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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…

Finding meaning in standardization and replication

Feb 01, 2016

To create meaningful cost reduction – or value creation – the industry will need to be more aligned in its understanding of what exactly terms like standardization and fit-for-purpose mean. Meg Chesshyre reports. The…

Decommissioning boom to be driven by UK

Feb 01, 2016

The oil price collapse has been bad news for nearly every company involved in the industry, but one group that could actually benefit from it are specialist decommissioning companies. For these companies, there is an opportunity to be…

GMB presses for decom

Jan 07, 2016

GMB, the union for workers in energy industries and the offshore supply chain, has told Amber Rudd, MP, secretary of state for energy and climate change, that delaying offshore installation decommissioning work any further would be catastrophic for jobs and investment…

Tackling the backlog

Jan 01, 2016

With many assets now more than 25 years old, asset integrity is a daily concern on the UK Continental Shelf. Is the industry keeping up? Elaine Maslin reports. Rope access is used to get to areas usually out of reach…

Pain in the Annulus

Jan 01, 2016

Well plugging and abandonment activity as part of offshore decommissioning is starting to ramp up – but could it be done better? Elaine Maslin reports. Interwell’s exothermic P&A solution.  Image from Interwell…

Bibby wins GOM decom work

Dec 15, 2015

Bibby Offshore's subsidiary Bibby Subsea has won a multi-million dollar decommissioning project in the US Gulf of Mexico, starting in 1H 2016. Bibby is mobilizing its dive support vessel Bibby Sapphire from the North Sea for the work…

Subsea 7 inks Centrica decom work

Dec 07, 2015

Subsea 7 will provide decommissioning services for the second phase of Centrica’s Rose and Stamford gas field decommissioning programs, located in the southern North Sea. Photo of the Seven Atlantic DSV…

Claxton, LR Senergy form alliance

Nov 18, 2015

Claxton Engineering Services, an Acteon company, has formed a collaborative alliance with energy services firm LR Senergy to provide clients with an offshore rig-based decommissioning service. The new alliance builds on a long-established relationship between the two companies…

Decomissioning: This time it is different...

Sep 21, 2015

For much of the period since the year 2000 – characterized by high and rising oil prices, and long-term concerns over global oil supply – decommissioning took a backseat. Asset lives were extended through improved recovery, enhanced maintenance…

Schaeffler secures Allseas contract

Sep 18, 2015

Schaeffler, a precision bearing manufacturer, will supply more than 240 ELGES spherical plain bearings with outside diameters ranging from 400mm to 1060mm, for the topsides lift system (TLS) on the Pioneering Spirit, a purpose-built ship…

Bibby completes two UKCS decommissionings

Sep 09, 2015

Bibby Offshore, a subsea services provider, has delivered two multimillion dollar decommissioning contracts to the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Endeavour Energy appointed Bibby Offshore to perform operations in the Renee and Rubie fields…

OE15: 140 fields could cease in next five years

Sep 09, 2015

A high oil price has enabled operators to extend field life and delay decommissioning time and time again on the UK continental shelf (UKCS), however, the current low oil price has brought into stark relief that this cannot continue indefinitely concludes a new analysis by Wood Mackenzie…

OE15: Decom Zone for 2015 SPE Offshore Europe

Sep 08, 2015

SPE Offshore Europe 2017 is set to host a new Decommissioning Zone, the organisers have announced. Working in partnership with Decom North Sea (DNS), the new Zone will provide a platform to share the latest market trend and technologies…

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