Bibby Offshore delivers on two UKCS decommissioning contracts
ABERDEEN, United Kingdom -- Bibby Offshore, a subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has this year delivered two multi-million dollar decommissioning contracts to the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
Endeavour Energy appointed Bibby Offshore to perform operations in Renee and Rubie fields, located in Blocks 15/27 and 15/28 of the Central North Sea, approximately 115 km east of Aberdeen.
The 60-day agreement, which was completed in the third quarter, involved Bibby Offshore’s dive support vessel (DSV) Bibby Sapphire and construction support vessel Olympic Ares, completing the recovery of subsea equipment, including cross-over structures, umbilicals and protection mattresses.
“Production from Renee and Rubie fields ceased in 2009, and, following a site survey we completed last October, we were contracted to be part of this extensive project,” Barry Macleod, managing director of Bibby Offshore UKCS, said. "UKCS decommissioning costs are forecast to reach in excess of £50 billion over the next 35 years. Decommissioning operations in particular are specialist by nature in order to ensure that all materials and often complex infrastructure are removed and disposed of safely and responsibly, with minimal environmental impact.”
Bibby Offshore also successfully completed work for Tullow Oil SK throughout April and May 2015, utilizing DSV Bibby Topaz to perform decommissioning operations at the Orwell and Wissey subsea installations, including the tie-ins at the Thames and Horne and Wren platforms, in Block 49/28 of the Southern North Sea.
