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 decommissioning expert has said there are clear signs that “brand decom” is emerging as work spreads the length of the UK east coast.
Two industry bodies have formed an alliance to help their members meet the challenges of offshore decommissioning.
Industry body Decom North Sea today published guidelines on environmental issues impacting the development of decommissioning programmes.
Hundreds of decommissioning industry leaders will gather in Fife this week for a major conference on the future of the multi-billion pound sector.
Industry body Decom North Sea (DNS) has appointed Tom Leeson as its interim chief executive with immediate effect.
The Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) in Aberdeen has appointed Roger Esson as Decommissioning Solution Centre manager.
The two years since SPE Offshore Europe 2015 haven’t taken long to pass. Through the challenging times we’ve all experienced, the North Sea oil and gas industry continues to operate, becoming ever smarter, ever leaner in its approach to business.
Twelve (very quick) months have passed since I took up my position at Decom North Sea and in that time, a lot has happened in the world of decommissioning.
One of the world's biggest dredgers is heading for Peterhead as an economic renaissance takes off in the Blue Toon.
A quick glance at the news right now illustrates that we are living through interesting times. In the UK alone, this past month’s headlines have been dominated by change, whether that means Brexit, IndyRef2 or the latest budget.
Industry body Decom North Sea (DNS) has unveiled Chris Cox, managing director of Centrica’s offshore exploration and production business, as keynote speaker for its 2017 conference and exhibition.
The chief executive of Decom North Sea said the sector’s independent membership organisation is supporting companies in Tayside and Fife to win work. Roger Esson said many companies recognise that now is the time to become an integral part of a robust, global supply chain that will be ready for action when the time for decommissioning comes.
Late life asset management through to decommissioning isn’t an industry awash with precedents and case studies, so what’s the key to getting it right?
As 2017 begins to take shape, North Sea decommissioning continues to dominate the headlines.
A plan to help maximise the value of North Sea decommissioning for small to medium-sized firms has been published by the Scottish Government’s economic development agencies.
A groundbreaking new report predicts a steady rise in decommissioning work in the UK and Norway over the coming decade.
Supply chain companies will have a chance to promote themselves in poster format at next month’s Offshore Decommissioning Conference in St Andrews.
Last week, the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) published its Decommissioning Delivery Programme – the follow up to its Decommissioning Strategy, which was published earlier this year.
Ice pigging, oil-spotting satellites, plasmabits and tyre mattresses were among the technologies on show at a decommissioning industry event in Aberdeen yesterday.
The industry body for North Sea decommissioning has appointed a new chairman who is on the books at Wood Group.
North Sea operating companies are slowly coming round to the idea that the spectre decommissioning is not going to vanish, an industry chief said.
An industry chief has said there is no rush for companies to jump headlong into North Sea decommissioning.
The industry body for North Sea decommissioning will today launch a new online toolkit with “limitless potential” for improving collaboration in the sector.
A senior executive from Shell's multi billion dollar Brent field decommissioning team said the delay in deploying the enormous would not add to the cost of the project, despite putting put back a year.