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Cost cutting requirements for decommissioning

Jun 24, 2015

Oil and gas supply chain leaders need to drive “transformational change” to bring down costs before the multi-billion North Sea decommissioning program will start, a leading industry figure said. Supply chain companies in the East of…

Optimus Seventh Generation secures decommissioning contract

Jun 23, 2015

Optimus Seventh Generation, an Aberdeen-headquartered behavioral change consultancy, has strengthened its safety portfolio by securing its first decommissioning contract in a six-figure agreement with a major North Sea operator. The four-month contract…

Harkand begins Maersk decommissioning work

Jun 18, 2015

Harkand began decommissioning work on the UK Continental Shelf at Maersk Oil UK’s Leadon field. The Harkand Da Vinci DSV. From Harkand. In March, the IRM firm secured a multi-million dollar…

ConocoPhillips to use Maersk Gallant at Eldfisk

Jun 18, 2015

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has granted ConocoPhillips consent to use the Maersk Gallant mobile drilling facility for plugging and abandoning a production well at Eldfisk 2/7 A. Eldfisk is an oil field lying due south of Ekofisk in 70-75m of water in the southern North Sea…

DNV to save industry US$32 billion

Jun 17, 2015

The plugging and abandonment (P&A) of offshore wells represents a significant cost to operating companies and national authorities. On the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) alone, the cost is estimated to be US$108 billion (NOK 870 billion) during the next 40 years…

JV establishes North Sea decommissioning facility

Jun 17, 2015

Peterson and UK-based Veolia announced a US$1.5 million investment in the development of a new, purpose built decommissioning facility in Great Yarmouth.  The new site in Great Yarmouth port, operated with joint venture partner Veolia…

Survey paints bleak UKCS portrait

Jun 11, 2015

The Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce released findings today (11 June) from its 22nd Oil and Gas Survey conducted in partnership with law firm Bond Dickinson, which revealed startling new numbers showing that confidence levels in the…

FPSO market to reach US$8.65 billion in 2015

Jun 11, 2015

The global capital spending on newbuild and converted floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels could reach US$8.65 billion this year, according to consultancy firm Visiongain.  The largest spend will be focused on offshore…

Technip gets GoM subsea decommissioning, installation gig

Jun 10, 2015

Chevron awarded Technip a lump sum project for the decommissioning of the brownfield development and installation of new subsea equipment supporting a floating production system located in Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico, in a water depth of approximately 2000m…

NorSea Group nets decommissioning work

Jun 10, 2015

NorSea Group won northeast Scotland’s first major “small piece” decommissioning contract. Work has already begun on the six-month project which is being carried out at NorSea Group’s Peterhead facility on behalf of Endeavour Energy and…

Centrica awards Atkins decommissioning work

May 13, 2015

Engineering and project management firm Atkins has own a pre-front end engineering and design decommissioning contract with Centrica Energy. The five-year agreement will see Atkins provide UK-based Centrica with engineering and design services…

OIS lands North Sea decommissioning campaign

May 12, 2015

Acteon company Offshore Installation Services (OIS) has been awarded a contract to decommission multiple wells in the North Sea by operator Centrica Energy. The initial campaign includes six subsea wells in the central North Sea, in categories 2…

Fairfield to decommission Dunlin

May 11, 2015

Fairfield Energy has announced plans to decommission its Dunlin Alpha platform in the North Sea not much longer than a year after it took over duty holder responsibilities for the platform. Production from all Dunlin cluster fields will…

Red Hawk spar flies home

May 01, 2015

InterMoor’s Dusan Curic discusses the decommissioning of Anadarko Petroleum’s Red Hawk spar in the US Gulf of Mexico, a job that involved several industry firsts. With holes cut into the hull, Red Hawk spar is being tipped underwater…

ABB launches decommissioning study

Apr 08, 2015

ABB Consulting launched a major study on behalf of Decom North Sea (DNS) and Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS) to look into ways of reducing the cost of decommissioning. Image from DNS.   The…

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