Onshore Recycling / Waste Management

Heerema coming back to decommission North Sea platforms it installed in the ’90s

Dutch offshore contractor Heerema Marine Contractors has been awarded a decommissioning contract by DNO for the integrated engineering, preparation, removal, and disposal (EPRD) of the…

Work starts on £20m capital dredge to reopen UK’s largest brownfield port

In the 1970s, Ardersier – a vast and currently unused port 14 miles east of Inverness – was one of the largest oil rig fabrication…

‘Sorry guys, we’re full’: CessCon predicts onshore decom ‘bottleneck’

Lee Hanlon, CEO of CessCon Decom speaking at the OGUK St Andews decommissioning conference. The chief executive of CessCon Decom has warned that a potential…

Decommissioning of Curlew suspended following ‘incident’

The Curlew arriving in Dundee almost exactly a year ago. Oil giant Shell has confirmed all decommissioning work on the Curlew floating production vessel (FPSO)…

Every port should harbour aspirations for real change

Lerwick Harbour is the principal commercial port for Shetland and a key component in the islands’ economy The future of Scotland’s Green Ports is inextricably…

Aker Solutions Awarded Work to Recycle Offshore Platforms in Norway

March 18, 2021 – Aker Solutions has signed a sizeable(1) letter of intent with Heerema Marine Contractors for decommissioning work related to the Heimdal and…

Equinor awards contracts for North Sea decommissioning work

The Veslefrikk platform has been operating since 1989 (source: Equinor/Øyvind Hagen) Norwegian energy company Equinor has awarded Netherlands-based Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) contracts for removal,…

Harbour is quay to a new era

Work underway, above, on the new harbour. It will be the largest berthage port in Scotland, able to accommodate vessels of up to 1000ft in…

Ørsted-led consortium researching blade decommissioning

The new DecomBlades consortium will aim to make Denmark a ‘frontrunner’ in establishing recycling solutions within the wind industry Blade manufacturer LM Wind Power is…

Teekay’s Banff FPSO to be decommissioned in Denmark

Spirit Energy gas platforms to be dismantled in Fife

An artist’s impression of CessCon Decom’s facility in Energy Park Fife. A Scottish firm has clinched its maiden contract for dismantling offshore platforms at a…

Montrose positions itself for decommissioning work

MONTROSE Port has strengthened its case for picking up work linked to oil and gas decommissioning activity in the North Sea, writes Scott Wright. The…

Continuing development of decommissioning at Lerwick

Kishorn Port hints at plans to extend dry dock

Kishorn Port. Kishorn port has raised hopes of a jobs boost after it signalled plans to extend its dry dock to cater to demand for…

Curlew – a decom object lesson

The Shell Curlew FPSO arriving in Dundee last year I’m baffled by the Curlew decommissioning saga that will now see the life-expired FPSO be dismantled…

Kishorn Port aims to prove decommissioning credentials with stricken Minch cargo ship

MV Kaami, which ran around in the Minch, arriving at Kishorn drydock for dismantling. A redeveloped Highland port is aiming to use a stricken cargo…

Watch the moment enormous Brent Bravo lifting frame disappears into a cloud of dust

This is the dramatic moment the massive lifting framework on the Brent Bravo oil rig was torn down at Seaton port. The enormous structure, or…

New metal recycling facility will boost Dundee’s decom ambitions

John Lawrie Metals’ director of projects and decom Julian Foley A metal recycling facility to be built in Dundee later this year will take the…

Shell halts Curlew Dundee decom as final work to be done elsewhere

Curlew at Dundee Pic Peter Devlin Oil giant Shell has confirmed that decommissioning work on the Curlew floating production (FPSO) vessel moored in Dundee has…

Old wind turbine blades present a recycling problem

Old wind turbine blades present a recycling problem Companies are searching for ways to deal with the tens of thousands of wind turbine blades that…