Taqa ‘poised for significant decommissioning activity’
© Coen de Jong/ Taqa The world’s largest crane vessels. Thialf and Sleipnir, met at Brae Bravo earlier this year ahead of a decom campaign.…
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Aberdeen University researchers taking part in wind farm decommissioning study
© Getty Images/EyeEm Scientists at Aberdeen University are exploring the cost, both financial and environmental, of decommissioning wind farms as part of efforts to develop…
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
© Premier Oil/ Linkedin Harbour Energy said the Balmoral platform will be towed away for dismantling this month. A raft of North Sea decommissioning contracts…
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
© Alpha Petroleum Alpha Petroleum has handed in decommissioning plans for its Wenlock platform in the North Sea. A normally unmanned installation was put in…
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
© Kishorn Port Subsea work on Banff and Kyle, formerly served by the Petrojarl Banff (pictured) is also expected to come to market this year.…
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
© Courtesy Rory Gillies/Shetland F Ninian Northern arriving at Dales Voe, Lerwick, where ongoing development of deep-water infrastructure enables support for larger-scale decommissioning projects in…
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
© Premier Oil/ Linkedin Premier Oil will end production at its Balmoral Area in October. Pic: Premier Oil/Linkedin Premier Oil has handed in decommissioning plans…
Premier Oil hands in Balmoral decommissioning plans
© Premier Oil/ Linkedin Premier Oil will end production at its Balmoral Area in October. Pic: Premier Oil/Linkedin Premier Oil has handed in 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.…