AF Gruppen secures decom contract for North Sea platform
Norwegian company AF Gruppen (AFG) has secured a key decommissioning contract for a North Sea platform.
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Watch: Decommissioning of Shell Curlew FPSO gets underway in Norway
Work to break up and recycle a massive vessel, which served the UK North Sea for more than 20 years, has begun in Norway.
AF Gruppen keeping door ‘firmly open’ on future decom co-ops after Fairfield collapse
Bosses at engineering firm AF Gruppen remain open minded about a future decommissioning partnership after a previous venture failed to gain traction.
Aker Solutions and AF Gruppen terminate decom merger
Aker Solutions and AF Gruppen have terminated a proposed merger of their decommissioning operations in a major deal announced earlier this year.
‘There is a discernible gap between the rhetoric and the reality’: Fairfield Decom MD on decision to cease trading
Following the news that Fairfield Decom will cease trading, Graeme Fergusson, managing director, shares his thoughts on the sector and the immediate risks that it faces.
Aker Solutions and AF Gruppen to merge decommissioning divisions
Norwegian firms Aker Solutions and AF Gruppen intend to merge their offshore decommissioning operations into a 50:50 joint venture.
Curlew – a decom object lesson
I’m baffled by the Curlew decommissioning saga that will now see the life-expired FPSO be dismantled in Norway rather than via the original arrangement whereby it was to be prepped in Dundee prior to being towed to Turkey for chopping up.
MSP ‘deeply disappointed’ by loss of Shell decommissioning job to Norway
A Scottish politician said yesterday he was “deeply disappointed” that an oil production vessel which has sat in Dundee for a year will be dismantled in Norway.
Shell picks Norwegian yard to complete Curlew decommissioning
Shell has awarded Norwegian firm AF Gruppen the contract for dismantling and recycling the Curlew floating production vessel.
Rise of decom specialists could give UK the edge in global market worth £67bn
The rise of specialist decommissioning firms could give the UK the edge in a global oilfield dismantling market worth £67 billion over the next decade, a new report said.
Fairfield Decom says ‘first customer needs to be as visionary as we are’
A new decommissioning company in Aberdeenshire is seeking out its first contract, saying their inaugural customer “needs to be as visionary as us”.
Trio team up for UK North Sea decom joint venture
An Aberdeenshire firm has joined forces with two major decommissioning contractors to launch a joint venture offering lower UK North Sea dismantling costs.
Dunlin Alpha decommissioning deal cemented
A Norwegian yard owner and a Dutch heavy lift crane vessel operator have signed the contract to decommission a UK North Sea platform.
Updated: Heerema, AF Gruppen pick up Dunlin Alpha decommissioning job
Dutch heavy lift crane vessel firm Heerema Marine Contractors has won the contract to remove the Dunlin Alpha topside in the UK North Sea.
Exclusive: Jacket for Shell’s Brent Alpha platform to be scrapped in Norway
Oil major Shell has revealed that the steel jacket for its Brent Alpha platform will be taken to Norway for scrapping.
Offshore removal phase for Murchison completed
The Murchison platform has been removed from the North Sea and brought ashore two years ahead of schedule.
Decom series: AF Gruppen targets single lift market after Janice, Murchison success
In decommissioning, as in life, there are winners and there are losers.