Decommissioning and Abandonment

Claxton, the University of Aberdeen, the National Decommissioning Centre and the Net Zero Technology Centre (which is providing funding and oversight), have continued to move ahead in the delivery of the Underwater Laser

The omens for the offshore decommissioning market are looking positive as the industry prepares for 2023 and all that it has in store.

While a turbulent geopolitical environment has caused market fluctuations over the last few years

As the oil market fluctuated more than it has in over a decade due to the fragile global developments that have occurred over the last few years, decommissioning and abandonment services in the Gulf of Mexico are facing a turbulent future as demand skyrockets.

As the restrictions eased after the Covid-19 pandemic, the

At the recently concluded Offshore Well Intervention Gulf of Mexico conference, representatives from Caltex Oil Tools provided a detailed presentation of a recently concluded damaged wellhead repair project where the company utilised new

Global well integrity company, Coretrax, has collaborated with Lee Energy Systems (LES) to deliver a one-trip solution for a major North Sea operator for its P&A campaign.

The collaboration aims to maximise operational efficiencies for the creation of

Celebrations rang through the night last week as the third annual OWI Awards 2022 brought industry giants together to highlight the very best in offshore well intervention.

This year the ceremony was hosted

Harbour Energy, ConocoPhillips, Spirit Energy and Repsol Sinopec has formed a well decommissioning collaborative initiative in conjunction with the Net Zero Technology Centre (NTZC).

The initiative will enable new technologies to be trialled

Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), the leading representative body for the UK’s offshore energy industry, has published its latest Decommissioning Insight report.

More than 2,000 North Sea wells involved in oil and gas extraction are to be decommissioned

ASCO, a provider of fully-integrated logistics and materials management services in the oil and gas, decommissioning and new energy sectors, has secured four new contracts for NORM decontamination and disposal

Argeo Robotics AS, a fully owned subsidiary of Argeo AS which develops robotic and digital solutions for the ocean space, has been granted a patent from the Norwegian Industrial Patent Office for a

The recycling operation of Curlew, an FPSO vessel, has started in Vats, Rogaland, this week, with the 235 m-long ship loaded-in by a float-over and subsequent site move

Saab Seaeye, a leading underwater e-robotics company, is assisting in the decommissioning of an oil platform in Angola – the first to undergo this work in the country.

EQS, an environmental quality services company, is leading the project with help from a Saab Seaeye Falcon

With an ever-increasing demand and healthy oil price appearing to reach relative stability, much of the oil and gas industry has thrived across 2022, despite the tumultuous geopolitical environment threatening to upset Covid-19 recovery efforts.

As supply from Russia continues to reduce, European countries

Helix Energy Solutions Group has received a deepwater well decommissioning contract award by Shell Brasil Petroleo Ltd to perform P&A services on subsea wells located in the Bijupira and Salema fields in the Campos Basin.

Helix

James Christie, who is Regional Director for Ashtead Technology’s Asia Pacific region, and has been with the company for over three years, also assumes the role of Head of Mechanical Solutions as the company looks to cement its market

20 winners have been selected over seven categories for the Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) UK£10mn funding competition.

The NZTC launched its Open Innovation Programme in March, 2022, aimed at developing tech in the hope of starting initiatives which

Dana Petroleum has selected leading service provider, Petrofac, to provide well management services for all of its UK North Sea operated assets.

The two-year contract, which will include providing services to both the Triton FPSO (Floating Production Storage and

Leading energy services provider, Expro, has successfully completed the plug and abandonment of Ireland’s first indigenous gas wells.

Expro provided the delivery of integrated subsea and well test services over an eight-month period to intervene, plug and abandon subsea

The decommissioning of the Northern Endeavour facility has reached a significant milestone as contractor Petrofac Facilities Management Limited (Petrofac) has begun Phase One of the decommissioning process.

The process will see the Northern Endeavour disconnected from subsea equipment

C-Innovation (C-I) and Grand Isle Shipyard, LLC (GIS), two strategic oil and gas industry partners, have been awarded a plug and abandonment contract by Helix Alliance Decom, LLC, to provide pre-feed services