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    1. Subsea

    Woodside issues contracts for subsea decom offshore Australia

    June 1, 2023
    Woodside Energy has completed award of all major contracts for the decommissioning of subsea infrastructure at the Enfield, Griffin, Stybarrow and Echo Yodel oil and gas fields offshore Western Australia.
    Related To: Woodside Energy
    Courtesy Woodside Energy "Stakeholder Consultation Information Sheet" February 2023
    TechnipFMC Deep Orient construction vessel for Griffin decommissioning
    TechnipFMC Deep Orient construction vessel for Griffin decommissioning

    Offshore staff

    Courtesy NOPSEMA
    Griffin decommissioning and field management activities include decommissioning, dismantling or removing a facility.
    Griffin decommissioning and field management activities include decommissioning, dismantling or removing a facility.
    PERTH, Australia — Woodside Energy has awarded decommissioning contracts for its subsea infrastructure at four oil and gas fields offshore Western Australia: Enfield, Griffin, Stybarrow and Echo Yodel.

    Subject to regulatory approvals, the decommissioning campaign should start in the fourth quarter and will include decommissioning of the Nganhurra Riser Turret Mooring (RTM) on the Enfield Field, the Griffin RTM and the Stybarrow disconnectable turret mooring.

    Contracts awarded cover the removal and disposal of riser and disconnectable turret moorings, umbilicals, flowlines and associated subsea infrastructure. Engineering groups involved include TechnipFMC, Heerema, McDermott, Fugro, DOF and McMahon, while Transocean will perform P&A of wells at Stybarrow.

    Michal Abdullah, Woodside’s vice president of projects Australia, said, “We are partnering with a range of providers with specialist capabilities and experience to ensure safe and successful execution of one of the largest decommissioning campaigns undertaken offshore Western Australia. We are progressing well with our planning and remain on track to meet the regulatory requirements to complete the campaign.”

    Stakeholder consultations continue to inform the development of environment plans for the campaign, some of which are with the regulator, NOPSEMA, for review.

    05.31.2023