Decom North Sea News 007 - 09 Feb 2012

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Issue 7

February 2012

Exploring Pan-European Collaboration Opportunities See the inside story

Industry Collaboration

Member News

See page 6

See page 12

Making the Most of Masters

Spotlight on New Members

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See page 16

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Director’s Foreword key theme for Decom North Sea at the moment is collaboration. As offshore decommissioning is a relatively new sector of the North Sea industry and not particularly competitive for the A operators we have witnessed some very open dialogue, both operator to operator and with the rest of the supply chain, at our various events.

To stimulate this further, one of our key strategic objectives as set by our board of directors last year is ‘Members working together’. To take forward this objective and explore opportunities for industry collaboration we held a full day facilitated consultation event a few months ago where Decom North Sea members were given the opportunity to respond to the question ‘What are the main challenges and opportunities affecting the offshore decommissioning industry, which the supply chain is willing to collaborate on finding solutions to’. A healthy number of initiatives were put forward at the event and have now been incorporated into our strategy. Two of these ideas were further endorsed by Marathon Oil at a members networking event in November – developing a standard template for decommissioning plans, and exploring the viability of reuse. More information about these initiatives can be found on page 6.

We are also exploring collaboration and partnership opportunities with other countries that are active in offshore decommissioning around the North Sea. The recognition is that each country can offer particular expertise in the decommissioning market and that further collaboration will be required as activity ramps up over the next few years. To do this we have established partnerships with IRO in Holland, The Carbon Energy Club in Belgium, Danish Marine and Offshore Group in Denmark and OLF in Norway to share ideas and facilitate introductions between our respective members. We organised and delivered a successful learning journey to Holland and Belgium at the end of last year, and we will be leading our second learning journey to Norway in February this year to progress this ambition.

We are keen to hear from our members on other suggestions for collaborative opportunities and also on any successful collaborations they have participated in.

Brian Nixon | Chief Executive | Decom North Sea

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Forthcoming events and exhibitions EEEGR SNS2012 – The Sea of Opportunity, Norwich, 1 March East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) will host their annual Southern North Sea conference on 1st March in Norwich. Due to the outstanding success of their previous sell-out conferences and the multi-billion pound opportunities in the Southern North Sea, this year the conference is set to nearly double in capacity. They will also be introducing an exhibition zone which will represent companies across the supply chain.

The conference will focus on the main assets of our sea of opportunity; offshore wind and gas – with a running theme of supply chain, procurement and skills. For more information and to book your place see www.eeegr.com

NOF Energy Annual Conference & Exhibition – Energy: A Balanced Future, Newcastle, 7 March The main aim of the conference is to highlight the importance of securing a balanced energy mix in the UK to meet future demand and to showcase the opportunities to the UK supply chain across three main energy sectors.

The role of oil and gas, nuclear and offshore renewables in achieving this balanced energy mix will be addressed by leading industry executives who will also highlight their need for a multi skilled integrated supply chain who can easily move with them to the new emerging energy sectors. For more information and to book your place see www.nofenergy.co.uk

Decom North Sea Lunch & Learn in partnership with Bureau Veritas, Aberdeen, 14 March Opportunity to hear from industry experts on how to address the oil and gas decommissioning process and an overview of the considerations involved when decommissioning offshore oil and gas facilities in the UK, from the point at which a decommissioning obligation is served, through the steps required in obtaining the Secretary of State’s approval of a decommissioning solution and beyond, to the post decommissioning period of activity. The event will also address Asbestos in terms of what it is, how it affects organisations, recent guidance and how Bureau Veritas can support on this.

Decom North Sea Lunch & Learn, Aberdeen, 18 April This series of events allow the supply chain companies to have the opportunity to give 15 – 20 min presentations on their capabilities in offshore decommissioning to an audience of operators, major contractors and potential partners. This event will include presentations from SPEX Services, D3 Consulting and Sky-futures. Any Decom North Sea supply chain member interested in presenting at a future lunch & learn events should contact shillyear@decomnorthsea.com

Oil & Gas Outlook North Sea 2012, Aberdeen, 27 – 29 March Leading operators will tell you which key regions, resources and opportunities will deliver operational success at Oil & Gas Outlook North Sea, held 27-29 March in Aberdeen. Listen to innovative oil and gas company case studies that will help make your North Sea operations more profitable. For more information and to book your place, see www.terrapinn.com/ northsea

Decom North Sea Networking Breakfast at OTC, Houston, 2 May Decom North Sea are again hosting a networking breakfast during the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston comparing the Gulf of Mexico decommissioning market with the North Sea market.

