Decommissioning and Abandonment

Perenco and Carbon Catalyst Limited (CCL) have been awarded a licence to progress the Poseidon carbon capture and storage (CCS) project following the conclusion of the first

The recent 'Decommissioning and Abandonment Australia 2023' conference held in Perth saw many insightful presentations from a distinguished list of speakers. On the legal and regulatory side, Ben Adamson, a

Archer has been awarded a US$165mn decommissioning contract by Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Ltd. for the execution of plug and abandonment (P&A) services in the Fulmar and Halley Fields in the North Sea.

The awarded

According to new research by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), the oil and gas industry in the North Sea spent UK£1.6bn on decommissioning redundant wells and infrastructure last year.

This figure

Spirit Energy is celebrating its busiest-year-to-date in regards to decommissioning activities across the Central North Sea (CNS), Southern North Sea (SNS) and East Irish Sea.

Some of the recent work to complete includes the final phase of the campaign to remove the

The global offshore well intervention market is set for a period of extended growth in light of stable oil prices forecast in the short-term, maintained oil demand in the medium- and possibly long-term, and ever-increasing environmental pressures.

Globally, spending on well intervention is on the rise with Rystad Energy predicting an increase by

C-Kore Systems has announced the successful completion of a decommissioning campaign offshore Western Australia.  

The campaign was completed using C-Kore Sensor Monitor units to interrogate the wellhead pressure and temperature sensors on the oilfield.

Reflex Marine's STORM-WORK suspended work basket was successfully employed in its 100th offshore project in October 2020.

The STORM-WORK was designed specifically for offshore industrial work activities and was very well

Global well integrity specialist Coretrax is planning for future growth following a slew of recent project wins, with company headcounts rising by 20% to 300 people over the last year.

The business has expanded operational bases in the US,

International well plug and abandonment specialists, Well-Safe Solutions, are expanding into the Asia Pacific region with the appointment of Massimo Delia as General Manager of the newly created Well-Safe Solutions Pty Ltd.

Based in Perth, Australia, Massimo

Allseas has awarded Modern American Recycling Services Europe (MARS) with the contract for project management and engineering, receipt with load-in assistance, dismantling and disposal of EnQuest’s Heather Alpha topsides.

The contract was announced on MARS’ social media platforms, and will provide

Warnings that the favourable environment for the global oil and gas community will not last forever are leading to an increased interest in offshore well intervention as an alternative to drilling, a trend being spurred by Australia's decommissioning debate hotting up. This report explores Australia's offshore well intevention market

Relatively stable oil prices and a growing global oil demand is creating favourable dynamics for the oil and gas community in the near-future, however uncertainty is rife over how long this will last as the race to meet the Paris Agreement 2050 target intensifies.

While this is

McDermott has been awarded an engineering, procurement and removal contract for offshore decommissioning work by Woodside Energy.

The award is for the full removal of the

Global energy consultancy Xodus has been awarded a contract to provide technical and project support services for Phase One of the decommissioning of the Northern EndeavourFPSO.

Phase One covers activities

Trendsetter Engineering, a provider of specialised subsea hardware and offshore service solutions from exploration drilling through to abandonment, has announced the recent completion of two deepwater well

Decom Engineering (Decom) has invested more than UK£1mn to develop its largest chopsaw to date.

The C1-46 Chopsaw has been delivered in response to client demand for larger sized subsea pipe-cutting capability. It is

With approximately 200 offshore fields likely to stop producing by 2030, Southeast Asia cannot afford to brush aside its ever-growing D&A liabilities. Instead, it must focus on figuring cost-effective and innovative methods such as rigs-to-reef to meet these

While the oil and gas industry in Southeast Asia is looking ahead to an impressive array of merger and

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has proposed changes to modernise financial assurance requirements for the offshore oil and gas industry, in order to better protect