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FAIRFIELD DECOM TAKES DECISION TO CEASE TRADING
Following the news that Fairfield Decom will cease trading, Graeme Fergusson, Managing Director, ...
UK SEES FOURTH YEAR-ON-YEAR FALL IN DECOM COSTS
Fourth year-on-year fall since cost first estimated in 2017 Knowledge-sharing and improvemen...
AKER SOLUTIONS AND AF GRUPPEN TO CREATE GLOBAL OFFSHORE DECOM AND RECYCLING C...
Today, Aker Solutions and AF Gruppen have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to merge the two compan...
WORLD’S LARGEST VESSEL REMOVES MORECAMBE BAY TOPSIDES
Pioneering Spirit has successfully executed the single-lift removal of the former DP3 gas p...
WOOD STRENGTHENS DECOMMISSIONING LEADERSHIP WITH NEW APPOINTMENT
Wood, the global consulting and engineering company, has appointed Dr Minnie Lu as Decommissionin...
DECOMMISSIONING IN SHETLAND MOVES TO THE NEXT LEVEL
The Dales Voe decommissioning facility in Shetland, operated by Veolia and Peterson, is one step ...
TAQA COMMENCES ONE OF THE LARGEST DECOMMISSIONING PROJECTS IN THE NORTH SEA
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), one of the largest listed integrated utility companies ...
CONTRACT AWARDED FOR TYRA REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONING PROJECT
A consortium comprised of Actemium Oil & Gas Commissioning and Semco Maritime has been awarde...
ENQUEST PROVIDES OPERATIONS UPDATE
For the first four months of 2021, average gross production from Kraken was 32,183 Bopd En...
OGA’S NEW DECOMMISSIONING STRATEGY CALLS FOR INDUSTRY CHANGE
The Oil and Gas Authority has published its new Decommissioning Strategy stressing ...
LUNDIN GRANTED CONSENT FOR DISPOSAL OF SUBSEA FACILITIES ON THE BRYNHILD FIELD
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has granted consent to Lundin Energy for the disposal of su...
SUBSEA DECOMMISSIONING HUB UNVEILED
A leading provider of integrated logistics solutions has cemented its focus on a key emerging mar...
MANAGING DECOMMISSIONING RISK IN M&A TRANSACTIONS
Chris Starling- Managing Director- Holt Energy Advisors With $14 billion of commitments be...
NOPSEMA PUBLISHES DECOMMISSIONING COMPLIANCE STRATEGY AND PLAN
NOPSEMA has published a five-year Decommissioning Compliance Strategy in accordance with the...
HYDRAWELL SECURES NEW CONTRACT WITH WELL EXPERTISE
HydraWell have secured a 5-year contract with Well Expertise, a project management company. W...
DECOM NORTH SEA APPOINTS FRASER MOONIE AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Decom North Sea (DNS), the only membership organisation dedicated to the oil and gas decommission...
AUSTRALIA STRENGTHENS OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS DECOMMISSIONING FRAMEWORK
APPEA today said the release by the Australian government of a suite of measures aimed at enhanci...
FLUOR AWARDED PORTSMOUTH DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING CONTRACT EXTENSI...
Fluor Corporation announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has exercised its opti...
HYDRAWELL SECURES NEW DECOM CONTRACT WITH PSE KINSALE ENERGY
HydraWell have been awarded a multi-year contract by PSE Kinsale Energy to support a major decomm...
AMPELMANN SECURES EIGHT NEW PROJECTS IN APAC
Ampelmann, the Dutch offshore access provider, has secured five contracts covering eight proj...
ALPHA PETROLEUM ANNOUNCES WENLOCK FACILITY DECOMMISSIONING PROGRAMMES CONSULT...
Alpha Petroleum Resources has submitted, for the consideration of the Secretary of State for Busi...
EQUINOR AWARDS THREE CONTRACTS FOR HEIMDAL AND VESLEFRIKK DECOMMISSIONING
Equinor has chosen Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland SE for removal, dismantling and recycling...
AKER SOLUTIONS AWARDED WORK TO RECYCLE OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
Aker Solutions has signed a sizeable [1] letter of intent with Heerema Marine Contractors for dec...
