimed the life of one worker and put nine more directly in the path of danger due to gas exposure at a shipyard, where a 1975-built semi-submersible drilling rig was being taken apart for recycling purposes.
Quadragenarian jack-up leaves Shelf Drilling’s rig fleet to work for new owner in Malaysia
Shelf Drilling has wrapped up a divestment process for a jack-up rig which will work on a decommissioning assignment in Malaysian waters for its new owner.
‘Major’ refit around the corner for 2003-built vessel with work-class ROV among new enhancements
AGR has disclosed a list of improvement features that will be added to a ship originally built as a platform supply vessel (PSV), which is said to have emerged as a solution to a major energy industry bottleneck – the scarcity of special-purpose ships, with refurbishment work allowing it to sign up
Island Drilling rig begins multi-well plug and abandonment work in Africa
Island Drilling Company has made a start on 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.
McDermott’s ‘custom-built’ lifting cradle puts the icing on the decom cake offshore Australia
U.S. offshore engineering and construction player McDermott has brought a decommissioning assignment to an end off the coast of Western Australia.
DOF lines up another assignment in Asia Pacific thanks to decom gig for 2010-built vessel
DOF Group has won a new subsea deal in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region for one of its multi-purpose subsea vessels with construction support vessel (CSV) features.
Shell signs over decom management role at North Sea fields to EnQuest
EnQuest has widened its decommissioning operator role at offshore fields in the UK sector of the North Sea after Britain’s energy giant Shell decided to pass EnQuest its decommissioning management role.
North Sea’s only semi-sub performing saturation dives achieves 163 ops as rig’s decom gig approaches finish line
Well-Safe Solutions has hit a new saturation diving milestone in the UK waters with one of its rigs, which is said to be the only semi-submersible in the North Sea with saturation dive spread capability.
UK port secures new partner to set up decom hub for North Sea oil & gas region
A business opportunity worth nearly $3.3 billion per year has prompted the UK’s Port of Sunderland to forge ties with Northern Metal Recycling to bring a new decommissioning playground into play, opening the doors to service the oil and gas industry in the North Sea.
UK player wraps up decom gig offshore Australia
ASCO has completed a decommissioning assignment at Western Australia’s Onslow Marine Support Base (OMSB), where it participated in offshore decommissioning activities by managing contaminated material.
BP puts UK field in rearview mirror as DeepOcean’s vessel pulls largest SSIV out of North Sea (Gallery)
DeepOcean has tucked a new decommissioning milestone under its belt by removing what has been deemed to be the largest subsea isolation valve (SSIV) in the North Sea.
WATCH: Shell brings down the curtain on one of ‘iconic’ North Sea oil & gas giants as ‘largest single piece’ comes into UK port
The arrival of Shell’s fourth and final platform to Able Seaton Port (ASP) in Hartlepool marks a new milestone in the decom undertaking, as it is perceived to be the largest single piece offshore topside.
With UK’s oil & gas decom costs on the rise, operators urged to get the job done by securing supply chain resources ‘now’ to avoid bottlenecks
The NSTA has warned North Sea operators to pick up the pace of their well decommissioning operations to prevent further price hikes.
WATCH: World’s largest offshore construction vessel takes former platform’s jacket out of North Sea as recycling time comes
Allseas has performed another removal task in the North Sea with its giant offshore construction vessel for Aker BP, a Norwegian oil and gas player.