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Repsol Sinopec Taps Archer for $165 Million Decommissioning Project in North Sea

Repsol Sinopec Taps Archer for $165 Million Decommissioning Project in North Sea   Repsol Sinopec Resources UK has awarded a $165 million decommissioning contract to Archer to execute the plug and abandonment (P&A) of 30 wells in the Fulmar Field and two wells in the Halley Field in the UK North Sea. The contract is a fully integrated P&A project, covering the complete work scope, including a modular P&A rig, well services, and well engineering, Archer said. The Ful...

North Sea sector spent £1.6 billion on decommissioning in 2022

North Sea sector spent £1.6 billion on decommissioning in 2022   Significant opportunity with £21 billion of UK offshore decommissioning spending forecast in next decade 70% of decommissioning work going to domestic supply chain, based on plans submitted in 2022 NSTA working with industry to drive continuous improvement The North Sea oil and gas industry spent £1.6 billion decommissioning redundant wells and infrastructure last year, more than in any of t...

UK's Well-Safe Solutions Eyes Lucrative Australian Offshore Decommissioning Market

UK's Well-Safe Solutions Eyes Lucrative Australian Offshore Decommissioning Market   UK-based offshore well plug and abandonment company Well-Safe Solutions, best known for its services in the UK North Sea, is expanding into the Asia Pacific region with the appointment of Massimo Delia as General Manager of newly-created Well-Safe Solutions Pty Ltd. Delia, based in Perth, Western Australia, joins Well-Safe Solutions with over 20 years of subsea commercial and engineering exper...

£750,000 Aberdeen expansion for decommissioning specialist

£750,000 Aberdeen expansion for decommissioning specialist   A leading light in the decommissioning waste sector has invested £750,000 in significant expansion of its presence in Aberdeen. Phoenix Decom is based in the city and has strategically located licensed operational quayside outlets at the ports in Aberdeen, Peterhead, and Lerwick.  Now, the growing company has taken on 3400m² fully licensed premises at Wellheads Crescent in Dyce where £600,000 o...

DNO Wraps Up Offshore Decommissioning Project in UK

DNO Wraps Up Offshore Decommissioning Project in UK   Norwegian oil and gas company DNO said Monday that the wellhead platform production facilities had been removed from the Schooner field offshore UK, in what the company said was the last major offshore operation under DNO’s multi-year North Sea decommissioning program. The heavy lift was conducted using the Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel Thialf. The 1,200-tonne platform deck was lifted aboa...

Offshore Decommissioning: Planning for the End at the Beginning

Offshore Decommissioning: Planning for the End at the Beginning   With global decommissioning activities forecast to reach $100 billion through 2030, early planning for it could go far in helping to minimize risk and associated costs. It is the $100 billion elephant in the room. It is the last item on a never-ending list of things to do that gets delayed until it can no longer be deferred. It is the decommissioning of mature offshore oil and gas fields, and—like death and ta...

Climate / Sullom Voe Terminal key in EnQuest’s bid to become a green energy leader

Climate / Sullom Voe Terminal key in EnQuest’s bid to become a green energy leader   Salman Malik, EnQuest’s managing director for infrastructure and new energy, said work to decommission redundant oil and gas equipment is already underway and would soon create space for the ambitious future projects of carbon capture storage (CCS) and hydrogen production. Other opportunities are the electrification of west of Shetland oil and gas fields and, potentially, the import and...

Allseas' Pioneering Spirit Scoops Up Offshore Power Platform Contracts

Allseas' Pioneering Spirit Scoops Up Offshore Power Platform Contracts   Swiss heavy lift company Allseas may have designed the one-of-a-kind hydraulic lift ship Pioneering Spirit for the offshore oil and gas sector, but it is proving just as useful for offshore wind. The turbines that generate power at wind farms are just half the infrastructure of these massive projects; power conversion and transmission are just as resource-intensive, and often require installation of platform...

‘Petroleum unitisation, pollution prevention’ — NUPRC unveils 7 regulations for oil, gas industry

‘Petroleum unitisation, pollution prevention’ — NUPRC unveils 7 regulations for oil, gas industry   The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has signed seven key regulations to further ensure the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021. Speaking at an event in Abuja on Thursday, Gbenga Komolafe, chief executive officer (CEO), NUPRC, said the signing of the regulations was in fulfillment of the mandate of the commission. Komo...

Well-Safe Solutions debuts saturation dive spread capability on Well-Safe Guardian

Well-Safe Solutions debuts saturation dive spread capability on Well-Safe Guardian   Well-Safe Solutions has unveiled a D300 saturation diving system aboard the Well-Safe Guardian, making the semi-submersible rig the only one of its type in the North Sea with this capability.     The custom-built dive spread, with capacity for up to 15 persons, enables safe access to legacy subsea wellhead and Christmas tree systems from the 1970s onwards which were originally d...

