Decom Mission is delighted to announce the finalists for the 9th Decom Mission Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements, innovation, and leadership across the global decommissioning sector. Category winners will be revealed at the awards ceremony, held during Decom Week 2026 which will take place at The Chester Hotel, Aberdeen on 28th May 2026. This year’s finalists are: The Decom Mission …
04/02/2026
Boskalis Subsea Services launches new Collective-based model for North Sea decommissioning
Boskalis Subsea Services, a leading subsea provider of decommissioning, IRM and construction solutions, has launched a new collaborative delivery model, ‘The Decommissioning Collective’, designed to change how subsea infrastructure decommissioning is planned and executed in the North Sea. The new model marks a shift away from fragmented, project-by-project contracting, enabling operators to plan and deliver decommissioning activity within a shared …
View our member Brown and Mason’s footage of the explosive demolition of the Boiler House that took place late last week at West Burton Power Station, Nottinghamshire. Click here to view The Boiler House was the single largest structure on site at 260m long x 47m wide x 64m tall, it housed four boilers which each fed a 500MW Turbine. …
Decom Mission, the UK’s only trade organisation dedicated exclusively to late-life and decommissioning across the energy sector, is set to lead a high-level International Business Exchange to Brazil, hosted by our industry partner, FINDES – the Federation of Industries of Espírito Santo. Taking place in late March across Vitória, the capital of Espírito Santo, and Rio de Janeiro, the week-long …
Decom Mission, the only UK-based trade organisation focused upon late life and decommissioning across the energy sector, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Brazilian organisation, Findes (Federation of Industries of Espírito Santo). As Brazil’s third-largest oil and gas producing state, Espírito Santo is turning to the North Sea’s experienced providers of late-life and decommissioning activity as it enters …
Allseas has been contracted to install subsea pipeline facilities offshore Singapore, utilizing its shallow-water barge Sandpiper to connect Bukom island’s offshore facility with Aster Chemicals’ onshore refinery, supporting Singapore’s petrochemical industry. And Able UK Ltd. is undertaking the dismantling and recycling of two large topsides from TAQA’s Cormorant Alpha and Tern platforms in the UK North Sea, with a focus on maximizing …
TAQA UK has awarded a major contract for the decommissioning of its Brae Alpha platform topsides in the Central North Sea. TAQA has awarded the work to leading offshore contractor, Allseas, following a competitive tender exercise. The award marks another major step in the execution of one of the UK’s largest decommissioning programmes. Read more here
Aberdeen’s Three60 Energy has forged a joint venture with AF Gruppen to land a multi-million pound contract to decommission BP’s Andrew field. The partners hailed the deal was a “first of its kind” in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Read more here
James Fisher and Sons has completed what it claims is the first abrasive cutting operation on a 10-m diameter offshore wind monopile. The company said it deployed an abrasive cutting tool designed specifically for offshore wind farm maintenance and decommissioning. The purpose for this project was to correct an installation issue with a turbine foundation. Read more here
Two of Britain’s leading renewable energy figures have backed North Sea production as the cleanest way for the UK to get the oil and gas it requires. Jurgen Maier, chairman of Great British Energy, said that “oil and gas is our foundation” and warned the basin is “haemorrhaging workers too fast and risks losing supply chains.” He urged closer collaboration …