Experts in industrial cleaning and emergency response for the global energy industry, NRC UK has been bought over by two long-term industry senior executives for an undisclosed sum. The buyout has been hailed by its Managing Director as a landmark in the company’s growth which will with immediate effect see the firm re-brand back to legacy company Sureclean. Included in …
Hot off the press: we have signed Ellon United captain Neill Irvine in an exclusive one-year sponsorship deal. Founded over 120 years ago, Ellon United are members of the Scottish Junior FA and are based in The Meadows Sports Centre. Neill – a painter and decorator in the town – captains the team, who currently play in the North Region …
ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM), operator of the Gippsland Basin Joint Venture, has hired the Helix Q7000 semisubmersible vessel to support decommissioning activities in the Gippsland basin offshore Australia, as ExxonMobil ramps up decommissioning work. It marks the fourth mobile offshore asset added to the Gippsland basin decommissioning fleet and the light well intervention vessel will support decommissioning activities in the Bass Strait …
EnQuest (LON: ENQ) has hit a “significant milestone” in its campaign to decommission a decades old North Sea field. Italian contractor Saipem (MI: SPM) has been handed a contract to remove the upper jacket that has supported the Heather platform for more than 45 years. Read more here
Port of Aberdeen today announces the appointment of Roy Buchan as Chair and Sian Lloyd Rees as a Non-Executive Member to its board. Mr Buchan succeeds Alistair Mackenzie who stepped down having served a full term of eight years as Chair and 13 years as a board member. John Brebner, a Non-Executive Member since 2018, has been appointed as Vice-Chair. …
It cited analysis by Boston Consulting Group stating that by 2038 there would be 1,000 offshore structures in the Arabian Gulf that would no longer be economically viable. Emerging markets are unprepared for the financing challenge of decommissioning activities to come, Fitch Ratings ESG unit has warned. Emerging markets have only seen limited decommissioning work thus far, Sustainable Fitch said …
Helix Robotics Solutions, the Robotics division of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (NYSE:HLX), has entered into a three-year charter agreement with two years of options for the DP2 offshore support vessel Glomar Wave for work on a range of opportunities in both the offshore Renewables and Oil & Gas sectors. The Glomar Wave, a DP2 66.4-meter multi-role vessel, can be …
An Aberdeen-based IT support company has consolidated its position as a market leader in the subsea sector, thanks to the award of a four-year contract. TechnipFMC is the latest subsea client to employ Solab IT Services’ crew management software Onboard Tracker™. Through the new streamlined system, TechnipFMC can make best use of processes and create a single point of storage …
13/01/2023
Luis Polo Appointed Repsol Sinopec CEO
Luis Polo has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Limited, effective 1 March 2023. Mr Polo replaces Nicolas Foucart who held the post from September 2022, holding the position of Chief Operating Officer prior to this for four years. Mr Foucart leaves Repsol Sinopec to pursue an opportunity outside of the organisation. A senior executive with over …
The UK’s offshore decommissioning regulator has approved Repsol Sinopec’s plans to decommission infrastructure around the Saltire area, with work set to begin later in the decade. Repsol Sinopec Resources UK filed the latest revisions to its proposed decom programme with the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED) in early 2022, covering the removal of the Saltire A topsides, alongside …