Decommissioning

Courtesy Woodside
Woodside decommissioning activities
Decommissioning

UK facing rising offshore P&A costs

March 11, 2025
Decommissioning operations across the UK North Sea could cost $26B over the next decade, according to Westwood. Meanwhile, Woodside Energy spent $800M last year on global decommissionin...
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Tree and Wellhead Information for Subsea Tooling (TWIST) database
Decommissioning

North Sea database lists toolsets needed for legacy well P&A

Nov. 21, 2024
Britain’s North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has unveiled its new Tree and Wellhead Information for Subsea Tooling (TWIST) database at the Offshore Decommissioning Conference...
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Decommissioning

Havtil monitoring temporarily P&A’d wells on Norwegian shelf

Nov. 20, 2024
A survey of temporarily plugged and abandoned (P&A’d) wells offshore Norway this year shows that numbers have doubled between 2022 and 2024.
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Well-Safe Protector jackup rig
Decommissioning

Spirit reserves Well-Safe rig to decommission North Sea York wells

Nov. 19, 2024
Spirit Energy has contracted Well-Safe Solutions to decommission five wells connected to the York gas platform in Block 47/03a of the UK southern North Sea.
Courtesy Santos
McDermott wins Harriet Alpha decommissioning contract
Decommissioning

McDermott wins Harriet Alpha decommissioning contract

Nov. 18, 2024
McDermott says this will be its ‘largest decommissioning project to date.’
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MV Island Valiant
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Mermaid Subsea Services completes North Sea P&A program

Nov. 13, 2024
Mermaid Subsea Services has completed a two-year vessel-based decommissioning campaign in the UK North Sea for an unnamed operator.