Putting the Brent field online in 1976 was a feat. Decommissioning the field’s four massive platforms is equally challenging. Elaine Maslin sets out Shell’s latest plans and how it came to them. End of an era at Brent…
Navigational aids specialist Pharos Marine Sims Systems has completed the design, manufacture and installation of a bespoke solar navigation aid system for Shell's Brent Delta platform in the North Sea. The Great Yarmouth-based firm completed…
Claxton, an Acteon company, has completed its involvement in the abandonment of two wells on the Horne and Wren platform in the southern North Sea. Completed within 18 days in July 2016, Claxton was responsible for the 5.5in tubing cut verification…
UK industry body Decom North Sea has launched the Late Life Planning Portal, a website also known as L2P2, designed to support the North Sea oil and gas industry in the planning and execution of late life and decommissioning projects. Providing…
Allseas’ dynamically positioned single-lift installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit has successfully executed its first heavy lift project offshore Norway. The US$2.7 billion mega-vessel, built to lift 48,000-tonne topsides…
Utility ROV Services (URS), has unveiled two new custom ROV (remotely operated vehicle) systems at their base in Glenrothes, Scotland demonstrating a US$7.8 million (£6 million) investment in the company. As a result of the additional capacity the extra systems will provide…
GE Oil & Gas subsidiary, PT. VetcoGray Indonesia, has been awarded a field decommissioning contract with Premier Oil Indonesia, to support the shut-down of four subsea wells in the Anoa field, offshore Indonesia. The deal will see GE…
Allseas’ huge single-lift installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit has successfully installed a 5500-tonne test platform topsides on a substructure in the K-13 field in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The installation was completed on Sunday 7 August…
Allseas mega-vessel Pioneering Spirit has left its berth at the Maasvlakte 2, Rotterdam, to perform offshore trials ahead of its first commercial operation in the Norwegian North Sea (see video below). Crowds of people turned out to watch as huge…
InterMoor's Brazilian subsidiary successfully completed its involvement in the decommissioning operations of the OSX-1 FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading). InterMoor was responsible for the disconnection of the submerged turret production system (STP)…
The UK's Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded four contracts with a combined value of more than £6 million over three years for surface and subsurface studies to improve understanding and maximize value by integrating exploration, development…
Endeavor Management’s Keith Caulfield and Mike Cowan examine the results of a recent JIP that showed resin may be a potential alternative to cement in P&A operations. Endeavor Management…
In advance of OE’s 2016 Deepwater Intervention Forum, held in Galveston, Texas, Audrey Leon discusses the next game-changing technologies with the forum’s board members. The Helix Well Enhancer…
Jerry Lee takes a look at Weatherford’s new subsea wellhead connector, which allows operators to use vessels of opportunity for P&A work, reducing the cost of decommissioning operations. Clients…
Dutch firm Damen Shipyards Group has announced its latest concept design: the Damen Decommissioning Series. The vessel will specialize in three core areas of the oil and gas decommissioning sector: topside decommissioning, offshore platform removal (up to 1600-tonne)…