SWIFT DRILLING BV SECURES LONG TERM P&A CONTRACT FROM WINTERSHALL NOORDZEE
SWIFT DRILLING has been awarded a long term contract by Wintershall Noordzee, which will employ t...
ROTECH SUBSEA COMPLETES NORTH SEA WELL-HEAD AND JACKET REBURIAL
Subsea, trenching and excavation pioneer, Rotech Subsea, has completed a major well-head and jack...
AGR PARTNERS WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS TO ESTABLISH THE CENTRE OF DECOMMISSIONING...
AGR are to be involved in the establishment of the Centre of Decommissioning Australia (CODA)...
SIX OIL AND GAS OPERATORS LAUNCH JOINT CAMPAIGN TO ABANDON WELLS IN THE NORTH...
Nexstep, the National platform for re-use & decommissioning of oil and gas infrastructure in ...
WORLEY HELPS ALLSEAS TO DECOMMISSION TWO OFFSHORE GAS PLATFORMS
As offshore installations in mature oil and gas fields reach the end of their useful lives, safel...
ASHTEAD TECHNOLOGY INVESTS £1M IN NEW TECH CENTRE TO SUPPORT RENEWABLES AND D...
Ambitious growth plans include recruitment drive to secure project management and engineering tal...
EQUINOR PLANS FOR SHUTDOWN OF THE VESLEFRIKK FIELD
After more than 30 years on stream and over 400 million barrels of oil equivalent the Veslefrikk ...
PETROFAC TO DEPLOY GLOBAL DECOM EXPERTISE IN AUSTRALIA, IN CONTRACT FIRST
Petrofac’s Engineering and Production Services (EPS) business has strengthened its presence...
MDL COMPLETES UK NORTH SEA SURF DECOMMISSIONING PROJECT
MDL has completed a SURF decommissioning project in UKCS for Helix Robotics Solutions. The...
CESSCON DECOM AWARDED MAJOR CONTRACT BY ALLSEAS ENGINEERING
CessCon Decom have announce the award of a major contract by Allseas Engineering B.V. for the ons...
RWE CLOSES POWER STATIONS IN HAMM AND IBBENBÜREN
During the first German auction to decommission hard coal-fired power plants, RWE Generation has ...
AGR COMMENCE DECOMMISSIONING OPERATIONS OFFSHORE IRELAND
AGR's Well Management team has begun the decommissioning operations of Ireland’s first ...
ROTECH SUBSEA COMPLETES NORTH SEA DECOMMISSIONING SCOPE FOLLOWING RAPID MOBIL...
Subsea excavation pioneer, Rotech Subsea, has successfully completed a North Sea rock placement r...
WELL-SAFE SOLUTIONS SECURES MAJOR INVESTMENT
Following the recent acquisition of their second asset, Well-Safe Solutions has secured a signifi...
ENPRO SUBSEA ENABLES SAFE REMOVAL OF ‘ATTIC’ OIL FROM BRENT BRAVO’S CONCRETE ...
Hunting Energy Services, Subsea Technologies division supporting DeepOcean has successfully compl...
PETRODEC ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF PICKERILL B TOPSIDE REMOVAL
Petrodec confirms the successful completion of skidding operations for the topside removal of...
WELL-SAFE SOLUTIONS ACQUIRES JACK-UP RIG TO BOLSTER THEIR BESPOKE DECOMMISSIO...
Well-Safe Solutions announces the acquisition of the West Epsilon jack-up rig from Seadrill spark...
WHY DECOMMISSIONING A PLATFORM IN NORTHWEST EUROPE COSTS SO MUCH MORE THAN IN...
Platforms may be similar in characteristics and configuration, but the cost of decommissioning th...
ALLSEAS’ HEAVY LIFT VESSEL PIONEERING SPIRIT LIFTS 14,200 T NINIAN NORTHERN P...
Allseas’ heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has successfully completed her third and final...
ESTIMATED COSTS FOR UKCS DECOMMISSIONING CONTINUE TO FALL
The total cost of UK offshore oil and gas decommissioning has fallen by a further 2% on a like-fo...
HOW TO KICK-START YOUR NORTH SEA DECOMMISSIONING PROJECT IN THE CURRENT CLIMATE
In recent news, The Scottish Government’s Just Transition Commission (JTC) announced i...
