Reach Subsea’s Olympic Challenger vessel will arrive in Aberdeen next month ahead of a multi-operator well decommissioning campaign thought to be one of the largest in a decade.
A decommissioning base on the Clyde has said it is the "ideal location" for break-up of the Foinaven FPSO amid concerns the UK could miss out on the work.
Fast-growing decommissioning firm Well-Safe Solutions has doubled the size of its office following a number of contract wins and a recent cash injection from investors.
Highlighting supply chain opportunities within the lucrative well decommissioning sector will be a key focus of an industry event, due to take place in Aberdeen later this month.
A new report from the North Sea regulator says decommissioning costs have fallen by 25% since 2017, but COVID-19 and supply chain pressures have slowed progress towards its 35% goal.
Thompsons of Prudhoe has secured contracts to help decommission a trio of North Sea assets, working in collaboration with Heerema and DeepOcean.
Bosses and staff at Well-Safe Solutions are celebrating a major milestone in the company’s history today.
Just as thing seemed to be looking up for the sector, decommissioning could be pushed to the back of the queue once again.
The SEE Monster, a decommissioned North Sea platform art installation, is set to arrive at the Tropicana in Weston-super-Mare on Tuesday.
After many years of rhetoric, promise and disappointment, the long-awaited decommissioning boom appears to gathering pace.
Tax repayments related to losses incurred by removing North Sea assets will not be touched by the energy profits levy.
Decom Engineering has secured further contracts across the globe after its chopsaw tool successfully cut its teeth during trials at the National Hyperbaric Centre in Aberdeen.
“We've got to learn from what others have gone through, but at the same time pass on our own learnings to other industries,” says Offshore Energies UK’s (OEUK) new safety boss Mark Wilson.
New research has warned that high oil prices, coupled with the UK Government’s windfall tax, could “pose a threat” to North Sea decommissioning targets.
Repsol Sinopec Resources UK (RSRUK) has appointed a new vice president for decommissioning and energy transition.
Taqa has celebrated completion of a major decommissioning project at the Brae field in the North Sea.
Decommissioning specialist Well-Safe Solutions has raised the cash needed to fund the purchase of its third rig.
Work has resumed on a huge decommissioning campaign at the Taqa-operated Brae field in the North Sea
Well-Safe Solutions has won a contract with operator Ithaca Energy to plug and abandon (P&A) a handful of southern North Sea wells.
Aberdeen-headquartered oilfield services firm Plexus Holdings has won a £500,000 order from Oceaneering.
An oil and gas industry leader has highlighted an initiative to use a decommissioned platform as an art installation, asking ‘why isn’t this happening in Aberdeen?’
A project to remove an “eyesore” from the Cromarty Firth has stalled, having been plagued by business disputes and a flurry of health and safety orders.
The Foinaven FPSO is leaving the namesake BP oilfield for Hunterston Port - but vessel owner Teekay has kept schtum on its final decom location.
Heerema has released a gallery of images showing the lift and removal of the Dunlin platform in the North Sea.
Regulators have approved TAQA’s plans to remove a section of the remaining jacket structure at Brae Bravo, following a successful topsides decommissioning campaign last year.