Firms must collaborate to build Dundee decom hub
Greater collaboration is required if Dundee is to achieve its aim of becoming an international hub for the offshore decommissioning sector.
Greater collaboration is required if Dundee is to achieve its aim of becoming an international hub for the offshore decommissioning sector.
The chief executive of Dundeecom is hoping to create a research and development network for entrepreneurs and academics to share decommissioning ideas.
Energy major BP has published jaw-dropping photos of the Miller platform being decommissioned.
A new centre of excellence will help the sector “transform tomorrow” by fixing the oil and gas decommissioning problems of today, an industry chief has said.
A multi-million pound centre tasked with making Aberdeen the focal point for oil and gas decommissioning expertise will be launched later this year.
Repsol Sinopec Resources UK (RSRUK) said it is "exploring" removal options for the jackets and topsides of the Beatrice field.
Surviving a horror film and thriving in the fast-evolving and — most likely — frenetically-paced decommissioning industry have more in common than meets the eye.
The £60billion North Sea decommissioning market is on the cusp of its first major cycle, a new report said.
A new harbour master has taken the helm at the ports of Dundee, Methil and Kirkcaldy.
The Scottish Government will split £1.5million between six projects in an effort to secure more North Sea oil and gas decommissioning work for the country.
The Scottish Government will offer six projects a share of £1.5million as part of its Decommissioning Challenge Fund.
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) announced today that it has signed a three-month contract with Premier Oil to conduct a decommissioning study of the PB3 PowerBuoy in the North Sea.
Two Chinese heavy lift transport ships remain anchored off Nairn as they await a decision on whether they can remove a number of rigs from Cromarty Firth.
Repsol Sinopec Resources UK (RSRUK) has confirmed plans to permanently remove workers from a North Sea complex as it moves closer to decommissioning.
Tom Baxter, senior lecturer in chemical engineering at Aberdeen University, has presented a discussion paper on the case for reforming decommissioning regulations before the Scottish Parliament. Read the full report:
Port of Cromarty Firth (PCF) has received its second and final environment permit, allowing it to start decommissioning projects immediately.
Scottish environmental authorities have blocked the departure of three oil rigs currently cold-stacked in Cromarty Firth.
Fears have been raised about the fate of three oil rigs cold-stacked in the Cromarty Firth.
Spanish oil firm Repsol has handed in a draft decommissioning plan for the Rev field in the Norwegian North Sea.
At the end of a week when Aberdeen academic Tom Baxter argued the case for leaving oil and gas platforms in the North Sea to save taxpayer money, Tom Leeson, interim chief executive officer of industry body Decom North Sea, says the solution may not be so simple.
A former cabinet secretary has suggested re-writing the Tay Cities Deal wish-list because of its reliance on a “jobs bonanza myth”.
A former Scottish Government minister has backed calls to leave old oil and gas platforms in the North Sea forever – and invest the £15billion saving in green energy.
Oil platforms in the North Sea should be made clean and safe then left in position, according to an industry expert.
Decom Energy managing director Graeme Fergusson acknowledges having to “work hard” to convince employees that decommissioning is an area where the company can find its place.
An Aberdeen oil expert has argued for North Sea rigs to be left at sea in a report on decommissioning which will be launched in the Scottish Parliament today.