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 …

Helix Robotics Solutions, the Robotics division of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (NYSE: HLX), has been awarded a 180-day firm-plus-options contract by a local Thailand contractor to perform decommissioning services using the subsea construction vessel Grand Canyon II. The contract scope of work includes DP3 vessel services, crane support and ROV services in connection with subsea well abandonment and decommissioning operations …

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

Well P&A Projects 2022-2023 Presented by Teresa Munro of Repsol Sinopec Resources UK   What does collaboration culture look like? Presented by Simon Marwick of Restrata Solutions Limited   Well Decommissioning: A Growing Market Presented by Rebecca Allan of the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA)   Decommissioning and Repurposing: Commercial transformation in Well Decommissioning Presented by Pauline Innes of North …

Leading rental solutions provider, Atlas Copco Specialty Rental UK has further strengthened its growth ambitions with two appointments. Atlas Copco Specialty Rental UK has appointed Callum Beig as internal sales engineer. In addition, to reflect the company’s growing presence in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Atlas Copco Specialty Rental created the role of sales engineer for Ireland, to …

International subsea rental equipment and solutions specialist Ashtead Technology has signed a rental agreement with Norway-based RTS, an international provider of electronic engineering equipment for the underwater industry. Under the deal, Ashtead Technology will have access to RTS’s owned equipment fleet to better support customers globally. In addition, Ashtead Technology has purchased an initial ten Gen 5 multiplexer systems which …

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