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 …
Unique Group, global innovators in subsea technologies and engineering, has announced the sale of its Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment (HBOT) system, Uni-Heal, to HMS DXBone Excellence Center, a part of HMS Group of Hospitals in the UAE. In partnership with Hie Capital, Unique Group will deliver its bespoke technology to Dubai-based HMS DXBone Excellence Center by February 2023. This tri-party partnership …
Deep Ocean is set to begin removing more than 1,200 tonnes of subsea equipment from BP’s Miller field later this year, under a contract described as a ‘first’ for supermajor in the North Sea. In project paperwork filed with the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), BP said the sale and purchase agreement (SPA) had been agreed with Deep Ocean in …
06/01/2023
Decommissioning – where next?
2022. A challenging year across the energy industry, yes. Some would also call it a year of change, but I’m not so sure about that. When it comes to the Transition, we’re no longer at the beginning – we’re now a substantial way along the road and the energy industry is changing structure apace. Read more here