By Mark Plummer MSc BEng In the previous article, we looked at 6 Key Well Abandonment and Decommissioning Challenges and I promised to share with you some of the latest decommissioning technologies a...

By Mark Plummer MSc BEng Tackling the challenges of safely and economically decommissioning thousands of oil and gas wells globally in the coming years is one of the biggest tasks facing our ind...

ANY EXAMINATION of the prospects for decommissioning including plugging and abandonment of wells across the North Sea suggests the future market is huge. “Overall, decommissioning on the UK Contine...

Marie Morkved, Head of Production Technology from Maersk Oil, presents a case study of a recent well intervention using coilhose technology, noting how it allows deployment with slick line equipment b...

During a routine test, a major operator in the Danish North Sea determined that a Sub-surface Safety Valve (SSSV) of a well on an offshore platform would not successfully perform a routine inflow pres...

McKinsey & Co deliver a presentation regarding the value of North Sea well Intervention.   You must have the Adobe Flash Player installed to view this player. var player...

Zach Ruslan, Senior Production Technologist from Dong Energy, delivers a case study which evaluates the lean processes used to establish a technically viable sand management and downhole evaluation so...

Prolonged challenging market conditions have posed existential threats to operators, contractors and in the case of the North Sea, arguably, an entire basin. The severity and rate of market deteriorat...