Projects – ONEDECOM

AF Offshore Decom announce the successful completion of the Dunlin Alpha removal campaign

On behalf of their client Fairfield Energy Limited, AF Offshore Decom has announced that the significant offshore preparation and removal campaigns for the Dunlin Alpha…

Woodside looks to progress Enfield decommissioning

Australian operator Woodside Petroleum is progressing work to decommission its Enfield oilfield in Block WA-28-L, off the coast of Western Australia. Woodside this month submitted…

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…

Valaris wins UK decom work with Centrica amid clutch of contracts

The Valaris Norway Valaris has announced a clutch of contract awards, including decommissioning work with Centrica in the UK. A six-well plug and abandonment deal…

Repsol Sinopec to dish out major wells contract for Fulmar decommissioning

Repsol Sinopec’s Fulmar installation North Sea operator Repsol Sinopec Resources UK (RSRUK) is expected to put a major decommissioning contract for its Fulmar field out…

Decommissioning programme submitted for North Sea field

Planning for the decommissioning of a North Sea field which has exceeded its expected life sevenfold is now underway. A decommissioning programme will be submitted…

Wintershall Noordzee launches 18-month North Sea decommissioning program

Offshore staff RIJSWIJK, the Netherlands – Wintershall Noordzee , a joint venture between Wintershall Dea and Gazprom EP International, has started a decommissioning campaign in…

Taqa ‘poised for significant decommissioning activity’

Aberdeen University researchers taking part in wind farm decommissioning study

Tui oil field decommissioning project almost complete

The FPSO Umuroa has been disconnected from the Tui oil field, 50kms from the Taranaki coastline. The multi-million dollar Tui oil field decommissioning project is…

Cluster of North Sea decommissioning contracts on the way

Maersk Decom Launches Free Offshore Decommissioning Cost Calculator

Credit: kithanlea/AdobeStock Denmark-based Maersk Decom said Tuesday it has designed a free cost calculating tool for benchmarking decommissioning projects in the North Sea. “Maersk Decom’s…

World’s largest construction vessel, Pioneer Spirit, off East Lothian coastline

The Iron Lady makes her way along the River Forth. ..Picture: Peter Devlin. A REMARKABLE marine operation has taken place off the coast of East…

Pioneering Spirit: Largest construction vessel in world captured on camera during major operation in Forth

Many, including David Collins and Brian Finch, caught the event on camera when the Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit travelled across the Forth to transfer its cargo…

Petronas Unit Awards Celtic Sea Decom Contract

A unit of Petronas has awarded HydraWell a multi-year contract to support a decommissioning project. PHOTO SOURCE: HydraWell Petronas (KLSE: PETGAS) subsidiary PSE Kinsale Energy…

Alpha Petroleum submits decommissioning plans for North Sea platform

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…

Oz regulator takes action against Woodside over Enfield decommissioning

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…

CNR International seeks contractor partner for mass North Sea decommissioning campaign

Decommissioning projects drive utilisation of heavy-lift fleet

Pioneering Spirit employs single-lift technology to facilitate platform removals (source: Allseas) Decommissioning activity was brisk in 2020, led by offshore infrastructure removals in the North…

Pioneering Spirit to Remove Two Morecambe Bay Platforms

(Photo: Spirit Energy) Allseas’ giant heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit will remove the DP3 and DP4 platforms in Morecambe Bay off the U.K. for independent…

Repsol Sinopec hands in decom plans, but offshore work years away

Repsol Sinopec Resources UK (RSRUK) has handed in decommissioning programmes for the Fulmar and Auk North fields to the UK Government. But well plugging and…

Maersk Decom plans West Africa work

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…

Continuing development of decommissioning at Lerwick

New artificial reef off Grand Isle sets a record

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…

Premier Oil hands in Balmoral decommissioning plans

Platform Holly Decommission Stalled Due to Covid-19 Pandemic

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…

Super-size Lerwick decom pad takes delivery of its first oil platform

Ninian Northern arrives at Lerwick Harbour Lerwick Port Authority has taken delivery of the 14,200-tonne Ninian Northern platform topside -the first job for the new…

Greenpeace returns to Brent field to protest against Shell’s decommissioning plans

The Greenpeace Ship Esperanza passes in front of the Shell operated Oil platform Brent-C (Charlie). Photo by Carl Shanahan / Greenpeace Greenpeace activists have returned…

Ithaca approved to remove North Sea Anglia platform

Offshore staff ABERDEEN, UK – Ithaca Energy has received approval from the UK’s Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning for its decommissioning proposals for…

