Offshore Drilling Decommissioning News


AF Gruppen, Heerema Get North Sea Decom Job

Jul 16, 2026

AF Gruppen, via its subsidiary AF Offshore Decom, and consortium partner Heerema Marine Contractors has secured a contract for the engineering, preparation, removal and disposal (EPRD) of a platform on the UK Continental Shelf, marking the second…

Australian Inpex Workers Set Industry Precedent With New Pay Deal

Jul 15, 2026

Workers at Inpex's Ichthys liquefied natural gas plant in Darwin have overwhelmingly backed a new pay deal that unions hope to replicate across Australia's offshore energy sector.The agreement is the first in what unions describe as a second wave of bargaining across the sector…

DeepOcean Wraps Up Decom Scope at Spirit Energy’s North Sea Field

Jul 14, 2026

DeepOcean has completed subsea decommissioning work at Spirit Energy's Seven Seas and Grove West fields in the southern North Sea, recovering a subsea wellhead protection structure and disconnecting subsea infrastructure ahead of a planned rig campaign…

Unity Enters Asia-Pacific Market with Malaysia P&A Work

Jul 14, 2026

Aberdeen-headquartered well integrity and decommissioning specialist Unity has entered the Asia-Pacific market after securing its first regional contract in partnership with Malaysian oilfield services company Reservoir Link.The companies will…

Bordelon Marine Delivers Converted Intervention Vessel

Jul 13, 2026

Bordelon Marine has completed the conversion and redelivery of the MV Lilly Bordelon, a Stingray Series 260 Class DP-2 Ultra-Light Intervention Vessel (ULIV).Repurposed from an existing platform, the Lilly Bordelon has been transformed into…

James Fisher, Aquaterra Launch Global Decommissioning Partnership

Jul 13, 2026

James Fisher and Sons and Aquaterra Energy have formed a strategic global partnership to provide integrated offshore decommissioning services, combining front-end engineering, well access, subsea operations and offshore execution under a single delivery model…

TRIG to Exit Batrice Offshore Wind Farm in $200M Stake Sale Deal

Jul 09, 2026

The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has signed a sale and purchase agreement to divest its 17.5% stake in Scotland's 588 MW Beatrice offshore wind farm for about $207 million (£155 million).The agreement follows TRIG's June 15 announcement that funds managed by Equitix Investment Management…

DOF Group Wins Contract Award in APAC Region

Jul 07, 2026

DOF Group ASA announced a large contract award for Subsea Construction and Pre Commissioning Support services in the APAC Region.Skandi Inventor will be deployed for the execution of the offshore operations scheduled to commence in Q4 2026 in North Australian waters…

Offshore Vessel Pair Ordered from Grandweld Shipyard

Jul 07, 2026

Bahri Logistics, a business unit of Bahri, the Kingdom’s leading shipping, maritime transportation, and logistics company has signed a newbuild agreement with Grandweld Shipyard for the construction of two offshore service vessels.The two vessels…

Well-Safe Solutions Expands Beryl Field Decom Scope to 260 Wells

Jul 07, 2026

Well-Safe Solutions has been appointed lead contractor for Apache North Sea’s Beryl Field decommissioning project, expanding the combined scope of its work for Apache to more than 260 wells.The award is the second contract Apache has given Well-Safe Solutions this year…

Hugin B Platform Topside En Route to North Sea Development

Jul 06, 2026

The Hugin B platform topside has left Aker Solutions’ yard in Verdal for the Yggdrasil area, completing a three-and-a-half-year portfolio of major offshore project deliveries for Aker BP.The topside sailed on July 6, marking the final delivery…

Transocean Nets $1B Rig Deals with Equinor Offshore Norway

Jul 01, 2026

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has signed a conditional agreement with Equinor for the use of three harsh-environment semi-submersible rigs on the Norwegian continental shelf, adding more than $1 billion to its contract backlog.The agreement…

Sunda Reviews Timor-Leste Appraisal Plans as New Zealand Deal Advances

Jun 30, 2026

Sunda Energy has started evaluating options for the planned Chuditch-2 appraisal well offshore Timor-Leste following discussions with regulators and its joint venture partner, while separately advancing its acquisition of a New Zealand production business…

MODEC Sends Brazil FPSO to Denmark for Recycling After 17 Years in Operation

Jun 30, 2026

Cidade de Niterói MV18 floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) unit, owned and operated by MODEC, has arrived at a ship recycling facility in Denmark after completing charter and operations and maintenance services for Petrobras at the Marlim Leste field offshore Brazil…

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