The number of assets in the North Sea that need to be decommissioned is on the rise. According to Shell around 470 installations will be decommissioned in the UK sector of the North Sea over the next 30-40 years.
Decommissioning – the multi-billion pound, monster job looming over the oil and gas industry.
Italian contracting giant Saipem has been picked to assist in the decommissioning of an aged North Sea installation.
TAQA was honoured with an award for outstanding photography at a ceremony celebrating the decommissioning sector in Aberdeen last night.
For the “first time” ever, the industry regulator has partially revoked a North Sea licence after a partner failed to “meet regulatory requirements”.
Decom North Sea has officially rebranded in order to better reflect the “broader trends of the energy transition”.
Petrodec has successfully removed topsides from the A2D platform at the Amethyst field in the southern North Sea ahead of dismantling in the Netherlands.
A clutch of new contracts, including three signed in the UK over the last month, are expected to help energy services firm WellGear globally double in size over the next two years.
Well-Safe Solutions has installed a new diving spread on its Guardian rig, the only one of its kind in the North Sea.
Ambitious plans to revamp a Scottish fabrication yard for use recycling North Sea infrastructure have taken a major step forward.
Former BP executive Lewis Gillies has been named CEO of the port’s new parent company.
Plans have been submitted for the decommissioning of subsea infrastructure at Repsol Sinopec’s Beauly and Burghley fields.
Decommissioning specialist Well-Safe Solutions has shared video footage of its final asset embarking on its inaugural contract.
It comes as the EU said leaving the thousands of tonnes of oil-sediment contents in place would be “environmentally and socially unacceptable”.
Harbour Energy has confirmed it plans to “re-phase” up to $100 million per year of decommissioning spend in the wake of the windfall tax.
Dozens of platforms and substructures are to be removed in 2024 - while 16 windfarms are forecast to be installed; an unprecedented level of activity.
How to remove a 600,000 tonne structure in the middle of the North Sea? Most likely, operator CNR International simply won’t.
A structure that stood in the Central North Sea for around three decades has been pulled to the ground at a Norwegian yard.
Oil giant BP (LON: BP) has picked Aberdeen’s Well-Safe Solutions to help it decommission a pair of suspended North Sea wells.
The 22-well P&A deal is Mermaid Subsea’s largest contract to date.
Dana Petroleum has submitted draft paperwork for the removal of the Western Isles FPSO, though the fate of the vessel is yet to be decided.
CNR International has decided to shut down Ninian, one of the greatest oilfields in the North Sea, due to “challenging” UK market conditions.
Decommissioning firm Well-Safe Solutions has teamed up with PD&MS Group as part of a push to slash its environmental impact.
A huge oil rig docked in Aberdeen will kick off work for oil giant BP in May, according to new contract details.
A senior government trade official hailed decommissioning as “one of the UK’s greatest strengths” during an industry conference yesterday.