All-Energy 2012, Aberdeen, 23 – 24 May Decom North Sea is exhibiting at All-Energy this year in the ‘Offshore Maintenance – where offshore wind meets oil and gas’ section in order to promote the cross-over of learning, technology development and skills between oil & gas and renewable. Come and see us on stand F49.

Decom North Sea is keen to hear from other operators and major contractors who are willing to share their decommissioning plans, strategies and issues and would be interested in hosting an event for Decom North Sea members. To discuss this opportunity in more detail please contact Sarah Hillyear on 01224 452170 or shillyear@decomnorthsea.com

Please visit www.decomnorthsea.com for details of future events and to book your place on any of the Decom North Sea events listed above.

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New Decom North Sea Directors ecom North Sea (DNS), is driving forward its new initiatives with the support of its seven newly elected directors.

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Callum Falconer, Decommissioning Manager, Marathon Oil said: “During Decom North Sea’s initial enquiries for membership I recall discussions with Brian Nixon and shared his vision for the impact that a body such as this could bring to the decommissioning industry in the UK. As a new director I am delighted to be able to provide support to the Board in their execution of the Decom North Sea strategy, and help transition the many good ideas into actions.

“Being a member of Decom North Sea has allowed me and my colleagues within Marathon Oil to engage with counterparts in other oil companies and the supply chain. The events run

by DNS certainly provoke a lot of interest and promote a common understanding across the industry.”

Dick Lagerweij, Business Development Manager at SMIT International said: “SMIT is a member of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. and has a long track record in decommissioning, on the basis of SMIT Salvage, SMIT Marine Projects, SMIT Subsea and SMIT Engineering. As a Decom North Sea director I am very proud to now be able to use my own experiences and that of SMIT’s to support the body and its members.

With over 180 member companies, Decom North Sea is an excellent opportunity to receive informative market research reports, network, build strategic partnerships and it is a platform for growth and communication with stakeholders in the industry, such as government bodies.” n

The body welcomed the new directors to the board during the annual general meeting in Dunblane last year and each of them brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from across all sectors of the decommissioning industry.

Throughout this year DNS’ focus includes providing more reliable market intelligence and assessing the possibility of creating and facilitating a Standard Decommissioning Programme.

Brian Nixon, Decom North Sea’s chief executive, said: “We are delighted to welcome the new directors on to the board of Decom North Sea. They all offer a high level of experience and knowledge, which is ideal for the body as we become increasingly involved in building relationships and facing challenges together in the decommissioning sector throughout this new year.”

New directors are Callum Falconer, Marathon Oil; Iain Riach, Wood Group PSN; Roger Esson, RBG Ltd; Stuart Wordsworth, InterAct Activity Management Ltd; Dick Lagerweij, SMIT Marine Projects; John Little, ASCO UK Ltd and Nigel Jenkins, KDC Contractors.

Nigel Jenkins, Sales & Marketing Director, KDC said: “As a director at Decom North Sea I am really keen to use my experience and knowledge I have gained throughout my career at AMEC and latterly KDC to support the body’s new initiatives.

At KDC I have been involved with large and small, complex and straightforward decommissioning

projects for major clients mainly onshore.

“DNS is focussed on helping its members come together to learn from other company’s and individual’s experiences – by working in partnership it helps promote knowledge transfer and minimise risk in the decommissioning sector.

Joining DNS allows members to be better positioned to benefit from the significant decommissioning work forecast for the North Sea over the coming decades. I look forward to playing a valuable part in the exciting programme of events and initiatives in 2012.”

