Decommissioning
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June 12, 2019
Well-Safe Solutions today announced the award of a major contract to decommission up to 21 wells on Schooner and Ketch fields in the UKCS, operated by DNO North Sea (ROGB) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of DNO ASA.
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May 24, 2019
The world’s biggest semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) is set to blaze a trail when it enters into service in the coming months, armed with the strongest pair of revolving cranes for offshore oil, gas and renewable energy installation and decommissioning jobs.
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May 16, 2019
A new cost-reducing, first of its kind well abandonment tool developed by Aberdeen-headquartered Deep Casing Tools has gone from concept to offshore trial with Equinor in just nine months.
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May 02, 2019
The Statfjord A platform in the North Sea will shut down production in 2022, 43 years after first oil. This more than doubles the expected lifetime of the platform. Now the contract for removal and disposal of the topside has been signed, and the topside will be demolished at Stord – where it was built in the 1970s.
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April 02, 2019
Petrofac has been appointed well operator by Tullow Oil for the next phase of its Thames Decommissioning Project, following the award of a contract worth around $16 million.
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April 01, 2019
A concept study and Front End Engineering Design (FEED) project carried out by Xodus Group has determined that a North Sea operator will save up to $77.5 million (£59 million) by adopting a Not Normally Attended (NNA) status ahead of decommissioning the field.
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March 18, 2019
Jumbo has been awarded an offshore decommissioning project in the North Sea by TAQA Energy BV, involving the removal, transportation and disposal of three subsea protection domes and piles.
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March 04, 2019
International energy consultancy Xodus Group has expanded its decommissioning offering with the appointment of its first well decommissioning manager.
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February 04, 2019
Subsea project delivery firms James Fisher Offshore (JFO) and First Subsea have joined forces to launch a cut and lift product that aims to streamline decommissioning projects worldwide, simplifying operations while reducing costs and risk.
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January 11, 2019
The National Decommissioning Centre (NDC), a global technology R&D hub, is today opened by Lord Duncan, UK Government Minister for Scotland and Paul Wheelhouse MSP, Scottish Energy Minister, in Newburgh, in North-East Scotland’s Energetica Corridor.
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December 11, 2018
Decom North Sea, the membership organization for the oil and gas late life and decommissioning sector, has successfully secured a Decommissioning Challenge Fund (DCF) grant award from The Scottish Government.
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December 05, 2018
Decom North Sea has announced the publication of its Managing Offshore Decommissioning Waste Guidelines, produced in conjunction with D3 Consulting Ltd, during last week’s annual Offshore Decommissioning Conference.
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November 27, 2018
When Petrofac was appointed as well operator and main contractor for the latest phase of the Thames decommissioning project, the pressure was on to relive the success it delivered in 2016 for Tullow Oil.
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November 26, 2018
Hydraulic subsea tools specialist, Webtool, is developing a Fast Intervention Tool for subsea pipeline decommissioning in conjunction with Chevron Energy Technology Company.
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November 13, 2018
Unique Group, one of the world’s leading integrated subsea and offshore solution providers, together with Innovo, an engineering, construction and equipment rental company, have successfully completed a multi-million dollar decommissioning contract for Italian global marine, oil and gas contractor, Saipem, on a key offshore platform in the Middle East region.
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August 27, 2018
Ampelmann, the global leader in offshore access solutions based in the Netherlands, has made another step forward in the field of decommissioning with a recently secured contract in the Southern North Sea.
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August 13, 2018
Vantage Oilfield Solutions Sdn Bhd (Vantage) has received a work order award from Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd (Petronas Carigali) for the Provision of annulus wash and cementing assurance for Kepong-A field, Terengganu, Malaysia.
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August 09, 2018
SafePilot from Trelleborg’s marine systems operation successfully helped to pilot Allseas’ 200-m-long barge, Iron Lady, from the Tees Bay to Able UK’s Seaton Port in Hartlepool, which transported Shell’s 24,200 ton-Brent Delta topside to Able’s facility on May 2, 2017.
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June 29, 2018
With the senior management team now in place and interest growing from potential customers, the decommissioning joint venture reaches a new milestone with the launch of its new name: Maersk Decom.
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February 16, 2018
Total E&P Absheron B.V. (Total), acting as operator for and on behalf of a consortium presently composed of Total E&P Absheron B.V. (50%) and Socar Absheron LLC (50%) has tasked HydraWell to execute a part of plug & abandonment campaign at Absheron field, in the Caspian Sea.
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February 06, 2018
Petrofac has been appointed to provide outsourced well operator services on the next phase of Tullow Oil’s Thames Decommissioning project, following the award of a new multi-million-dollar contract.
