Exxon loses to Apache in High Court battle on £100m decommissioning bill
Exxon Mobil has lost out in a High Court battle against Apache with “far reaching implications” for North Sea decommissioning.
Exxon Mobil has lost out in a High Court battle against Apache with “far reaching implications” for North Sea decommissioning.
A project manager at a north-east firm shined brightest out of a trio of budding decommissioning experts to win a prestigious award today.
A budding petroleum engineer is hoping to “give something back” to the universities that boosted his career by winning a prestigious award.
A “right assets right hands” approach to retiring North Sea infrastructure could benefit new decommissioning suppliers, according to an industry chief.
North Sea supply chain companies could begin to move elsewhere if operators continue to defer decommissioning, it has been warned.
Heerema, owner of the world’s largest offshore crane vessels, has said squeezed prices have made a “very difficult business case” for the decommissioning market.
Oil and gas firms are being urged to welcome new decommissioning technologies with “open arms” in order to aid their development.
The outgoing boss of Decom North Sea (DNS) has said 2021 could be a “defining year” for the industry, but decommissioning “needs to pay its way”.
Convincing the oil and gas industry to break convention is never going to be an easy task.
Teekay has bid a “final farewell” to the Petrojarl Banff FPSO, which has now arrived in Denmark for decommissioning.
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has forecast that the number of suspended wells in the UK North Sea will surge beyond 1,550 within five years.
The North Sea could face higher decommissioning costs if it doesn’t change its ways of working, the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has warned as it sets out its new strategy.
The head of decommissioning at EnQuest has joined the board of industry trade body, Decom North Sea.
A raft of North Sea decommissioning contracts are on the way from operators including Harbour Energy, Eni, CNOOC, Taqa and more.
A company caught up in a “dangerous” Buchan Alpha decommissioning incident has been given little more than a “slap on the wrist” by the HSE, according to an offshore union.
Kishorn Port has been given the go-ahead from Highland Council to extend its dry dock so that it can secure bigger decommissioning projects.
Maersk Decom has launched a free cost-calculating tool on its website for benchmarking decommissioning projects in the North Sea.
Industry organisation Decom North Sea (DNS) has announced the appointment of its new “highly respected” chief executive.
EnQuest has handed in the decommissioning plans for its Heather platform in the North Sea.
The world’s largest construction vessel, Pioneering Spirit, completed a large-scale operation in the Firth of Forth on the weekend.
Logistics company NorSea UK, of Aberdeen, has teamed up with two other firms to launch what is claimed to be Scotland’s first dedicated subsea decommissioning “hub”.
Alpha Petroleum has handed in decommissioning plans for its Wenlock platform in the North Sea.
Neptune Energy will use Borr Drilling’s new Prospector 1 rig for a range of jobs offshore Netherlands and UK as part of a $21.4 million contract.
The decommissioning bill for NEO Energy’s newly-acquired Exxon Mobil assets in the UK has been estimated at $1.1billion (£795m).
Swift Drilling has won a multi-year decommissioning deal with Wintershall in the North Sea.