DEVELOPMENT OF IGI'S ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY PRODUCTS
As part of the development of new environmental geochemistry consultancy services in support of t...
HEEREMA MARINE CONTRACTORS BREAKS RECORDS AT THE JOTUN FIELD
Heerema’s SSCV Sleipnir has set another record – this time, for the largest single li...
PETROBRAS PLANS DECOMMISSIONING OF 18 PRODUCTION PLATFORMS BY 2024
Petrobras announces that, after approval by the National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Bi...
MERMAID LAUNCHES NEW OFFSHORE TRANSPORTATION, INSTALLATION AND DECOMMISSIONIN...
Mermaid Maritime sthat its wholly owned subsidiary Mermaid Subsea Services (Thailand) Ltd. (&ldqu...
MDL SUPPORTS OCEAN INSTALLER ON BALDER DECOM
Maritime Developments (MDL) has completed a double decommissioning scope providing support to Oce...
NEPTUNE ENERGY COMPLETES SAFE REMOVAL OF THREE DUTCH PLATFORMS
Neptune Energy today announced the safe removal of the L10-C, L10-D and L10-G platforms from the ...
PIONEERING SPIRIT REMOVES THIRD PLATFORM FROM BRENT FIELD
Allseas’ heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed its first decommissioning job of...
PETRODEC ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF TOPSIDE SKIDDING AS PART OF PICKERILL PLATFO...
Petrodec, the decommissioning services specialist, confirms the successful completion of skidding...
GLOBAL DECOMMISSIONING CONSORTIUM ADDS WEIGHT WITH HEAVY LIFT PLAYER
A global decommissioning services consortium has substantially strengthened its capabilities with...
AF GRUPPEN AWARDED NORTH SEA DECOMMISSIONING PROJECT BY SHELL
AF Gruppen has been awarded a contract by Shell UK Ltd for dismantling and recycling of the Curle...
PETROFAC BEGINS NORTH SEA WELL DECOMMISSIONING CONTRACT ON LUMP SUM TURNKEY B...
Petrofac’s Engineering & Production Services business (EPS) has begun activity on its p...
GLOBAL OIL & GAS DECOMMISSIONING COSTS TO TOTAL $42 BILLION THROUGH 2024, DOM...
Energy companies have been slashing exploration and production budgets since the Covid-19 pandemi...
PERENCO AMETHYST FIELD INSTALLATIONS TOPSIDE DECOMMISSIONING PROGRAMME
Perenco UK Ltd has submitted a draft Topsides Decommissioning Programme for the Amethyst field pl...
DECOM NORTH SEA APPOINTS MARKET EXPERT AS INTERIM MD FOLLOWING CEO DEPARTURE
Decom North Sea (DNS), the only membership organisation dedicated to the oil and gas decommission...
CHEVRON AND NATIONAL DECOMMISSIONING CENTRE SIGN PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
Chevron and The National Decommissioning Centre (NDC) have signed an agreement that will support ...
NATIONAL DECOMMISSIONING CENTRE AND CHEVRON SIGN PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
The National Decommissioning Centre (NDC) and Chevron Corporation have signed an agreement that w...
HIRETECH MAKES SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN SUBSEA CAPABILITIES
Hiretech Limited has invested significantly in personnel and equipment to enhance its capabilitie...
INTERACTIVE TOOL FOR SHARING DECOMMISSIONING LEARNINGS PROVIDES VALUABLE INSIGHT
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) is encouraging decommissioning professionals to increase their us...
AQUATERRA ENERGY AND OCEANEERING ANNOUNCE DECOMMISSIONING COLLABORATION
Aquaterra Energy, a leader in global offshore engineering solutions, has signed a Memorandum of U...
ENQUEST SUBMITS DECOMMISSIONING PROGRAM FOR THE ALMA AND GALIA OIL FIELDS
EnQuest has submitted decommissioning program for the Alma and Galia Oil fields. The Comopany has...
SHELL, RELIANCE AND ONGC JV TRANSFER THE PANNA-MUKTA FIELDS BACK TO ONGC
After 25 years of operating the Panna-Mukta oil and gas fields, the Panna-Mukta and Tapti (PMT) J...
