NERA to tackle oil and gas decommissioning
National Energy Resources Australia (NERA) has launched the Centre of Decommissioning Australia (CODA) a collaborative body to address the challenges of decommissioning Australia’s aging oil…
National Energy Resources Australia (NERA) has launched the Centre of Decommissioning Australia (CODA) a collaborative body to address the challenges of decommissioning Australia’s aging oil…
(Source: California State Lands Commission) Your browser does not support the audio element. The state of California recently hit a milestone in a decommissioning project…
Petrofac Offshore engineering specialist Petrofac has secured a well project management contract with PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) for operations in Australia. Under the contract,…
Operator Woodside Energy has been hit with compliance action by Australia’s offshore regulator to ensure the “safe and responsible decommissioning” of infrastructure left at its…
As offshore oil and gas platforms come to the end of their working lives, the remarkable ecosystems beneath the waves come into their own. T…
© Courtesy Rory Gillies/Shetland F The Ninian Northern arriving in Lerwick for decom work last year. A long-awaited UK Government paper into oil and gas…
Maersk Decom planning Tullow’s decom work in Mauritania As an up-and-coming area for decommissioning, Africa is following developments in more mature areas, such as the…
© Able UK Brent Alpha arriving at Able UK’s Seaton port in Teesside for dismantling. Frustrated by uncertainty around project schedules offshore UK, North Sea…
The tallest oil platform ever converted into an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico is now in place about 50 miles southeast of Grand…
US supermajor Chevron has launched a significant offshore decommissioning exercise in Thailand comprising dozens of offshore platforms and subsea pipelines, as the decommissioning sector gathers…
Off the Santa Barbara Coast is an oil platform locals know well: Platform Holly. The towering metal giant, which shares the seafloor with six other…
Platforms may be similar in characteristics and configuration, but the cost of decommissioning them can differ significantly depending on location, climate, and regulations. The recent…
Natural defences: mangroves, such as this one in the Caribbean, help to protect coastlines against storm surges © Getty Images As global awareness of the…
Brazil: Legal Update: New Regulation From The Brazilian National Petroleum Agency (ANP) On Decommissioning The Resolution marks an important stage in the Brazilian regulatory framework…
Marine biologists forecast the effects of oil platform decommissioning on fish communities Biologists and fishermen alike know that offshore oil platforms function as de facto…
Image Credit: Boskalis Dutch dredging and marine services giant Boskalis has acquired the U.S.-based maritime emergency response specialist Ardent Americas. Ardent, created by the 2015…
1 Introduction Whilst decommissioning of offshore and onshore sites is a nascent industry in Australia, it is an industry that is set to become increasingly…
Above is a Sept. 2019 photo of the subsea support vessel Maersk Installer during a subsea infrastructure removal, recycling and waste management project for the…
Krystal ChenStaff Writer The existence of oil rigs off the coast of California has been a continuous issue in Santa Barbara over decades. Ever since…
Credit; Maersk Decom Denmark’s Maersk Decom has won a contract for complete plugging and abandonment of Tullow Oil’s Banda and Tiof fields offshore Mauritania. This…
Concept: the Lankun heavy-lift vessel Photo: Image SHANDONG MARINE New company created to finance, build and operate unit destined for offshore decommissioning and installation work…
A Wärtsilä thruster solution will enable an existing hull to become the crane vessel Bokalift 2. (Image copyright Boskalis) Wärtsilä has committed to a demanding…
The number of offshore assets reaching their end of life, globally, is rising, meaning decommissioning projects are a real eventuality for many operators. Decommissioning is…
(File photo: Heerema Marine Contractors) Decommissioning in Southeast Asia and Australia offers a US$100 billion opportunity out to 2040 with a million tonnes of steel…
Petrobras has set out the opportunity for UK firms to help decommission assets from its former “cash cow” Campos basin. […] Click here to view…
Oil and gas exploration: ‘Priority action’ recommendation on disused wells not followed through The government is being taken to task for failing to act on…
Canada’s struggling oil industry leaves thousands of wells abandoned, without enough money for cleanup Under provincial law, oil and gas companies are responsible for plugging…
Question List 4 – Risks Related to the Magnitude and Timing of Decommissioning Liabilities LONDON, Feb. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — As detailed in ARCM’s recent…
Speaking during session two of the Offshore Support Journal Subsea Conference in London, Ulstein Design & Solutions sales manager Nick Wessels said current demand…
Nearly half a dozen oil facilities off the Long Beach coast are currently being reviewed for a complete shutdown, but energy stakeholders, scientists and fishermen…
HOUSTON, January 16 2020 – DecomWorld – part of Reuters Events- today announced additions to the industry leading speaker faculty for their flagship Decommissioning and…
Global Offshore Decommissioning Market, valued approximately at USD 5.84 billion in 2018, is anticipated to grow with a growth rate of more than 4.71% over…
Abstract Decommissioning obligations are having an overwhelming impact on the future viability of the oil and gas industry in Canada. Quantum and timing are uncertain,…
Image: Bigstock Stork — a unit of Fluor Corporation ’s ( FLR – Free Report ) Diversified Services business — has received a four-year framework…
Additional Antiquities Wind farms Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times more > ANALYSIS/OPINION: Wind farms dot the horizon in many states. The drive for renewable,…
Getty Images In developing a discovered resource, abandonment and decommissioning costs are only a part of the overall economic picture companies need to consider. However,…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California taxpayers could be on the hook for more than $500 million to plug thousands of so-called “orphan” wells drilled and abandoned…
The decommissioning of aged North Sea oil and gas rigs is gathering pace, but it’s a big challenge. When offshore oil and gas exploration began…
A diver examines marine life at the Eureka oil platform about 8.5 miles offshore of Huntington Beach. While such oil rigs are largely despised by…
In this report, we analyze the Nuclear Decommissioning industry from two aspects. One part is about its production and the other part is about its…
Germany’s GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service (GNS) has been awarded a contract by Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) for the development of containers for the transport and…
Michael Tholen (OGUK): “Collaboration needed to deliver the overall 35% cost reduction target” Over the next decade £15.2Bn (US$19.8Bn) is projected to be spent on…