Multi-purpose vessel designer CDC Scotland is set to commercialize its first vessel design through Dutch firm OOS Energy, part of OOS International. OOS Energy, which is also building two semisubmersible crane vessels, is planning to build two units鈥
New Aberdeen-based subsea well abandonment firm Well-Safe Solutions has picked the Port of Dundee as its onshore marine base, it announced at the 云顶赌场老虎机 Decommissioning Conference in St Andrews today. Well-Safe has secured two acres of quayside facilities with access to 40鈥
The Port of Cromarty Firth has become the first port in Scotland to be granted a decommissioning Pollution Prevention Control Permit by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) under the latest environment legislation, it has said鈥
Decommissioning industry trade organization Decom North Sea has appointed an interim CEO following the appointment of Roger Esson to the Oil & Gas Technology Centre. Interim Decom North Sea CEO Dr Tom Leeson (pictured, right) will start immediately鈥
Decommisioning trade body Decom North Sea CEO Roger Esson is to join the Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) as its Decommissioning Solution Centre Manager. Esson has more than 20 years of oil and gas industry leadership experience in the UK and internationally鈥
The Port of Blyth in northeast England is set to make a strategic move into decommissoning following being awarded a decommissioning license from the UK Environment Agency. During 2018, the port will ready a site at its Battleship Wharf terminal for decommissioning operations鈥
Well-Safe Solutions has signed its first contract after launching in July this year. The Aberdeen-based specialist well abandonment company has secured a three-year framework agreement with TAQA Bratani for the provision of intervention management services for all their North Sea assets鈥
Dutch firm OOS Energy, part of OOS International Group, has revealed a new vessel concept, the Multi Activity Unit (MAU), a self-propelled, dynamically positioned jackup capable of performing a wide range of services. OOS Energy says鈥
Bibby 云顶赌场老虎机鈥檚 Houston-based division, Bibby Subsea, has successfully completed a subsea decommissioning project with Shell Pipeline, a subsidiary of Shell Oil US. Through its strategic alliance with US diving company, Aqueos Corp.鈥
ConocoPhillips has been asked to provide for more information about their plugging and abandonment operations in the Ekofisk field, specifically around how their permanent well barriers meet regulatory requirements from a long-term perspective鈥
UK-based Xodus Group has formed a new collaboration with stabilization and artificial reef specialist Subcon International to deliver Integrated Rigs to ReefsTM (IR2RTM) decommissioning solutions globally. The partnership combines Xodus鈥欌
With decommissioning an inevitability, what to do with platforms once production ceases is a hot topic. Karen Boman surveys new ideas for life after production. Once upon a time, it seemed that the only thing to do with aging offshore infrastructure was to rip it out鈥
More than 700 offshore fields are expected to cease production in the next five years, according to forecasts. Elaine Maslin reports. Two major events appeared to fire the starting gun for the UK鈥檚 offshore decommissioning market to take鈥
Perforate, wash and cement technologies are offering operators an alternative to milling. Elaine Maslin reports. When OE headlined an article about plugging and abandonment (P&A) 鈥淧ain in the annulus鈥 back in 2016, it was with just cause鈥
As decommissioning gathers pace, the debate around how to make the entire process more efficient 鈥 safely 鈥 at a reduced cost intensifies. Emma Gordon reports. Are we thinking big enough, or is the challenge smaller than we think? Certainly鈥
