Aberdeen’s Decom Engineering secures over £2m in international contracts to start 2025
Scottish subsea cutting specialist Decom Engineering has secured more than £2 million worth of international contracts in the first quarter of 2025.
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Delayed decommissioning: Stalling UK projects stands to add £4bn to costs
Delayed UK decommissioning projects stand to cost the UK an extra £4.25 billion ($5.5bn), according to data from Westwood.
Aberdeen’s Well-Safe Solutions secures contract extension with Eni
Aberdeen-headquartered well decommissioning specialist Well-Safe Solutions has secured a contract extension with Italian oil major Eni (IT: ENI).
Elemental Energies and Archer team up for decom JV
Aberdeen’s Elemental Energies and Archer have formed a joint venture to pick up plugging and abandonment work in the North Sea as decommissioning spending is set to double.
DeepOcean, Exceed partner on P&A services for decommissioning market
Norwegian ocean services provider DeepOcean and Aberdeen-based well management firm Exceed Energy have entered into a collaboration agreement to supply vessel-based well plug and abandonment (P&A) services. These will be offered to the decommissioning market globally.
Career opportunities arise within decommissioning
Successful removal of platforms weighing upwards of 30,000 tonnes is taking the decommissioning industry to new levels of high-tech excellence with projects around the UK coastal shelf, but that does not reduce the challenge.
The importance of decommissioning wells in the North Sea
The North Sea has been a powerhouse of oil and gas production for over five decades.
Decommissioning technology puts intervention at the FrontRow
Decommissioning of North Sea wells and infrastructure is happening – but perhaps more slowly than the supply chain supporting the activity had hoped.
Wind decommissioning – taking the circularity route
Decommissioning is a brutal piece of terminology as it basically means removing something from service; rendering it permanently unusable; putting it totally out of reach. No matter how.
AI breakthrough could save £10bn in North Sea decom costs
A breakthrough artificial intelligence (AI) project could save taxpayers and the offshore industry billions of pounds in oil and gas decommissioning costs.
Vattenfall turns decommissioned wind turbine into tiny house
Swedish firm Vattenfall has unveiled a concept design which could see old wind turbines repurposed as a 'tiny house' in future.
How offshore wind can apply learnings from oil and gas decommissioning
While it is far from being a nascent industry, offshore wind remains in its relative infancy compared to oil and gas (O&G), both in terms of development and decommissioning.
Aberdeen’s CUT delivers major offshore decom project in Australia
Aberdeen-headquartered decommissioning firm Cutting Underwater Technologies (CUT) has completed a major offshore project in Western Australia (WA).
Scottish university innovation aims to seal 100,000 methane-leaking wells
Scotland's Heriot-Watt University has unveiled ambitions plans to help seal 100,000 methane-leaking wells over the next decade using a chemical injection technology.
Ten North East energy supply chain firms share in £1.5 million ETZ funding
ETZ Ltd has awarded £1.47 million in grants to ten North East Scotland firms as part of the Challenge Fund focused on driving the energy transition and creating jobs.
North Sea offshore workers on Ninian hub left with limited power
Offshore workers on the Ninian Central platform in the North Sea endured five days with only limited emergency power generation due to “planned” repairs.
NSTA opens investigation into North Sea well decommissioning delays
Oil and gas operators will risk facing fines if they continue to miss well decommissioning deadlines, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has warned.
Brent Charlie topside removed from North Sea by Pioneering Spirit
Shell's Brent Charlie platform has been removed from the North Sea in the end of an era for the iconic oil field, which gave its name to the Brent crude benchmark.
Aberdeen student awarded for recycled oil rig building design
A Robert Gordon University (RGU) student has won a prestigious architectural award for an innovative building design made from recycled oil rigs.
Aberdeen’s Mermaid secures multi-year North Sea decom contract with Shell
Aberdeen's Mermaid Subsea Services UK has secured a multi-year decommissioning contract with North Sea operator Shell.
DeepOcean nabs ‘significant’ UK decommissioning contract
Offshore services provider DeepOcean has been awarded a "significant" decommissioning contract from an international operator on the UK continental shelf.
Decom Mission survey reveals frustration rife in decommissioning sector
A survey conducted by decommissioning trade organisation Decom Mission has revealed widespread frustration with regulators among several supply chain concerns.
Odfjell Technology buys Aberdeenshire oil services firm McGarian TDC in £3m deal
Offshore engineering services firm Odfjell Technology has acquired Aberdeenshire-based McGarian TDC in a deal worth "in excess of £3 million".
North Sea oil and gas firms must “get cleaner” – regulator
North Sea oil and gas operators could invest up to £3 billion on projects aimed at cutting 32m tonnes of CO2 emissions, a new review has found.
Genesis Energies back in Aberdeen city centre with ambitions for growth
Genesis is targeting new clients and further growth in carbon capture, hydrogen, and asset decarbonisation as it returns to the 'heart' of Aberdeen.