CessCon Decom (CessCon) will launch a decommissioning hub at the Port of Aberdeen’s £400 million South Harbour expansion in Q3 2022, creating up to 50 new jobs. The new hub will be located within Crathes Quay at South Harbour and deliver dismantling, recycling, and reuse services with a key focus on subsea infrastructure. The jobs boost is expected over the …
An oil rig which was blocked from leaving the Cromarty Firth in 2018 has been sold to a Turkish recycling firm for scrapping The Ocean Vanguard, now simply known as “Van”, has been sold to Turkey’s Rota Shipping and is now leaving the Firth after around eight years in the region. Read more here
The Foinaven FPSO is to be sent to Denmark for decommissioning, as UK yards miss out on the work. Industry sources, who did not wish to be named, confirmed the vessel will head across the North Sea for dismantling. Read more here
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18/08/2022
‘Worth getting out of bed for’: Regulator predicts £5bn decom spend on North Sea wells by 2027
More than 1,000 North Sea oil and gas wells will be decommissioned over the next five years, the UK regulator has said, carrying a multi-billion-pound prize. The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has estimated 150-200 wells will be fully decommissioned each year over that time frame, at an annual spend of £700m – £1bn. Read more here
Well-Safe Solutions has named Spirit Energy as the operator for its inaugural contract for its new Defender rig in the North Sea. The decommissioning specialist announced a 14-well contract for the Well-Safe Defender rig back in July, however the customer was undisclosed. Read more here
North Sea operators EnQuest (LON:ENQ) and Repsol Sinopec Resources UK have set out a series of upcoming decom contracts for nearly 200 oil and gas wells. Speaking at an event in Aberdeen on Wednesday, Teresa Munro, decommissioning manager at Repsol Sinopec, said the operator currently plans to “fully abandon 140 wells by the end of 2025”. Read more here
A decommissioning base on the Clyde has said it is the “ideal location” for break-up of the Foinaven FPSO amid concerns the UK could miss out on the work. Atlas Decom has a long term lease at Inchgreen Drydock, just 20 nautical miles away from Hunterston where the vessel now temporarily sits after more than 20 years at a BP oilfield west …
Thompsons of Prudhoe have successfully secured not one, but two decommissioning projects, working in close collaboration with both Heerema Marine Contractors and DeepOcean. These two exciting and challenging contracts allow Thompsons of Prudhoe to provide a full turnkey dismantling and waste management contract solution to asset owner, Spirit Energy. The six Southern North Sea structures will be delivered into the …
Bosses and staff at Well-Safe Solutions are celebrating a major milestone in the company’s history today. It is five years to the day since the Aberdeen-headquartered decommissioning specialist officially began trading, following months of meticulous planning. Read more here