Decommissioning

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October 04, 2024
Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) Ltd. has successfully completed the first stage of a major North Sea decommissioning contract for Shell U.K. Limited.
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September 04, 2024
Under a contract awarded to McDermott in January 2024 by Santos, the company provided engineering, procurement, removal, and transportation of the platform topsides, substructure, and associated items to an onshore facility for dismantling and disposal.
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August 21, 2024
Sentinel Subsea was selected by a major client to support the decommissioning of subsea assets in collaboration with Baker Hughes. This project successfully deployed two WellSentinel Coral systems that enable the continuous monitoring of temporary suspended wells in the remote field.
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August 14, 2024
Petroleos Mexicanos has reached a deal with an oilfield-services provider to drill in the Gulf of Mexico as the heavily indebted state energy company turns to the private sector to boost crude production.
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August 08, 2024
Halliburton will provide a wide range of services to include fluids, completion equipment, wireline, slickline, flowback services, and coiled tubing, integrating and coordinating these services through Halliburton’s project management service line to ensure efficient and effective execution.
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August 05, 2024
ASCO mobilized two radiation safety officers (RSOs) as well as NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material) and mercury monitoring and analysis equipment to the OMSB site. The RSOs delivered on-site training for NORM awareness, and monitoring for various hazards such as benzene, H2S (hydrogen sulphide) with a particular focus on NORM and mercury.
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August 05, 2024
Occlusion focuses on innovation to provide a safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible end-to-end solution for end-of-life assets. This collaboration with Envana helps Occlusion meet increasing expectations for emissions reporting from well retirement services and ensures compliance with state emissions management requirements.
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July 16, 2024
Repeated delays to well plugging and abandonment (P&A) work, competition for rigs from overseas and cost pressures are pushing up the estimated bill for decommissioning on the UK Continental Shelf, according to the North Sea Transition Authority's new report.
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June 2024
Traditionally, barrier testing and subsequent validation by a technical authority can sometimes rely on personal observations and subjectivity. HydraWell looks to strike a successful balance of its values while pushing boundaries and inventing pioneering technologies that will transform well integrity management operations around the world.
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June 19, 2024
The Gulf Energy Alliance (GEA) joined the States of Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi in a legal challenge to the Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) decommissioning rule imposing unnecessary and burdensome financial requirements targeting independent offshore oil and natural gas producers.
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June 17, 2024
Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi have sued the U.S. government to block a proposed rule by the Biden administration that would require offshore oil and gas companies to provide nearly $7 billion in financial assurances for decommissioning old infrastructure.
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June 10, 2024
Baker Hughes’ integrated approach will deploy wireline, coiled tubing, cementing, tubular running, wellbore intervention, fishing, and geosciences services in all of Petrobras’ offshore fields. The agreement also includes Baker Hughes remedial tools, completion fluids and production chemicals.
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June 05, 2024
The comprehensive campaign spans over 120 days and is segmented into five sub-campaigns, each addressing specific tasks crucial for the decommissioning process.
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May 22, 2024
The first phase of decommissioning commenced in February, with Elemental Energies providing well management services from its Houston office for the plugging and abandonment of wells in the Matagorda Island area, offshore Texas.
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May 20, 2024
OSSO worked in partnership with another contractor to mitigate the need for 4,340 m3 of crude oil sludge to be tankered to incineration, achieve a cost saving exceeding seven figures and recover 1,280 m3 of usable oil. 
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May 16, 2024
AquaTerra Group has announced four significant decommissioning contract wins totaling a seven-figure sum. These latest projects represent a notable increase in AquaTerra’s roster of decommissioning projects between 2023 and 2025.
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April 16, 2024
The final Risk Management and Financial Assurance for OCS Lease and Grant Obligations rule amends existing regulations by substantially increasing the level of financial assurances that operators must provide in advance.
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March 12, 2024
Perenco UK announced a decommissioning milestone with the successful completion of the plug & abandonment of three subsea wells at the Gawain field in the UK Southern North Sea, including the removal of the associated subsea infrastructure.
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March 01, 2024
The Decommissioning Data Visibility Dashboard now includes field-specific information from 15 operators, compared with three when it was piloted by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) and the Decommissioning and Repurposing Taskforce (DaRT) in November 2021.
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January 11, 2024
The C1-46 averaged 15 cuts before requiring a blade change, significantly reducing the need for recovery to the surface and impressively completed 79 cuts on its first deployment, showcasing a remarkable 100% success rate.
Article
November 2023
When offshore structures and vessels reach the end of their productive lives, they must be decommissioned and dismantled, recycled or disposed of safely. These complex, highly engineered assets are built to withstand harsh environments and are often contaminated with hydrocarbons and other hazardous materials from years of operation.
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