REVER OFFSHORE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES MAJOR DECOMMISSIONING PROJECT FOR FAIRF...
Rever Offshore, a leading subsea project delivery and execution provider to the offshore energy i...
REPORT SHOWS RISE IN UK’S DECOMMISSIONING COMPETITIVENESS
The UK’s decommissioning sector’s growing competitiveness is revealed in the 2019 Dec...
JAMES FISHER OFFSHORE DELIVERS SIGNIFICANT DECOMMISSIONING TIME AND COST SAVI...
JFO’s expertise in deploying correct technology to optimise project delivery recognised ...
SUBSEA 3D SCANNING SPECIALISTS TRANSITION SKILLS TO DECOM MARKET WITH DOUBLE ...
Aberdeen-based subsea 3d scanning specialists Viewport3 is entering the decom market after securi...
WELL-SAFE SOLUTIONS SECURES SIGNIFICANT NEW INVESTMENT FOR DECOMMISSIONING OP...
Expenditure on decommissioning in the UK Continental Shelf is forecast to be £15.3 billion ...
JAMES FISHER OFFSHORE INCREASES MIDDLE EAST DECOMMISSIONING ACTIVITIES
James Fisher Offshore (JFO), a global provider of specialist offshore engineering solutions, has ...
PETROFAC AWARDED CENTRAL NORTH SEA DECOMMISSIONING CONTRACT
Petrofac has been awarded a well plugging and abandonment contract with leading independent energ...
RGU BRINGS WORLD-FIRST DECOM SIMULATOR TO SPE OFFSHORE EUROPE 2019
Visitors to SPE Offshore Europe in September will have the opportunity to try out a suite of stat...
BILFINGER SALAMIS UK CELEBRATES DOUBLE DECOMMISSIONING RECOGNITION
Bilfinger Salamis UK is delighted with recent recognition in the decommissioning sector, as two B...
STATFJORD A PLATFORM WILL SHUT DOWN PRODUCTION IN 2022
The Statfjord A platform in the North Sea will shut down production in 2022, 43 years after first...
XODUS STUDY REVEALS POTENTIAL £59 MILLION SAVING AHEAD OF DECOMMISSIONING OF ...
A concept study and Front End Engineering Design (FEED) project carried out by Xodus Group has de...
UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN LAUNCHES RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN FOR DECOMMISSIONING POSTS
The University of Aberdeen has launched a global campaign to recruit for 60 academic posts as par...
PETROFAC AWARDED LATEST PHASE OF TULLOW OIL'S DECOMMISSIONING PROGRAMME
Petrofac has been appointed Well Operator by Tullow Oil for the next phase of its Thames Decommis...
JUMBO WINS OFFSHORE SUBSEA DECOMMISSIONING PROJECT IN NORTH SEA
Jumbo has been awarded an offshore decommissioning project in the North Sea by TAQA Energy BV...
SPIRIT ENERGY ANNOUNCES DECOMMISSIONING PLANS FOR TWO PLATFORMS AT THE PRODUC...
Two normally unmanned installations which used to produce gas in Morecambe Bay will be decommissi...
JOHN LAWRIE GROUP AGREES DEAL TO DEVELOP DUNDEE DECOM FACILITY
Metal recycling, decommissioning and steel tubulars specialist, John Lawrie Group, is set to expa...
NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS COST TO TAX PAYER OF UK OFFSHORE DECO...
The government estimates that decommissioning the UK’s offshore oil and gas infrastructure ...
NATIONAL DECOMMISSIONING CENTRE OPENS
Unique partnership between The Oil & Gas Technology Centre and University of Aberdeen ...
INDUSTRY DEMONSTRATES COST LEADERSHIP IN DEVELOPING FIRST OFFSHORE DECOMMISSI...
Oil & Gas UK’s subsidiary LOGIC (Leading Oil & Gas Industry Competitiveness), publi...
GROWING EXPERTISE AND COST LEADERSHIP HELP DELIVER STABILISATION IN DECOMMISS...
Oil & Gas UK’s 2018 Decommissioning Insight Report, which provides a fresh insight ...
NDC PROJECT RECEIVES DECOMMISSIONING GRANT
Twelve projects across Scotland will be offered a share of £2.5 million in the third ro...
