Decommissioing

Dozens of oil rigs sold for scrapping in 2020 – Bassoe

04/03/2021

Dozens of oil rigs were sold for scrapping in 2020 as the drilling sector dealt with the impacts of Covid-19, according to market-watcher Bassoe Offshore.

Environmental concerns have centred around 64 oil storage cells within the legs of the Brent Bravo, Charlie and Delta.

North Sea

Environmental arguments around Shell’s Brent decom plans

14/10/2019

By Allister Thomas

Shell submitted plans in 2017 to leave the giant legs of three of its four Brent platforms and some other infrastructure in the North Sea.

Offshore Europe

OGA chief urges ‘pace’ on research into reuse options for North Sea platforms

05/09/2019

By Allister Thomas

The chief executive of the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has urged “pace” on research into low carbon options to reuse North Sea infrastructure.