Woodside, Oil Majors, Work to Overturn $723M Timor Sea Field Decommissioning Levy
Woodside Petroleum said on Friday it is working with other companies on a plan to replace a proposed Australian government levy that would make offshore producers pay for the clean up of an abandoned oilfield in the Timor Sea. News article on 27 August 2021 by Sonali Paul from oedigital.com For further reading, please visit […]
Spirit Energy Gets Approval to Remove Ensign Offshore Platform
Spirit Energy’sThe UK Government has approved Spirit Energy’s decommissioning program for the Ensign platform in the Southern North Sea. The normally unmanned platform, comprising a steel jacket and topsides, is located at Ensign field, approximately 109 km west of Easington on the coast of Norfolk in water depths of around 25 meters. The platform was […]
VIDEO: What should Australia do with decommissioned oil rigs?
Australia’s biggest oil and gas company plans to dump part of a decommissioned oil rig less than two kilometres from WA’s Ningaloo Reef. While the proposal is one of the first of its kind in Australia, it’s unlikely to be the last. Michael Slezak explains. News video on 9 Aug 2021 from abc.net.au For further reading, […]
Crisis Averted as Oil Rig Decommissioning Goes Bad
On July 5, 2021, three workers were nearly crushed by a 200-metric-ton platform when things went bad while dismantling an oil rig off the coast of Western Australia. The technicians were working on a decommissioned Santos oil rig when a crane removed the topsides, and it began to swing out of control, leaving the workers […]
BSEE Calls for Comments on Decommissioning Decision
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has invited the public to comment on a proposal to conduct a programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) for decommissioning oil and gas platforms and other facilities on the Pacific outer continental shelf. The input gathered will inform the scope of the PEIS and identify […]
Indonesia eyes giant offshore decommissioning wave
Indonesian upstream regulator SKK Migas is preparing a strategic plan covering the decommissioning of more than 100 upstream oil and gas platforms in Southeast Asia’s largest producer of hydrocarbons. SKK Migas said earlier this week that there are currently 634 oil and gas platforms offshore Indonesia. Of these, 527 are still actively used for upstream […]
Woodside’s plans to convert old offshore oil facility into artificial reef could set precedent for industry
Australia’s biggest oil and gas company plans to dump part of an oil facility it failed to properly maintain on the sea floor to create an “artificial reef”, less than two kilometres from the Ningaloo Coast Reef World Heritage Area in Western Australia. The proposal from Perth-based oil and gas company Woodside is one of […]
BCG: Distressed or bankrupt oil firms face $15billion decommissioning costs
The decommissioning costs of oil and gas firms which have recently gone bankrupt or are in financial distress is near $15billion, according to new analysis from Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The firm said the figure relates to companies hitting hard times over the last 12 months and warned of the risk that liabilities could “boomerang” […]
AqualisBraemar LOC concludes Sable decommissioning overview
STAVANGER, Norway – AqualisBraemar LOC has completed work for the decommissioning and removal campaign for ExxonMobil’s Sable Project offshore Nova Scotia. The company was appointed marine warranty surveyor in 2017 to ensure the safe removal and transportation across the Atlantic Ocean of seven platforms for disposal/recycling, including topsides and jackets with a combined total weight […]
Dunlin Alpha – a decommissioning challenge turned collaborative solution
Decommissioning is high on the oil and gas industry’s agenda today, with much debate among stakeholders as to how best to deliver optimised project execution and essential cost reduction – whether through a more clearly-defined activity pipeline, new business models or the application of technological innovation. News article on 24 June 2021 Published by Nicholas […]