XODUS STRENGTHENS DECOM DIVISION AFTER SECURING MORE THAN £2MILLION OF WORK
International energy consultancy Xodus Group has strengthened its decommissioning team with t...
DECOMMISSIONING - WHOSE LIABILITY IS IT ANYWAY?
The issue of where liability lies for oil and gas infrastructure left in place after decommis...
UNIQUE GROUP AND INNOVO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE A DECOMMISSIONING PROJECT IN TH...
Unique Group, one of the world’s leading integrated subsea and offshore solution provid...
INNOVO JOINS INDUSTRY ORGANISATION, DECOM NORTH SEA
Innovo has underlined its expertise in decommissioning by becoming a member of Decom North Sea, t...
OFFSHORE DECOMMISSIONING CONFERENCE 2018
The Offshore Decommissioning Conference has returned with a bigger and better agenda along wi...
SHELL U.K. TO REMOVE GOLDENEYE PLATFORM AND ALL OF ITS ASSOCIATED SUBSEA INFR...
Shell U.K. Ltd has taken the decision to remove the Goldeneye platform and all of its associated ...
COLUMBUS ENERGY INSTRUCTED TO COMMENCE DECOMMISSIONING OF THE AYOLUENGO FIELD...
Columbus, the oil and gas producer and explorer focused on onshore Trinidad with the ambition...
NEW OFFSHORE DECOMMISSIONING PROJECT FOR AF GRUPPEN
AF Gruppen ASA (AFG) have received an extension notice for a current frame agreement to include f...
ULTRA-DEEP WATER PORT LOCATION REVEALED AS SHETLAND IS IDENTIFIED AS OPTIMAL ...
Scotland’s supply chain could be set to win more large scale decommissioning projects, afte...
OIL & GAS UK APPOINTS NEW DECOMMISSIONING TEAM
Oil & Gas UK has appointed a team of decommissioning experts in a move that underlines th...
NEW OFFSHORE DECOMMISSIONING PROJECT FOR HEEREMA MARINE CONTRACTORS
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) in a consortium with AF Gruppen (AFG) have received notice that ...
COUNTDOWN BEGINS TO INDUSTRY LEGAL CONFERENCE
Decommissioning, dispute management and global issues surrounding corruption will be considered a...
AMPELMANN SECURES NEW DECOMMISSIONING PROJECT IN THE SOUTHERN NORTH SEA
Ampelmann, the global leader in offshore access solutions based in the Netherlands, has made ...
DRAFT BEATRICE DECOMMISSIONING PROGRAMME RELEASED FOR CONSULTATION
The draft programme for the decommissioning of the Beatrice area assets was released for public c...
DECOMMISSIONING FUND EXPANSION COULD SPELL GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OFFSHORE ...
The leading representative association for the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry has said ...
PERENCO SUBMITS DRAFT DECOMMISSIONING PROGRAMME FOR THE UK TYNE GAS FIELD
Perenco UK Limited has submitted, for the consideration of the Secretary of State for Busines...
NEW GLOBAL OIL AND GAS DECOMMISSIONING CONSORTIUM ANNOUNCED
A collaborative supply chain approach to global decommissioning is launched today, offering an en...
XODUS’ STRENGTHENS APAC TEAM FOLLOWING BATCH OF NEW CONTRACT WINS
Xodus Group’s Perth office has won more than A$3.5 million (£2million) in new contrac...
MAERSK DRILLING AND MAERSK SUPPLY SERVICE ESTABLISH JOINT VENTURE DECOMMISSIO...
A 50:50 joint venture (JV) between Maersk Drilling and Maersk Supply Service will leverage the co...
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE AIMS TO TRANSFORM DECOMMISSIONING
The Decommissioning Centre of Excellence will be based at the University of Aberdeen's Oc...
XODUS DELIVERS TUNISIAN DECOMMISSIONING STUDY FOR TPS
Xodus Group has delivered a decommissioning and abandonment study for wells, surface and subsea f...
PETROFAC AWARDED FOLLOW-ON WELL DECOMMISSIONING PROJECT
Petrofac has been appointed to provide outsourced Well Operator Services on the next phase of Tul...