Tullow Oil awarded subsea engineering and training firm Jee a contract to investigate the most appropriate options for decommissioning their Thames area assets in the North Sea. Awarded in February 2016, the contract relates to the decommissioning of the Horne鈥
Sometimes it鈥檚 not all about throwing the latest bells and whistles at a production facility 鈥 its best to keep it simple. Elaine Maslin looks at how an eductor has kept a gas field going. Seajacks鈥 Kraken working at the DPPA鈥
William Jacob Management Inc. (WJM) has secured its initial contract to complete the detailed engineering and design of its first mobile offshore support services vessel: the MOSS V. Illustration of the MOSS V鈥
Petrofac is supporting Tullow Oil on its decommissioning program for the Horne and Wren platform in the Southern North Sea. The role sees Petrofac, which has been duty holder on the platform for more than 10 years, move into well plugging and abandonment operations on the field鈥
Exceed has secured a contract to support Fairfield Energy in its forthcoming North Sea well plugging and abandonment campaign. Fairfield鈥檚 program includes 45 platform wells and 16 subsea wells, all of which will be plugged and permanently abandoned鈥
Norway鈥檚 decommissioning market has the potential to be the second largest in the North Sea after the UK Continental Shelf, according to Oil & Gas UK鈥檚 first Norwegian Continental Shelf Decommissioning Insight report. The report, which provides a forecast for the region over the next decade鈥
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鈥
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鈥
To create meaningful cost reduction 鈥 or value creation 鈥 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鈥
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鈥
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鈥
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鈥
Well plugging and abandonment activity as part of offshore decommissioning is starting to ramp up 鈥 but could it be done better? Elaine Maslin reports. Interwell鈥檚 exothermic P&A solution. Image from Interwell鈥
Bibby 云顶赌场老虎机'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鈥
Subsea 7 will provide decommissioning services for the second phase of Centrica鈥檚 Rose and Stamford gas field decommissioning programs, located in the southern North Sea. Photo of the Seven Atlantic DSV鈥
