New study reveals key factors for estimating costs to plug abandoned oil and gas wells
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In an analysis of over 19,500 orphaned oil and gas wells across the United States, scholars at Resources for the Future…
Category: Well Decommissioning
Aberdeen’s Ardyne extends well decommissioning technology partnership with Equinor
© Supplied by Fifth Ring Alan Fairweather, Ardyne CEO Aberdeen-headquartered energy services firm Ardyne has agreed a second join industry project with Norwegian giant Equinor.…
Well Plugging Starts in Pioneering North Sea Field
Plugging operations began last month in conjunction with the planned shutdown of the Veslefrikk field. PHOTO SOURCE: Øyvind Hagen/Equinor Plugging operations began last month in…
California Decommissioning Project Hits Oil Well Abandonment Milestone
(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 secured decommissioning contract with PTTEP in Australia
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,…
OGA launches online resource to help kick-start decommissioning campaigns
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has provided one centralised location for well data related to decommissioning. The data, which is already publicly available, has…
AGR Starts Decom Works on Kinsale Field Offshore Ireland
Kinsale Bravo – Image Credit: PSE Kinsale Energy (File Photo) Energy services company AGR has started decommissioning operations of Ireland’s first indigenous gas wells in…
New tool for slashing well decom costs aces first live test in North Sea
© Supplied by isol8 Andrew Louden, CEO of isol8. An Aberdeen start-up firm’s technology for slashing oil well decommissioning costs has passed its first North…
Well decommissioning campaigns a ‘massive opportunity’, OGA says
Pauline Innes, head of decommissioning at the Oil and Gas Authority. Adopting a campaign approach to well decommissioning in the UK North Sea is the…
Decommissioning firm Well-Safe Solutions snaps up second rig
West Epsilon Heavy Duty HE Oil and gas decommissioning firm Well-Safe Solutions has acquired a second rig in a move it claims will spark the…
Orca to Provide Dive System Support for Well-Safe Guardian
Well-Safe Guardian – Image: Well-Safe Well-Safe Solutions, a UK-based company specializing in P&A services, has awarded Orca Oceanic Systems a contract for the provision of…
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…
Petrodec Achieves Decommissioning Milestone
The ability to use one vessel, instead of a drilling rig and heavy lift vessel, is an industry first. Decommissioning services specialist Petrodec has completed…
Aker BP Cleared to Use Maersk Invincible Rig for P&A at Valhall
Maersk Invincible – Credit: Maersk Drilling Norwegian oil company Aker BP has secured consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway to use the Maersk Invincible…
Well decommissioning under way on North Sea Rubie, Renee fields
Offshore staff ABERDEEN, UK – Petrofac’s Engineering & Production Services division has started a well decommissioning contract for the Rubie and Renee fields in the…
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…
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…
Tullow Awards Maersk Decom Bundled Project
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…
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…
Transformational technology for well plugging and abandonment
Casing Cement Breaker from Deep Casing Tools There is a new transformational tool that could significantly reduce the cost of decommissioning that is currently being…
Well-Safe ‘actively’ looking at more rigs as maiden purchase gets ready to hit the market
Picture by SANDY McCOOK 18th February ’20 Wellsafe Guardian underegoes a major refit at the Global Energy Park at Nigg on the Cromarty Firth. Chief…
Schlumberger to provide downhole services for Well-Safe Solutions
Well-Safe Solutions has announced the award of a significant work scope to Schlumberger for the provision of Plug and Abandonment Well Services. The scope includes…
Schlumberger Wins P&A Work with Well-Safe
Well-Safe Guardian – Image: Well-Safe The UK offshore decommissioning specialist Well-Safe Solutions has awarded “significant work scope” to Schlumberger for the provision of Plug and…
Oil and gas exploration: ‘Priority action’ recommendation on disused wells not followed through
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
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…
WilPhoenix booked for well decommissioning
Offshore staff ABERDEEN, UK – Awilco Drilling has a letter of intent from an unnamed operator for use of the semisub WilPhoenix for a three-well…
Eni Charters Vroon PSV for Long-Term P&A Work in UK
Dutch offshore vessel owner Vroon Offshore Services has recently secured a charter deal with Eni for its platform supply vessel VOS Prelude. Vroon on Monday…
Oil & gas decom manager Sensalytx expands into Innovation Park office
Sensatlytx has taken up office space at James Gregory Centre in Aberdeen Innovation Park Oil and gas decommissioning specialist Sensalytx has moved into larger…
Report: $550 Million Needed to Plug Abandoned California Oil, Gas Wells
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…
New technologies speed up plug and abandonment of oil and gas wells
Decommissioning, Plug, Abandonment, GlobalData With decommissioning being an increasingly important field for oil and gas operators, companies have invested significantly in technologies that could reduce…
New technologies speed up plug and abandonment of oil and gas wells
With decommissioning being an increasingly important field for oil and gas operators, companies have invested significantly in technologies that could…