InterMoor UK expands their decommissioning services
InterMoor Ltd has added rigless well abandonment capabilities to its UK-based services ahead of an expected North Sea decommissioning boom.
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Gallery: Shell Brent Delta arrives in Hartlepool
Shell’s Brent Delta topside was delivered to Able UK’s yard in Hartlepool this week, where it will be dismantled and recycled.
Video: End of an era as Shell Brent Delta topside arrives in Hartlepool
One of the North Sea’s most iconic pieces of oil and gas infrastructure arrived in a murky Hartlepool last night after more than 40 years offshore.
Brent Delta transferred onto barge ahead of Teesside delivery
The Pioneering Spirit vessel has transferred Shell's Brent Delta topside onto a barge ahead of its delivery to a yard in Teesside.
Gallery: Pioneering Spirit’s Brent Delta topside lift
The world's largest vessel by displacement, the Pioneering Spirit, set a new world record when it lifted the Brent Delta top side last month in a single go.
OGTC looking for North Sea P&A inspiration
The newly opened Oil and Gas Technology Centre is looking for innovative ideas to transform how North Sea oil and gas wells are plugged and abandoned in the future.
Video: Pioneering Spirit completes Brent Delta topside lift for Shell
Allseas’s Pioneering Spirit vessel has removed the topside section of Shell’s Brent Delta platform in the North Sea. Swiss contractor Allseas said it had broken the world lifting record in the process. Pioneering Spirit removed the 24,000-tonne topside structure in a single lift. It is now transporting the structure to a decommissioning yard in Teesside, north-east England.
Montrose port to chase decommissioning work with £5m upgrade
Montrose Port Authority (MPA) has announced plans invest £5.2million in upgrading its facilities in an attempt to attract more ships used in North Sea decommissioning.
Dundeecom in bid to create UK decommissioning centre
Dundee hopes to secure thousands of new jobs by “revolutionising” the oil and gas decommissioning sector.
ConocoPhillips to book Heerema for North Sea decommissioning job
US firm ConocoPhillips has picked Heerema Marine Contractors to remove four platforms from the Norwegian North Sea.
Green groups slam Shell’s Brent plans, firm denies wrongdoing in Nigeria
Environmental groups have rejected Shell’s plans to decommission the Brent oilfield in the North Sea.
Opinion: Green groups’ negative reaction to Shell Brent plans entirely predictable
The negative reaction by Lang Banks of the WWF and other NGOs to Shell’s Brent decommissioning plans was entirely predictable.
Decommissioning will ramp up as maintenance backlog bites, analysts say
A platform maintenance backlog will “catch up” with North Sea operators, ushering in a first peak in decommissioning work, analysts have said.
Finance secretary joins calls for decommissioning tax relief ahead of Budget
The Chancellor has been challenged to “step up to the plate” and support the oil and gas industry in next week’s Budget.
Breaking: CNR submits draft decomm proposal for Northern Ninian
A Canadian oil and gas company has submitted a draft decommissioning programme for a platform on one of the North Sea’s oldest producing fields.
Decom North Sea supports Dundee’s North Sea bid
The chief executive of Decom North Sea said the sector’s independent membership organisation is supporting companies in Tayside and Fife to win work. Roger Esson said many companies recognise that now is the time to become an integral part of a robust, global supply chain that will be ready for action when the time for decommissioning comes.
Dundee appoints contractor in multi-million revamp targeting North Sea decom
The Port of Dundee has appointed Southbay Civil Engineering as part of its multi-million pound North Sea decommissioning revamp.
North Sea’s Miller decom is supporting Scotland, say Saipem and BP
The decommissioning of BP's Miller platform is bringing millions of pounds into the UK economy, according to the firm charged with tackling the massive project.
Scottish Tories call for ‘extend, not end’ North Sea oil and gas life
Scottish Conservative Energy spokesman Alexander Burnett has called for the life of the North Sea's oil and gas industry to be "extended, not ended".
Unite backs call for public investment in North Sea assets
Unite is urging the Scottish Government to back Scottish Labour’s call for public investment in crucial North Sea assets at risk of being scrapped amid the oil downturn.
Decommissioning up for debate at Aberdeen bookshop cafe
Aberdeen University is taking the North Sea decommissioning debate to an unlikely venue in the Granite City this week.
Scotland ‘decade behind’ on oil and gas decommissioning, union claims
Scotland is a "decade behind" in preparing for North Sea oil and gas decommissioning and risks losing out on millions of dollars of potential work, according to union chiefs.
Scotland not missing the boat on decomm contracts, claims energy minister
The Scottish Government maintains that the country is not missing the boat on decommissioning projects despite another UKCS project going to a Norwegian firm.
Kvaerner win North Sea decomm contract
Norwegian engineering firm Kvaerner has won a 200millionNOK decommissioning contract from Italy's Sapiem.
Opinion: Busting eight decommissioning myths
Decommissioning was in the spotlight again after a number of significant announcements last week.