Iain Riach

Roger Esson

Stuart Wordsworth

Dick Lagerweij

John Little

Nigel Jenkins

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Callum Falconer

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Industry Collaboration

DNS members networking event with Marathon Oil

ecom North Sea (DNS) is witnessing the beginnings of a move from “informal” collaboration (i.e. the sharing of experience and ideas etc) towards more “formal” collaboration, where companies actually commit to some form of joint industry project, in the knowledge that they will all stand to gain from the output of the project. A number of “formal” collaboration opportunities were put forward at the ‘Offshore Decommissioning Challenges’ workshop which was organised by DNS last September and Marathon Oil identified two of these initiatives as real opportunities for the industry to collaborate when they presented their decommissioning plans for Brae at a recent Decom North Sea members meeting. Marathon suggested that these initiatives should be industry led but facilitated by Decom North Sea.

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The first of these initiatives is aimed at developing a standard template for decommissioning plans.

Chief Executive Brian Nixon said: “Many of the North Sea’s near future oil and gas decommissioning projects will be the first to be undertaken by their respective operators. Very detailed decommissioning plans have to be prepared in advance by each operator, calling for significant research into design considerations, environmental assessments, options appraisals, risk identification and mitigation, technical and safety management, and many other aspects.

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plans in their own way, with previous documents ranging from 100 to more than 400 pages in length. This clearly is inefficient for operators and regulators alike.’’

Around 50 Decom North Sea members attended a workshop in early January to discuss and determine how to improve the situation and establish how best to develop a standard template for such hugely important documents.

The initiative is witnessing real enthusiasm and backing from Decom North Sea’s operator members, major contractors and specialist service companies. The Department of Energy & Climate Change, which is responsible for

approving the increasing number of decommissioning plans, also participated in the workshop and is very supportive of the initiative.

The workshop deployed a facilitated process called Decision Quality Framework to ensure that the collaborative project was approached in a professional and structured manner. It captured expert input from the attendees who considered what success would look like, what alternative approaches might be viable, what information is really required in each plan, and importantly who all needs to be involved in order to fully comply with the regulator’s approval criteria.

A smaller workgroup of around 8 – 10 DNS member companies will meet in February to review the output from the workshop and begin developing the standard template. Members will be kept up to date on progress via the website and newsletters.

The second initiative identified is to look at the viability of realising value through the resale or reuse of equipment during decommissioning, an initial workshop is planned for 8th February to explore how this initiative is taken forward.

Operators and supply chain companies not currently members of Decom North Sea, but who are interested in these initiatives, are invited to make contact via www.decomnorthsea.com n

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Exploring Pan-European Collaboration Opportunities

New Offshore Decommissioning Reports Available Prospective Decommissioning Activity and Infrastructure Availability in the UKCS ne of the major current concerns O in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) is the timing of and costs of decommissioning. Linked to this are concerns regarding the tax treatment of decommissioning expenditures and the level of relief that can be relied upon. Major changes were made to taxation in the Budget 2011 one of which was the announcement that although the rate of SCT was to increase to 32% decommissioning tax relief was to be held at the 20% rate.

Visit to Mammoet facilities in Schiedam

ecom North Sea are undertaking a second learning journey with around D 8 member companies to Norway in the second week of February to share ideas and experiences with decommissioning practitioners in Norway and explore opportunities for collaboration. This follows a successful visit to Holland and Belgium in October with six DNS members including Veolia environmental Services, BMT Cordah, SPEX Services, CUT, Wood Group PSN and AF Decom.

Meetings were arranged with Heerema Marine Contractors, SMIT, Mammoet, Allseas, Svitzer and Scaldis to provide a knowledge building session on the companies current involvement with decommissioning operations in this area.

Members were also invited to seminars and networking sessions, which were organised in Amsterdam and Antwerp in partnership with DNS’s Dutch partner IRO in Holland and partner Carbon Energy Club in Belgium.

DNS chief executive Brian Nixon said: “This learning journey was a great success with everyone being able to gain knowledge about opportunities for their companies in decommissioning in the Dutch Continental Shelf. This type of event has the added benefit of allowing the supply chain to seek opportunities for collaborations by giving them the chance to network and build valuable connections for the future.’’

