Well decommissioning services company Well-Safe Solutions have appointed Ruth Thomas as Subsurface Team Lead, with the company broadening its range of subsurface well plug and abandonment (P&A) design services in response to increased client demand. Ruth has over two decades of experience in providing subsurface support to assets in the UK sector of the North Sea for energy majors including …
ASCO has secured four new contracts for NORM decontamination and disposal services with major operators, worth more than £10million. NORM Solutions, part of ASCO’s environmental service division has won multi-year contracts with four leading operators to provide safe management and decontamination of naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) on North Sea installations as they are decommissioned. NORM Solutions will handle the …
TAQA and Spirit Energy are taking fellow North Sea firm Viaro Energy to court to recover costs linked to decommissioning the Brae oilfield. Viaro Energy sold its share of the field in 2020 to Fujairah Oil and Gas, a company owned by the namesake Emirate in the UAE, for just 75 pence. Read more here
16/11/2022
J+S celebrates strong year with global award
Subsea controls engineering specialists J+S Subsea have lifted the Operational Support Company of the Year title in the Corporate LiveWire Global Awards. The Aberdeenshire-based business has taken the top spot in the awards, based on its quality of service, innovation and sustainability initiatives. Managing director Phil Reid said: “We pride ourselves on understanding customer drivers and priorities so receiving this …
There’s a big difference between being trained and being competent writes Andy Watson, Operations Manager (Aberdeen), MRS Training & Rescue. ______________ Here in the UK, we are often seen as a go-to source of health and safety knowledge for other countries at the dawn of their industrial revolutions – and there is an incredibly good, hard-won reason for that. Not to …
The UK is facing opposition from several European nations for its support of Fairfield Energy’s plan to leave the huge legs of the Dunlin oilfield in the North Sea. A special consultative meeting of Ospar, a pan-European body to protect the marine environment, is to be held after opposition was raised by parties including Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the EU, Energy Voice …
The UK’s decommissioning regulator has approved Hurricane Energy’s plans for the removal of the FPSO serving its Lancaster field, though recent company forecasts suggest production may continue into 2024. Hurricane (LON:HUR) submitted a decommissioning plan to the UK’s Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED) in March, which covered the disconnection of the Aoka Mizu floating production, storage and offload …
Work to break up and recycle a massive vessel, which served the UK North Sea for more than 20 years, has begun in Norway. The Curlew FPSO, which was operated by Shell (LON: SHEL), was loaded-in through a ‘float-over’, and subsequent site move operation at Vats yard in Rogaland this week. Read and watch here
Global integrated logistics and materials management specialist, ASCO, has appointed Ross Irvine as general manager of its ship agency (Seletar) and freight management (AFM) service lines. Ross steps into his new role today (November 14) following the promotion of his predecessor Mike Pettigrew, who was recently appointed managing director for ASCO UK. As one of the leading ships agents for …
A new era is on the horizon for the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR). Following the success of Wind Week 2022 East of England, EEEGR announce the strategic appointments of Karim Massaad as Business Relationship Manager and Sophie Skipp as Head of Energy Skills. East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) announces strategic appointments of people & skills expert Sophie …