Decommissioning and Abandonment

With many oil rigs being decommissioned in the Gulf of Mexico each year, plans of converting rigs for alternatives like offshore multi-trophic aquaculture (finfish, oyster and algae) production and renewable energy, has been on the cards

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Global Maritime has recently completed the Marine Warranty Scope (MWS) for decommissioning the LOGGS Complex in southern North Sea.

The five platforms, linked by bridge, were removed with Saipem vessel S7000 and were supported by the

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Esso Australia, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil Australia, has entered into a multi-year agreement with DOF Subsea to charter a Multi-Purpose Supply Vessel for the support of its decommissioning activities in Bass Strait.

Dylan Pugh, ExxonMobile

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The US Department of the Interior has announced that US$1.15bn in funding is available to states from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create jobs cleaning up orphaned oil and gas wells across the country.

This is a key

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At the COSCO Shipping Shipyard in Nantong, China. Jan De Nul Group has launched the Voltaire, a next-generation offshore jack-up installation vessel for offshore renewables and decommissioning.

This vessel will be the

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James Fisher, a leading provider of innovative marine solutions and specialised engineering services, has launched a new business line named James Fisher Decommissioning (JF Decom), which will support the decommissioning needs of customers in the renewables and oil

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Petrogas E&P Netherlands B.V. (a part of Petrogas E&P LLC) has awarded Heerema an integrated engineering, preparation, removal, and disposal (EPRD) decommissioning contract for multiple North Sea oil platforms.

The work involves removing the Haven,

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DNO has awarded a decommissioning contract to Heerema Marine Contractors for the integrated engineering, preparation, removal, and disposal (EPRD) of the Ketch and Schooner platforms.

The Ketch and Schooner platforms are located in the southern North Sea in the UK

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InterMoor has been awarded a key contract with Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production, Ltd. (Chevron) for the disconnection and removal of Single Point Mooring (SPM) Buoy 1 and 2 in the Gulf of Thailand.

InterMoor will provide project

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After receiving a letter of intent for decommissioning work in Norway in March 2021, Aker Solutions has now formally signed a sizeable award with Heerema Marine Contractors for the

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After a rigorous selection process by a panel of expert judges, on a night filled with celebration and laughter in Aberdeen, the winners of the Offshore Well Intervention Global Awards 2021 were finally revealed.

Spanning six separate categories, the awards recognised

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First Marine Solutions (FMS), an offshore moorings expert, awarded a seven-figure contract by well decommissioning specialist, Well-Safe Solutions.

The agreement will see FMS provide its full spectrum of marine consultancy services, including provision of

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In an operational and financial update, Hurricane Energy has announced that it has successfully completed the plugging and final abandonment (P&A) of the Lancaster 205/21a-4z well.

The well is located in the Lancaster Field, West of Shetland in Scottish waters, which

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Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (Helix) has extended its well intervention charter and services contracts for the Siem Helix 2 offshore Brazil with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras).

This will extend the original four-year contract by one year at a

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Environment Quality Services (EQS) has successfully assisted in a decommissioning project offshore Angola. Dubai-based EQS deployed their Saab Seaeye Falcon to assess the integrity of the offshore structures via visual inspection and image

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Kongsberg Digital has confirmed that Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has renewed its Long-Term System Support Program

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Neptune Energy has awarded a decommissioning contract to Maersk Supply Service (MSS) for the Juliet field in the UK southern North Sea.

The decommissioning work, which will be carried out in early 2022, will utilise innovative technology to reduce the time and costs

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Neil Greig, Sales Manager Helix well Ops (UK) Ltd, presented at the Offshore Well Intervention Mediterranean 2021 conference to highlight the capabilities of the Subsea Services Alliance and how these could be utilised in the

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The Decommissioning Insight 2021, published by OGUK, will set out plants for what could be the biggest marine removal programmes ever

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The New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has entered into an agreement with Helix Offshore Services Limited, a subsidiary of Helix Energy Solutions Group, for the plugging and abandonment (P&A) of the wells in the Tui Oil Field.

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