Iain Riach, lead decommissioning engineer, Wood Group PSN, said: “This learning journey gave Wood Group PSN the ideal opportunity for direct focus and dialogue with strategic EU partners to explore both possibilities and synergies for the challenge ahead. Meeting with IRO was a perfect opportunity for me to highlight Wood Group PSN’s new entity and our vision for decommissioning in both the 8 Decom North Sea News February 2012

Northern North Sea and Southern North Sea. “Being able to meet with business contacts in person was ideal for finding out about getting involved in the decommissioning market in the Dutch Continental shelf and from this I understand there is serious interest in the potential for supplying offshore structures for recycle/disposal at the Port of Antwerp. Wood Group was one of the initial members of DNS in 2010 and we continue to gain a high level of benefit from getting involved in the body’s ongoing events. Overall, the visit was very successful and I have a second follow up visit arranged to discuss in more detail a possible study alliance.”

Valerio Perocco, business development manager, Cutting Underwater Technologies Ltd., said: “Being part of Decom North Sea’s latest learning journey was a brilliant opportunity to meet with a variety of relevant companies and make useful contacts in the decommissioning sector. This visit provided the perfect opportunity to assess the decommissioning opportunities in the Dutch Continental Shelf and to learn from companies currently involved in projects within this region.

The learning journey was well organised so that we were able to optimise our learning during the four-day trip.” n

Professor Alex Kemp from the University of Aberdeen has recently published a report on behalf of Decom North Sea looking at the implications of the budget announcement on the forthcoming decommissioning activity in the UKCS. The report also looks at the economic lives of the major pipelines and infrastructure and the possible adverse effect of end of life infrastructure on long term development and production potential.

Professor Alex Kemp recently gave an overview of the report 'Prospective Decommissioning Activity and Infrastructure Availability in the UKCS' at a Decom North Sea event and Prof Kemp’s presentation as well as the full report is available to download from www.decomnorthsea.com for DNS members only.

The North Sea Offshore Decommissioning report ecom North Sea member Douglas D Westwood have also just recently produced their second edition of ‘The North Sea Offshore Decommissioning report’. This edition has been expanded to cover the entire North Sea area, with a concise account of the most pressing issues related to decommissioning in the region’s waters.

Likely expenditure is considered through two scenarios which account for changing offshore lift technologies and the associated variable onshore costs. The first scenario presents a ‘business as usual’ situation whereby existing heavy lift vessels are used to carry out decommissioning projects.

The second scenario assumes a step change in offshore lifting technology and the development of Super Heavy Lift Vessels (SLVs) that are capable of lifting upwards of 15,000 tonnes. The bottomup Douglas-Westwood cost forecast generated from these scenarios covers all decommissioning aspects from the plugging and abandonment of subsea wells to onshore deconstruction and recycling. Attention is also paid to specialist equipment requirements and the locations to which decommissioned infrastructure can be sent for disposal, re-use and/or recycling. More information about the report can be found at www.decomnorthsea.com and DNS members can benefit from a discount on the report cost. n

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Offshore Decommissioning Conference 2012 – Save the date

Aberdeen Fibro Community Delighted With Donation

he annual Offshore Decommissioning T Conference which is organised jointly

by Decom North Sea and Oil & Gas UK will be held 9 – 11 October 2012 at the Fairmont Hotel, St. Andrews. Registration for the conference will open at the beginning of the summer.

Last year’s sell out conference sponsored by Aker Solutions and Wood Group PSN and delivered with support from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, focused on where demand meets supply in the North Sea decommissioning market. Over 240 delegates attended the 2- day conference at the Dunblane Hydro, a 40% increase on the previous year reflecting the growing interest in this sector of the oil and gas industry. Presentations from the conference and output from the workshop sessions are available from www.decomnorthsea.com A committee with representation from operators, contractors, service specialists and the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) is currently being formed to develop the conference programme for 2012, however, Decom North Sea and Oil & Gas UK are also keen to hear from anyone who has any suggestions of topics which they would like to see included in this year’s conference programme. Please contact Sarah Hillyear – shillyear@decomnorthsea.com with any thoughts or suggestions. n

DFM (Aberdeen and District Fibromyalgia) Support Group is a small charity A providing a support group for fibromyalgia sufferers, family, friend and carers. Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition characterised by widespread pain and profound fatigue. Although symptoms are not restricted to pain there are a variety of symptoms which can vary between sufferers. Symptoms can include sleep problems, headaches and poor co-ordination.

Aberdeen and District Fibromyalgia Support Group would like to say thanks to Decom North Sea and everyone who participated in the golf tournament and 'players' auction at Newburgh golf course this year.

