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鈥
For much of the period since the year 2000 鈥 characterized by high and rising oil prices, and long-term concerns over global oil supply 鈥 decommissioning took a backseat. Asset lives were extended through improved recovery, enhanced maintenance鈥
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鈥
Bibby 云顶赌场老虎机, a subsea services provider, has delivered two multimillion dollar decommissioning contracts to the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Endeavour Energy appointed Bibby 云顶赌场老虎机 to perform operations in the Renee and Rubie fields鈥
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鈥
SPE 云顶赌场老虎机 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鈥
UK-based EPIC International has won a contract to use its new Late in Life Operation (LILO) model for 鈥渕othballing鈥 near end-of-life North Sea platforms. The ca. £500,000 contract, with an UK independent operator on a southern North Sea platform鈥
Introducing a new FPSO into a brownfield while overhauling the subsea infrastructure led to a complex multi-year SIMOPS campaign for Technip. Elaine Maslin reports. A GIS image (above) shows the complexity of the SIMOPS at Quad 204鈥
Understanding your asset is vital before making the big decision. Clarus Subsea鈥檚 Vinayak Patil and John MacDonald explain the key challenges of subsea integrity management in the Gulf of Mexico. Figure鈥
Shell has contracted Norwegian accommodation vessel operator Prosafe's Regalia unit to support work on the Brent C platform in the UK sector of the North Sea. Brent C is one of four platforms on the Brent field which Shell is working towards decommissioning鈥
Oil and gas operators will have to approach the challenge of decommissioning in new ways if the goal of maximizing economic recovery from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) is to be achieved, according to a report from professional services firm KPMG鈥
Oil & Gas UK has released updated well abandonment guideslines to improve cross industry understanding of well-related issues on the UK Continental Shelf. The new publication includes guidance on generating cost estimates to support well abandonment operations鈥
Dutch offshore contractor Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) sealed its deal with Jurong Shipyard to build its new mega-heavy lift crane vessel. HMC had already signed a letter of intent with the Sembcorp Marine subsidiary. Today's engineering and construction contract鈥
Self-propelled self-elevating support vessels (SESVs) provider Gulf Marine Services (GMS) was awarded its first decommissioning contract for one of its large class vessels in Europe. Image from GMS鈥
Endeavor Management released a proposal for a joint industry project (JIP) to support the industry鈥檚 need for global best practice development in subsea decommissioning. The genesis of this JIP is the work completed for Petrobras by Endeavor鈥
