(WO) – Awards for excellence in decommissioning have been introduced to CNOOC Worldwide and J+S Subsea at a celebratory dinner for greater than 500 leaders of the North Sea specialist trade organized by OEUK as a part of its annual Decommissioning Convention held in St Andrews, Scotland.
The CNOOC award sponsored by PDI Ltd, was for excellence within the decommissioning operator class and the J+S Subsea award sponsored by the North Sea Transition Authority, was for excellence within the provide chain class.
Runners up for the Operator Award have been Enquest and Harbour Vitality, and for the Provide Chain Award the runners up have been DeepOcean and Exceed.
J+S Subsea gained the award for its Legacy Locker initiative which focuses on repurposing and reusing underwater gear to attenuate waste and prolong the lifecycle of essential parts, serving to operators keep away from the excessive prices and lengthy lead instances related to new gear. It’s a cost-effective scheme aligning with OEUK’s provide chain rules supporting sustainability by means of rigorous environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting.
The trophy was introduced to Matt Blair of J+S Subsea by Pauline Innes, director of Provide Chain and Decommissioning on the North Sea Transition Authority.
CNOOC’s award was for the profitable creation of an environment friendly multi-disciplined workforce, in a position to ship quick, secure and cost-effective decommissioning in an environmentally accountable method. The brand new method was used for deserted North Sea wells within the Ettrick subject, 75 miles northeast of Aberdeen. It has been efficiently repeated in several operations with refinements to its administration every time. The trophy was introduced to Georgina Hosford and Innes Jordan of CNOOC Worldwide by Kirstie Langan World Enterprise Improvement Director at PDi Ltd.
The UK decommissioning trade is efficiently tackling the legacy of Britain’s 50-year North Sea oil and gasoline trade with a goal to decommission 200 disused oil and gasoline wells a yr. The 2024 OEUK decommissioning convention to share experience is sponsored by Repsol Assets with supporting sponsorship from Claxton Engineering and TAQA.
Ricky Thomson, decommissioning supervisor at Offshore Energies UK mentioned: “Excellence in decommissioning is clear all through the UK provide chain and operations group.
“The finalists and winners confirmed innovation, collaboration, teamwork and resilience within the face of technical and industrial challenges. The UK decommissioning trade needs to be pleased with its achievements and OEUK are proud to acknowledge excellence amongst our members.”
