Decommissioning and Abandonment

    • Region: North America
    • Topics: Well Intervention
    • Date: Jan, 2025

    ineos platformIn December 2024, INEOS Energy acquisitioned the Gulf of Mexico deepwater assets of CNOOC Energy Holidays USA Inc., a subsidiary of CNOOC International Ltd, marking the third major investment for INEOS within the US in the last three years.

    The deal includes the

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    • Region: North America
    • Topics: Decommissioning
    • Date: Jan, 2025

    Adobe Stock BOEM decommissioning GOMBlake Habbit has been promoted to Danos’ new Operations Manager to lead the growth and development of the company’s decommissioning services within the Gulf of Mexico.

    In his role, Habbit will oversee the business operations

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    • Region: Australia
    • Topics: Decommissioning
    • Date: Jan, 2025

    AdobeStock 711674074The Offshore Decommissioning Directorate is leading the implementation of Australia’s Offshore Resources Decommissioning Roadmap, a strategic initiative focused on

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    • Region: Australia
    • Topics: Decommissioning
    • Date: Jan, 2025

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    Australia's decommisioning industry regulator, the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) in its Decommissioning Compliance Strategy 2024-2029 outlines the key steps taken to achieve its objective for decommissioning all petroleum wells, structures, equipment and property in Commonwealth waters.

    NOPSEMA's vision is to

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    • Region: North Sea
    • Topics: Decommissioning
    • Date: June, 2024

    MERMAID HEADSShell UK Ltd has signed a contract with Mermaid Subsea Services Ltd to utilise the offshore company's services for a multi-year engineering, preparation, removal and disposal (EPRD) well head severance (WHS) project in the North Sea.

    Planned in three annual batches,

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    • Region: Australia
    • Topics: Decommissioning
    • Date: June, 2024

    Bhagwan MArineBhagwan Marine has partnered with Linch-pin to deliver the Thevenard Island Offshore Decommissioning Project contract for Chevron Australia.

    With special focus on environmental sustainability, the retirement project involves safe removal and the repurposing of nine offshore platforms as

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    • Region: North Sea
    • Topics: Decommissioning
    • Date: July, 2024

    A overhead shot of the top of a ship deck.

    DeepOcean, an ocean services provider that is dedicated to enabling the energy transition and sustainable use of ocean resources, has been awarded a significant recycling project on the UK continental shelf.

    Provided by an unnamed international

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    • Region: Gulf of Mexico
    • Topics: Decommissioning
    • Date: May, 2024

    664dc18c4714595d56f5eb24 Elemental Energies Promethean Energy 5Applicable by a significant master services contract from decommissioning specialist Promethean Energy,

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    • Region: North Sea
    • Topics: Decommissioning
    • Date: May, 2024

    image00207Aberdeen-based Odfjell Technology Ltd has solidified is plug and abandonment (P&A) and slot recovery range with a £3mn-acquisition of McGarian TDC Ltd.

    This acquisition will advance Odfjell’s Well Services division, and add to the company's 20 years of

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    • Region: North Sea
    • Topics: Decommissioning
    • Date: May, 2024

    Aquaterrapressphotos20thNov 3 1An integrated service provider from Aberdeenshire, AquaTerra Group has announced four decommissioning contract wins that add up to a seven-figure sum.

    The last year has marked several firsts for the Group, including the first time that the company was subcontracted

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    • Region: All
    • Topics: Decommissioning
    • Date: May, 2024

    AdobeStock 670995458The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has called for innovations in rigless plug and abandonment.

    This has been made in partnership with the 'Go Radical P&A' project, a venture by Energy Transition Norway, Danish Offshore Technology Centre, Centre of

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    • Region: Asia Pacific
    • Topics: Decommissioning
    • Date: May, 2024

    An offshore oil platform in the process of being decommissioned.

    James Fisher Decommissioning, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has completed a significant decommissioning project in the Gulf of Thailand.

    After extending the contract with a major

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    • Region: Australia
    • Topics: Decommissioning
    • Date: May, 2024

    Woodside decommissioning plan for NOPSEMAWoodside Energy has prepared and submitted an experts-consulted, final environment plan (EP) to the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and

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    • Region: Latin America
    • Topics: Decommissioning
    • Date: May, 2024

    UKEF Ocyan ABC 1Export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) will be supporting Brazilian contractor Ocyan's decommissioning drive with a US$7.5mn guarantee. 

    After initial discussions with UKEF, Ocyan onboarded Scottish business Maritime Developments Ltd in 2022 who would take care of

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    • Region: All
    • Topics: Decommissioning
    • Date: April, 2024

    Decom Engineerings chop saw patents will help expansion The UK-based decommissioning specialist Decom Engineering's intellectual property (IP) has passed a 'strength test' following an intellectual asset review of its pipeline cutting saw

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    • Region: US
    • Topics: Decommissioning
    • Date: April, 2024

    offshore wellThe Department of the Interior announced a final rule from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) that makes the American oil and gas industry accountable to cover decommissioning costs of

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    • Region: All
    • Topics: Decommissioning
    • Date: Apr, 2024

    An overhead shot of offshore oil platform supports as they enter the sea.

    Private equity investors Buckthorn Partners and One Equity Partners (OEP) have acquired Acteon Group, an international offshore

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    • Region: Australia
    • Topics: Decommissioning

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    • Region: North Sea
    • Topics: Decommissioning
    • Date: Apr, 2024

    Energean decommissioning North SeaExploration and production company Energean will be taking control of the decommissioning of Tors and Wenlock fields in the Southern UK North Sea, which are now at the end of their economic production capability 

    As part of the project the company has

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    • Region: North Sea
    • Topics: Decommissioning
    • Date: Mar, 2024

    Rovco's newly-chartered MV Patriot at sea.

    The MV Patriot has become the latest addition to the Rovco specialist fleet, joining the company’s existing two site characterisation vessels.

    The leading provider of tech-powered offshore wind solutions

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