Decommissioning and Abandonment

Following the award of another major North Sea contract to Veolia and Peterson, Lerwick Harbour will be the location for the dismantling and recycling of a northern North Sea platform jacket.

This follows the winning of the contract to decommission the 14,500 tonne

Claxton, the lead brand of Acteon’s drilling and decommissioning segment, is set to acquire decommissioning personnel and assets from Oceaneering.

The agreement was signed recently with the anticipated closure date of 30

Unity, a provider of well integrity solutions, are supporting a North Sea well decommissioning programme for a major international operator, using its multifunctional Surface Intervention System (SIS).

The SIS has already completed intervention work on the first well, where it was

Spirit Energy Production UK Ltd. has awarded Heerema Marine Contractors a contract for removal and disposal services of the operator’s North Sea decommissioning portfolio.

The EPRD (engineering, preparations, removal, and

Legasea has successfully secured funding from Scottish Enterprise to develop their 'Shore to Store' service, while creating green jobs.

The project will reduce the carbon footprint of subsea decommissioning operations, by taking subsea equipment that is no longer

The Net Zero Technology Centre has recently announced the launch of its 2022 Open Innovation Programme aimed at developing and deploying technologies to reduce offshore emissions, accelerate clean energy production, and enable the delivery of the UK’s

Siem Offshore and Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc, have entered into an agreement for the well intervention Vessels Siem Helix 1 and

Expanded remedial direction provisions for offshore petroleum titles, referred to as trailing liability, came into effect on 2 March 2022.

These expanded the Government of Australia’s powers to call back titleholders, former titleholders, related bodies corporate, and related

Modern American Recycling Services, Inc. (MARS) has recently finalised the acquisition of the DP3 Diving Support Construction vessel Caballo Marango representing a substantial

Unity, one of Europe’s largest providers of well integrity solutions, has launched a new range of compact technologies to solve common industry challenges and support Unity’s surface well integrity, shallow intervention

Fugro has signed a four-year agreement with Heerema Marine

To ensure planning and management of increased levels of decommissioning activity, the Australian Government has made changes to the offshore oil and gas decommissioning framework.

These enhancements were made after extensive consultation with the public, industry

Senergy Wells, a Vysus Group company, has secured 15 new contract wins in wells disciplines globally, stretching from Mexico, through Europe and Africa to southeast Asia.

The contracts, worth more than UK£5mn to the company,

The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has taken note of the additional US$239mn that Woodside Petroleum Limited (Woodside) has provided for its decommissioning requirements.

In its financial report

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. has been awarded a field decommissioning contract by Trident Energy do Brasil (Trident Energy).

The project, located offshore Brazil in the Pampo and Enchova Clusters in the Campos

EnQuest, a production and development company, with operations in the UK North Sea and Malaysia, has provided an update on its operational performance, decommissioning business and for the year 2021.

The company also reported that its debt reduction continues with strong cash flow

Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras has opened a public consultation to obtain information from suppliers on alternative technology for retrieving flexible pipelines in the Marlim field, off Brazil’s southeast coast.

According to the state-run oil

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

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

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