Repsol Sinopec calls time on Tartan Alpha after 40 years

Repsol Sinopec Resources UK (RSRUK) has decided to stop production on its Tartan Alpha installation after nearly 40 years, putting some jobs at risk. The…

Big oil rig scrapping job no trouble for Heerema

Dutch firm Heerema has safely removed the steel infrastructure of an end-of-life Shell oil platform, located in the North Sea. The dismantling job required some…

Sleipnir offshore crane breaks own record for single jacket lift

HMC’s Sleipnir safely and sustainably removed Shell’s 10100 mT Brent Alpha jacket. Dutch firm Hereema Marine Contractors (HMC) has broken its own record a single…

Allseas, Kvaerner secure Statfjord A platform removal contract

YourOilAndGasNews – The Statfjord A platform in the North Sea will shut down production in 2022, 43 years after first oil. This more than doubles…

Eni hands in plan to decommission six North Sea platforms

Eni will decommission six platforms in the North Sea. The 48/29A complex is the main operating hub for Hewett. Eni has submitted plans to decommission…

Completion of topside skidding as part of Pickerill platforms’ decommissioning

Petrodec, the decommissioning services specialist, confirmed the successful completion of skidding operations for the topside removal of the Pickerill A unmanned platform, located in the…

Watch: Neptune Energy completes safe removal of three Dutch North Sea platforms

https://vimeo.com/432060409/recommended Neptune Energy on Wednesday (June 24) announced the safe removal of the L10-C, L10-D and L10-G platforms from the Dutch sector of the North…

UK approves decom plans for Ineos-operated field

The Cavendish platform. The UK Government has approved Ineos’ decommissioning programme for its Cavendish platform. The field is in the southern North Sea, about 75…

Taqa Cleared to Remove Eider Platform Topside

Eider Platform – Credit: Taqa The UK authorities have approved Taqa’s decommissioning program the Eider platform topside in the UK North Sea The Eider platform…

GALLERY: Giant Sleipnir vessel wraps up decommissioning campaign for ConocoPhillips

Earlier this month, Heerema Marine Contractors’ giant semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir completed its first decommissioning campaign of the season. It was a unique project,…

Archer boosted by Taqa decommissioning contract awards

The Archer Topaz unit is expected to move to the Cormorant Alpha platform in the second half of next year. Taqa has picked Archer rig…

Maersk in UK decommissioning contract award

Danish contractor Maersk Supply Service has won a subsea removal contract for Fairfield Energy’s Dunlin Alpha project in the UK North Sea. MSS was awarded…

Repsol Sinopec to Remove Buchan & Hannay Subsea Infrastructure

Credit: Repsol Sinopec UK oil and gas operator Repsol Sinopec has filed a draft decommissioning plan for subsea infrastructure at Buchan & Hannay fields in…

Awilco firms up rig contract with Petrofac off UK

Awilco Drilling has firmed up a contract with Petrofac for its semi-submersible WilPhoenix to carry out well plug-and-abandonment work off the UK. The 1982-built rig…

Progress being made on multi-operator east of Shetland decom programme

Pauline Innes, head of decommissioning at the Oil and Gas Authority. A group of operators is making progress on plans to work together on the…

Maersk Decom P&A Services for Tullow’s Mauritania Wells

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…

China resumes work on giant heavy-lift vessel

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…

Saipem ‘beats all targets’ for 2019 as it swings back to profit

The Saipem 7000 lifting the Hywind turbine towers into their floating foundations Saipem has said it has “beat all targets” for 2019 after swinging back…

Boskalis uses Wärtsilä thruster solutions in crane vessel project

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…

Offshore decommissioning – challenges and opportunities

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…

Opportunities Abound in Asia Pac

(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…

Ulstein converts Aegir into heavy-lift vessel

ROTTERDAM, the Netherlands – Ulstein has converted Heerema Marine Contractors’ Aegir from a deepwater construction into a heavy-lift vessel. After Heerema’s strategic reposition on its…

3,000 tonnes is enough: Ulstein’s strategy for heavy lift in the 2020s

Speaking during session two of the Offshore Support Journal Subsea Conference in London, Ulstein Design & Solutions sales manager Nick Wessels said current demand…

Chrysaor hands in decommissioning plan for Jupiter fields in North Sea

Chrysaor has handed in decommissioning plans for the Jupiter series of gas fields in the UK North Sea. […] Click here to view original web…

Chrysaor hands in decom plan for southern North Sea platform

The Caister CM installation. Chrysaor has submitted its decommissioning plans for a southern North Sea platform to the UK Government. […] Click here to view…

Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Removes Perenco Gas Platforms

Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Blue Tern has recently completed the offshore works related to decommissioning of two gas platforms for Perenco UK Limited. Fred.…