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New Wild Well tool completes GOM P&A

Apr 22, 2016

Wild Well Control’s DeepRange tool, in conjunction with its 7Series riserless intervention system, has successfully performed full plug and abandonment operations on four subsea wells in the Gulf of Mexico. These wells are a part of a larger…

DeepOcean bags Repsol EPRD for Varg

Apr 21, 2016

Repsol Norge awarded DeepOcean a contract for provision of engineering, procurement, removal and disposal (EPRD) of Varg Subsea facilities in the North Sea. Image of the Edda Freya, from DeepOcean…

IEA: Early shut downs adding up

Apr 15, 2016

Some 65 MMboe will be left untapped offshore Norway due to the early shut down of fields and the failure of the Vette project to meet economic margins, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA).  The IEA's April Oil…

Huldra decommissioning contractors picked

Apr 14, 2016

Statoil has chosen its two key contractors for the Huldra platform removal from the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.  The gas and condensate field, northeast of Bergen, came on stream in 2001 and, on plateau, produced 10.3 MMcu m/d…

Exceed, Weatherford form alliance

Apr 07, 2016

Well management and performance improvement firm Exceed has bolstered its decommissioning credentials through a strategic alliance with Weatherford. The collaboration will offer an end-to-end solution for well decommissioning, using an…

Wärtsilä wins vessel design contract

Apr 06, 2016

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to provide the design for a new jackup lift vessel. The contract was signed in March with a well-known Chinese yard and includes an option for three additional vessels. The Wärtsilä design was developed in collaboration with Altis…

Bibby gets North Sea decom work

Apr 05, 2016

Bibby Offshore (BOUK), a subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has secured a multimillion dollar contract with a North Sea Operator, to deliver decommissioning operations in the Northern North Sea East Shetland Basin.  The agreement…

Jee wins Tullow North Sea decommissioning work

Apr 05, 2016

Tullow Oil awarded subsea engineering and training firm Jee a contract to investigate the most appropriate options for decommissioning their Thames area assets in the North Sea. Awarded in February 2016, the contract relates to the decommissioning of the Horne…

Keeping it simple

Apr 01, 2016

Sometimes it’s not all about throwing the latest bells and whistles at a production facility – its best to keep it simple. Elaine Maslin looks at how an eductor has kept a gas field going. Seajacks’ Kraken working at the DPPA…

WJM bags first contract for MOSS V

Mar 29, 2016

William Jacob Management Inc. (WJM) has secured its initial contract to complete the detailed engineering and design of its first mobile offshore support services vessel: the MOSS V. Illustration of the MOSS V…

Petrofac helping P&A Horne and Wren

Mar 15, 2016

Petrofac is supporting Tullow Oil on its decommissioning program for the Horne and Wren platform in the Southern North Sea.   The role sees Petrofac, which has been duty holder on the platform for more than 10 years, move into well plugging and abandonment operations on the field…

Exceed gets Fairfield P&A support contract

Mar 08, 2016

Exceed has secured a contract to support Fairfield Energy in its forthcoming North Sea well plugging and abandonment campaign. Fairfield’s program includes 45 platform wells and 16 subsea wells, all of which will be plugged and permanently abandoned…

Oil & Gas UK: Norway decom set to grow

Feb 16, 2016

Norway’s decommissioning market has the potential to be the second largest in the North Sea after the UK Continental Shelf, according to Oil & Gas UK’s first Norwegian Continental Shelf Decommissioning Insight report. The report, which provides a forecast for the region over the next decade…

Research focuses on platforms' impacts on sea

Feb 16, 2016

Funding worth £1.8 million (c2.4 million euros) has been awarded to a group of European scientific institutions as part of a major initiative to improve the understanding of the influence of man-made structures, including oil and gas platforms and wind farms…

Exxon to plug 22 wells at Jotun

Feb 09, 2016

ExxonMobil is seeking a permit to plug 22 wells at its Jotun field in the North Sea, with start-up planned for April, according to news reports. The Jotun vessel. Image from ExxonMobil. The…

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