decommissioning

This paper presents how one operator has developed a culture of circular decommissioning with the main goal of setting up a structured process to improve environmental performance by implementing the principles of a circular economy during decommissioning.

The lawsuit was filed against the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which has said the rule could affect around three-quarters of operators in the Gulf of Mexico.

The final rule amends existing regulations and increases the level of financial assurances that operators must provide in advance.

The Interior Department’s rule raises royalty rates for oil drilling by more than one-third, to 16.67%. The previous rate of 12.5% had remained unchanged for a century.

As the vessel moves toward a shipyard to be dismantled, the company said it wants to become a global reference in decommissioning, focusing on sustainability, safety, and care for people and the environment.

Woodside Energy awards all contracts for major work at multiple fields, while Helix Energy secures significant plugging and abandonment job on the Gulf of Mexico shelf.

This paper compares the sealability performance of an expanding geopolymer with that of an expansive commercial cement in terms of the shear bond strength and the hydraulic bond strength at curing conditions of 25℃ and 34.5 bar.

We invite you to join the P&ATS to help our industry thrive, as the expectations from the stakeholders get tougher and a lot more “deep” wells drilled in support of geo-energy supply approach the end of their useful life.

Federal infrastructure law gives states financial incentive to remediate orphan wells.

The Seaeye Falcon underwater robot is being used in the decommissioning and repurposing of an oil rig offshore Angola.