Aquaterra in subsea abandonment contract win
Aquaterra Energy has clinched a multi-million pound contract to supply equipment for a subsea abandonment project in the North Sea.
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Election shows politicians taking decommissioning seriously, analyst says
The UK general election showed attitudes to decommissioning are “changing for the better”, an analyst has said.
Dounreay must leave Caithness with decommissioning legacy, MSP says
Deep-water port would give Scotland decommissioning clout, Sturgeon says
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said yesterday that constructing a deep-water port could be key to Scotland capitalising on decommissioning work.
North Sea decommissioning contract creates 35 jobs in Shetland
The decommissioning of a North Sea platform will create 35 jobs in Shetland.
Decommissioning tax relief high on the post-election agenda for OGUK
The head of Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) has said industry is ready to resume the push for decommissioning tax relief after next week’s general election.
Allseas wins AkerBP work
AkerBP has awarded Allseas a six year Transport, Installation and Removal contract.
Leaving more rigs in North Sea presents a ‘colossal opportunity’, conservationist says
A Scottish conservationist has said changing European laws to allow more oil rigs to be left at sea could present a “colossal opportunity” for the North Sea.
Repsol Sinopec to begin plugging wells as Beatrice field prepares for decommissioning
A North Sea operator will soon start plugging and abandoning (P&A) wells on the Beatrice oil field as it prepares a wider decommissioning programme.
Industry chiefs shape late-life asset management and decommissioning technology priorities
Leading figures from across the North Sea industry were at the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) in Aberdeen yesterday for a workshop to discuss priorities for the new decommissioning solution centre (DSC).
Video: Time-lapse of Shell’s Brent Delta being delivered onto quay
Able UK has released time-lapse footage of the Brent Delta topside being skidded onto quay six at its yard in Hartlepool.
InterMoor UK expands their decommissioning services
InterMoor Ltd has added rigless well abandonment capabilities to its UK-based services ahead of an expected North Sea decommissioning boom.
Gallery: Shell Brent Delta arrives in Hartlepool
Shell’s Brent Delta topside was delivered to Able UK’s yard in Hartlepool this week, where it will be dismantled and recycled.
Video: End of an era as Shell Brent Delta topside arrives in Hartlepool
One of the North Sea’s most iconic pieces of oil and gas infrastructure arrived in a murky Hartlepool last night after more than 40 years offshore.
Brent Delta transferred onto barge ahead of Teesside delivery
The Pioneering Spirit vessel has transferred Shell's Brent Delta topside onto a barge ahead of its delivery to a yard in Teesside.
Gallery: Pioneering Spirit’s Brent Delta topside lift
The world's largest vessel by displacement, the Pioneering Spirit, set a new world record when it lifted the Brent Delta top side last month in a single go.
OGTC looking for North Sea P&A inspiration
The newly opened Oil and Gas Technology Centre is looking for innovative ideas to transform how North Sea oil and gas wells are plugged and abandoned in the future.
Video: Pioneering Spirit completes Brent Delta topside lift for Shell
Allseas’s Pioneering Spirit vessel has removed the topside section of Shell’s Brent Delta platform in the North Sea. Swiss contractor Allseas said it had broken the world lifting record in the process. Pioneering Spirit removed the 24,000-tonne topside structure in a single lift. It is now transporting the structure to a decommissioning yard in Teesside, north-east England.
Montrose port to chase decommissioning work with £5m upgrade
Montrose Port Authority (MPA) has announced plans invest £5.2million in upgrading its facilities in an attempt to attract more ships used in North Sea decommissioning.
Dundeecom in bid to create UK decommissioning centre
Dundee hopes to secure thousands of new jobs by “revolutionising” the oil and gas decommissioning sector.
ConocoPhillips to book Heerema for North Sea decommissioning job
US firm ConocoPhillips has picked Heerema Marine Contractors to remove four platforms from the Norwegian North Sea.
Green groups slam Shell’s Brent plans, firm denies wrongdoing in Nigeria
Environmental groups have rejected Shell’s plans to decommission the Brent oilfield in the North Sea.
Opinion: Green groups’ negative reaction to Shell Brent plans entirely predictable
The negative reaction by Lang Banks of the WWF and other NGOs to Shell’s Brent decommissioning plans was entirely predictable.
Decommissioning will ramp up as maintenance backlog bites, analysts say
A platform maintenance backlog will “catch up” with North Sea operators, ushering in a first peak in decommissioning work, analysts have said.
Finance secretary joins calls for decommissioning tax relief ahead of Budget
The Chancellor has been challenged to “step up to the plate” and support the oil and gas industry in next week’s Budget.