Leading engineering business, Brimmond, have announced their best financial year yet, achieving £6.5 million in turnover, a 10% increase from the previous year, and are now forecasting a £10 million turnover for the 23/24 financial year. The Kintore-based firm, which specialises in the design, manufacture, rental and repair of lifting, mechanical and hydraulic equipment for industry, has experienced soaring cross-sector demand over …

Esso Australia has opened the bidding process for decommissioning activities for various facilities on fields in the Gippsland Basin offshore Victoria. The company is inviting heavy-lift contractors to submit proposals for completing the offshore removal, transportation and onshore recycling and disposal program at some of Australia’s longest producing offshore oil and gas fields. Read more here

Leading subsea controls specialist J&S Subsea Limited has unveiled a key appointment which represents a significant uplevelling in its commitment to the circular economy in achieving revenues of £10 million in the next few years. The ambitious Kintore-based company has just appointed University of Dundee environmental law masters graduate Kairvee Tyagi as part of its journey towards net zero.  Kairvee …

Students in Norfolk have been challenged to ‘Find Their Future’ through a programme being delivered by Skills for Energy supported by the Dudgeon Community Fund. Sixth-Formers at the University Technical College Norwich (UTCN) have been taking part in a programme which has seen them design a floating offshore wind turbine model. The six-week programme, a collaboration between The East of …

Students in Norfolk have been challenged to ‘Find Their Future’ through a programme being delivered by Skills for Energy supported by the Dudgeon Community Fund. Sixth-Formers at the University Technical College Norwich (UTCN) have been taking part in a programme which has seen them design a floating offshore wind turbine model. The six-week programme, a collaboration between The East of …

A third phase of P&A is due to start shortly at the Tui oil field in the Taranaki Basin offshore New Zealand. Helix Energy Solutions’ Q7000 well decommissioning vessel was due to arrive today at Port Taranaki where it will remain for about a week for a crew exchange and to load supplies for the campaign. Read more here

The winners of the sixth annual Decom Mission Awards (formerly Decom North Sea Awards) were announced on 16th May, at a ceremony held at in Aberdeen during the trade organisation’s Decom Week. This year the Awards, which were established by Decom Mission to celebrate excellence across a number of areas in decommissioning, premiered two new categories for 2023 – Sustainability and …

James Fisher Decommissioning successfully completes the abandonment of two subsea wells in the North Sea for major operator The recently launched SEABASS well plug and abandonment system successfully performed vessel-based operations on an offshore subsea construction vessel SEABASS can provide up to 25% efficiencies against comparable solutions, delivering considerable savings and negating costly rig time SEABASS James Fisher Decommissioning (JF …

I’m writing to you to make you aware of a significant change, and it’s something you may have picked up on over the past few weeks.   As of today, our new brand – Decom Mission – is effective and I’m delighted to officially introduce it to you. Rebrands aren’t uncommon in this industry, with many representing an acquisition or a merger. …