Decommissioning and Abandonment

Across three packed, entertaining days, attendees of the Offshore Well Intervention Latin America 2021 conference were treated to a host of presentations and panel sessions featuring industry experts exploring the latest trends,

A panel session on P&A and Regulation at the OWI LATAM virtual conference explored how new technologies and techniques for cost-effective and efficient decommissioning processes could be deployed, while ensuring compliance with P&A regulations.

The session was moderated by Carl

At the Offshore Well Intervention Latin America conference, a panel of industry professionals discussed how the Brazilian market is responding to an international drive to well interventions and

MatthewsDaniel, a global leader in specialist services for the marine and energy industries and applicable insurers, will open a new office in Aberdeen to enhance its offering to North Sea

isol8, an Aberdeen based oil and gas services firm, has received a UK£3.5mn investment from BGF to support its long-term growth plans and develop its zero-emissions product portfolio as its

At the OWI LATAM 2021 conference, Artur Barbosa, Business Development Manager at Archer, gave a presentation on secure and efficient P&A of wells, which focused on the company’s Stronghold Barrier setting and

EXCEED, an industry-leading specialist in delivering well management and performance improvement solutions to the energy sector, has announced the launch of EXCEED Australia, as it eyes the country’s burgeoning decommissioning sector and a revitalised

Ardyne, a plug, abandonment and casing recovery specialist has been awarded a four-year contract for the provision of fishing services for 86 wells as part of the well plug and abandonment (P&A) programme for two fields in the Northern North Sea.

The work has commenced and is expected to last up to

With a vision to be the go-to well abandonment and decommissioning partner for their clients, Graeme Brand, Business Development Director, explained how JFO has continued to innovate, grow and enhance their business and team globally, despite the challenges posed

At the OWI AUS Baker Hughes webinar, Michael Lewis, Service Business Development Leader at Baker Hughes, was joined by a panel of industry experts as they explored a number of challenges and opportunities being faced by the Australian offshore community.
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Spirit Energy has announced that they have begun planning for the decommissioning of the Chestnut oilfield in the Central North Sea.

Thanks to continued investment from operator Spirit Energy and partner Dana Petroleum, additional wells and class leading

KDS JV AS, the joint venture between DOF Subsea and Aker Solutions, has been awarded a subsea decommissioning contract for DNO at the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

The contract includes engineering, preparation, removal & disposal work (EPRD) of associated

Netherlands-based Wintershall Noordzee B.V., a joint venture of Wintershall Dea GmbH and Gazprom EP International B.V., has started a largescale decommissioning programme in the Southern North Sea.

The first phase

Aberdeen-based Well-Safe Solutions, which specialises in the decommissioning of onshore and offshore wells, is gearing up to take advantage of the expected increase in activity in 2021/2022.

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EnerMech, a global services company specialising in critical asset support across the asset lifecycle from pre-commissioning to decommissioning, has appointed Daniel McCarthy as its strategic proposals director to help accelerate

Following an initial agreement between the two companies in 2018, Equinor and Ardyne, a specialist downhole technology and services company for reducing rig time on well abandonment, slot

The UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has published a new cost estimate for offshore oil and gas decommissioning in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), suggesting that the total cost of decommissioning has reduced, spelling good news for both the industry and the Exchequer.

The

ICON Engineering, an oilfield service company, and IK-Group, a supplier of specialist products and services for subsea and topside pipe and pipelines, have formed a strategic alliance to offer operators repair, decommissioning intervention services to

The Government of Australia has taken the next step in its plans to remove the Northern Endeavour FPSO facility by releasing a Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI) for Phase 1 decommissioning works, in spite of the debate that continues to rage over the

Global engineering company Aker Solutions has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with AF Gruppen, a leading contracting and industrial group, to merge the two companies’ existing offshore decommissioning operations into a 50/50 owned company.

With the signing of the letter, the companies plan