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Well-Safe picks Port of Dundee as marine base

Nov 28, 2017

New Aberdeen-based subsea well abandonment firm Well-Safe Solutions has picked the Port of Dundee as its onshore marine base, it announced at the Offshore Decommissioning Conference in St Andrews today.  Well-Safe has secured two acres of quayside facilities with access to 40…

New Decom North Sea CEO appointed, ahead of annual conference

Nov 24, 2017

Decommissioning industry trade organization Decom North Sea has appointed an interim CEO following the appointment of Roger Esson to the Oil & Gas Technology Centre. Interim Decom North Sea CEO Dr Tom Leeson (pictured, right) will start immediately…

Port of Blyth takes on decommissioning, wins environmental license

Nov 22, 2017

The Port of Blyth in northeast England is set to make a strategic move into decommissoning following being awarded a decommissioning license from the UK Environment Agency.  During 2018, the port will ready a site at its Battleship Wharf terminal for decommissioning operations…

Bibby completes Shell pipeline decom project

Nov 06, 2017

Bibby Offshore’s Houston-based division, Bibby Subsea, has successfully completed a subsea decommissioning project with Shell Pipeline, a subsidiary of Shell Oil US. Through its strategic alliance with US diving company, Aqueos Corp.…

Statoil christens Empire Wind off NY

Oct 24, 2017

Statoil has branded its offshore New York wind site, Empire Wind. The 79,350 acre site is off the southern coast of Long Island, New York. The Norwegian operator said that the site has potential to generate up to 1GW of offshore wind power…

ConocoPhillips lines up AF Gruppen for decom

Sep 26, 2017

ConocoPhillips is expected to enter into a frame agreement with Norway's AF Gruppen for the future removal and disposal of up to seven platforms in the Southern North Sea. The frame agreement includes engineering, preparation, removal…

Bergen Group inks Ekofisk decom work

Aug 28, 2017

Bergen Group AAK has been awarded a framework contract by AF Offshore Decom on delivery of subcontractor services connected to decommissioning and disassembly of topside structures on the Ekofisk oil field in the North Sea. Initially…

Decom focus at SPE Offshore Europe

Jul 31, 2017

Decommissioning will be a special focus at SPE Offshore Europe 2017 with a range of expert speakers announced as part of the plenary and new Decommissioning Zone technical programme.   Shell will host a keynote panel session with senior spokespeople from CNR…

Murchison platform removal scope completed

Jul 12, 2017

CNR's Murchison platform removal in the UK North Sea has been completed, according to Heerema Marine Contractors, part of the Heerema - AF (HAF) Offshore Decom Consortium. Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) and AF Offshore Decom (jointly called HAF Decom) for the full engineering…

Marathon submits Brae decom plan

Jun 21, 2017

Marathon Oil has submitted to the UK Department for Business Strategy and Industrial Strategy a consultancy draft of plans to decommission its Brae Alpha, Brae Bravo, Central Brae, West Brae and Sedgwick offshore facilities. Brae Bravo…

Building capacity

May 01, 2017

Yards are actively building capacity for onshore removals as North Sea decommissioning starts to pick up pace. Elaine Maslin reports. Taking aim at Yme: Pioneering Spirit. Photo from Allseas…

HMC, AF Decom to scrap four Ekofisk platforms

Apr 11, 2017

ConocoPhillips will choose Heerema Marine Contractors and AF Gruppen to remove and dispose of platforms connected to the Ekofisk field in the Norwegian North Sea. Ekofisk was the first oilfield discovered in the North Sea, is one of the…

Scotland reveals new decom plan

Dec 22, 2016

A new decommissioning action plan launched today by the Scottish government’s economic development agencies hopes to help Scotland’s oil and gas sector take advantage of the estimated £17.6 billion forecast by Oil & Gas UK to be spent on…

Mighty Murchison – End of an era

Dec 01, 2016

After more than three decades’ production, the mighty Murchison platform was finally down-manned this year. Work to dismantle the 25,000-tonne topsides is ongoing. Elaine Maslin reports. CNR International’s…

Decom North Sea elects new board members

Nov 15, 2016

Decom North Sea elected eight new board directors and re-elected one director from across a range of sectors within the oil and gas industry. Image of Esson, from Decom North Sea. New directors have been named as: Simon Gibb…

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