Ardersier lands £300m in offshore wind boost

Ardersier lands £300m in offshore wind boost   Houston-based private equity firm Quantum Energy Partners is investing £300m in the long-dormant fabrication yard at Ardersier. The investment team has appointed former BP executive Lewis Gillies as CEO of the 450-acre port’s new parent company, Haventus. Dredging work is already under way for the creation of a quay to facilitate the decommissioning of North Sea oil rigs at the McDermott yard that built the structu...

Exxon Faces Shareholder Scrutiny Over Unclear Decommissioning Plans

Exxon Faces Shareholder Scrutiny Over Unclear Decommissioning Plans   Exxon Mobil is facing fresh scrutiny from investors over its climate ambitions at its upcoming AGM next month. Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) and Christian Brothers Investment Services (CBIS) have co-filed a shareholder resolution, calling on the energy giant to provide more disclosures on potentially stranded assets post-energy transition. The two investment groups are requesting Exxon’s b...

ABL Group appointed for decommissioning operations of L7 field in North Sea

ABL Group appointed for decommissioning operations of L7 field in North Sea   TotalEnergies EP Nederland has hired ABL Group (ABL) as marine warranty surveyor to undertake the decommissioning operations of the L7 field in the Dutch part of the North Sea. This L7 restitution project features decommissioning of nine jackets and ten topside modules, including bridge structures from the L7 field. These installations weigh a total of around 17,500 tonnes. The L7 field was a major...

TotalEnergies picks marine warranty surveyor for decom work in North Sea

TotalEnergies picks marine warranty surveyor for decom work in North Sea   Oslo-listed energy and marine consultancy ABL Group has been appointed as marine warranty surveyor for the decommissioning operations at a field in the Dutch sector of the North Sea by TotalEnergies EP Nederland, a subsidiary of France’s TotalEnergies. ABL Group reported on Monday, 17 April 2023, that it had secured a marine warranty surveyor role at the L7 field decommissioning project, known as the L...

J+S Subsea recognised for sustainability in decommissioning work

J+S Subsea recognised for sustainability in decommissioning work   In the energy industry’s only awards dedicated to decommissioning excellence, J+S Subsea has been shortlisted for the Sustainability Award. The Decom North Sea Awards celebrate innovation and success in the decommissioning sector. J+S Subsea has been announced as a finalist for our significant impact in the last year in driving energy efficiencies, the circular economy or decarbonisation aligned with the energ...

Neptune Energy to spend $23 million on decommissioning in Germany this year

Neptune Energy to spend $23 million on decommissioning in Germany this year   Neptune Energy today announced it will spend $23 million on a targeted decommissioning program in Germany this year, plugging and abandoning wells which have ceased production and removing associated infrastructure. Operations have now been completed on the plugging and abandonment (P&A) of a well in the Bentheim gas field, located in western Lower-Saxony, with a second well on the field due to be dec...

Decom Engineering makes the cut in Congo decommissioning project success

Decom Engineering makes the cut in Congo decommissioning project success   Decom Engineering’s (Decom) specialist cutting technology has been successfully deployed on a decommissioning project offshore West Africa. Decom deployed its C1-24 chop saw in water depths of up to 1,050 metres as part of an operation to recover a jumper connector on behalf of Total Energies in the Gulf of Guinea, offshore the Democratic Republic of Congo. The workscope included the cutting of the...

Well-Safe Solutions supporting decommissioning of bp Kate wells in North Sea

Well-Safe Solutions supporting decommissioning of bp Kate wells in North Sea   International well decommissioning specialists Well-Safe Solutions is supporting the decommissioning of two suspended wells in bp’s Kate field in the North Sea, 220km from Aberdeen. The programme of work, expected to be executed from the Noble Innovator jack up vessel during Q2 2023, will see Well-Safe Solutions carry out well engineering support services using its bespoke Well Decommissioning Deli...

James Fisher disposes of nuclear decommissioning services firm

James Fisher disposes of nuclear decommissioning services firm   A supplier of engineering, manufacturing and technical services to the UK's nuclear decommissioning industry has been sold by marine services provider James Fisher and Sons. Myneration – a wholly-owned investment vehicle of Rcapital Partners – is behind the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of James Fisher Nuclear Holdings Limited (JFN) and related properties. The sale forms part of the...

Rovco Completes Decommissioning Contract with Well-Safe Solutions

Rovco Completes Decommissioning Contract with Well-Safe Solutions   Rovco has successfully completed a contract awarded by Well-Safe Solutions to support its well plug and abandonment decommissioning operations in the Southern North Sea. This is the second contract that the leading provider of subsea and hydrographic survey projects has secured with Well-Safe Solutions, having previously performed survey work on an abandoned subsea wellhead in UK waters in 2021. During the proje...
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