We are delighted with the donation of £160 from Decom North Sea which will help with our continual efforts to raise awareness of

fibromyalgia syndrome. The money will be used to buy paper and inks for the leaflets we continually distribute around hospitals and doctors surgeries throughout Aberdeen and Surrounding area.

A special thanks to Eddie Grant and his wife Helen for their personal visit at our last group meeting to award us with the cheque. n

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Making the Most of Masters ncreasing numbers of students are taking masters degrees IHowever, in order to gain a competitive advantage in the job market. the advantages to be gained from taking a masters degree are dependent on more than academic excellence. In the current adverse economic climate it’s a tough world even for masters graduates. Competition for top jobs is fierce so how do postgraduate students gain work experience and also demonstrate the value of their expensive masters degrees?

Making the Most of Masters is a new initiative that helps masters students gain work experience through undertaking ‘live’ projects on behalf of employers in a range of industries. This Scottish Funding Council funded project based at the Universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Stirling enables students to gain work experience and demonstrate their worth through ‘real’ work that has actual consequences for employers.

Employers get to take advantage of the expertise of postgraduate students carrying out work on their behalf and have the opportunity to build closer links and forge constructive, working relationships with university departments in ways that will boost business: Universities also benefit from closer links to industry. They can tailor programmes to maximise students’ employability and work with companies to develop new products and services.

A Masters student could • undertake a critical analysis of your organisation • conduct in-depth market research on your behalf • review new products or processes • write a comparative study of your industry • aid in research and development • develop technical solutions • participate in the delivery of time-constrained projects For more information and to find out how to get involved see www.mastersprojects.ac.uk n

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CNRI Work Placement Experience Alex Thatcher 2nd Year MEng student in Chemical Engineering at Strathclyde University

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Finding an internship is never easy and with so many students battling for placements, which are very limited during this economically tough time, it can be extremely challenging. However, I have been one of the lucky few who have had the chance to work in an exciting and relatively new area known as decommissioning.

I first started applying back in November 2010 although I was unsuccessful first time round receiving many rejection letters. A few months had past and I wanted to start applying again, so I emailed a few more companies one of whom was Decom North Sea. Unfortunately they could not offer me anything however they were very supportive and said they would email my CV to a few more companies. The next day I received a phone call from Canadian Natural Resources International (CNRI), they first told me about the project area I would be working in and later asked me if I would be able to come in for an interview in two days. I gratefully accepted and commenced some research about the company, what decommissioning actually was and what I could offer in return. During my interview I was asked questions such as what I knew about decommissioning, about CNRI, what I could offer to the company and what sort of areas I would like to work in the project. Thankfully the interview was successful and I started work the same week.

The first day was very daunting as this was a brand new experience to me as I had never held this kind of responsibility before. My first job was to go round the office and meet all the staff I would be working with. This was very exciting as I would be meeting people with staff roles I would one day hope to aspire to. I met a range of personalities many of whom I would learn valuable lessons from. The timing of me joining CNRI was a good one as they had another student who had just spent a six month placement working on decommissioning and developments and he was leaving, so CNRI had planned a leaving meal for him which was a good time for me to get to know my colleagues better.

The next week is when I was really given responsibility as I was asked to write two asset retention strategies for the two platforms CNRI was planning on decommissioning. This consisted of basically categorising all the assets (over 300 items) and placing them in one of three groups.

The first group was the assets that would have a high resale potential in the time window 4-6 years ahead. The second group was assets that were valuable in today’s market however in 4 or 6 years’ time their value would have diminished. Finally, the third group was the assets that had little value and would be earmarked for direct disposal / recycle. I did this by calculating how much each asset would be worth when the COP date was achieved and how much it would be worth another two years after that once all the assets were onshore. On top of this I was also given the jobs of writing an explosion feasibility study, helping to produce a laser 3D scan of the platforms and liaising with Wood Group PSN for offshore visits.

Throughout my time at CNRI I learned new things on the job every day and gained valuable knowledge for myself in the future. I gained experience in an operator environment, I gained both technical and management experience, I worked with contractors on real projects, I learned about project management skills and I developed report writing skills and style.

To conclude, my time here at CNRI has given me valuable skills which I can use during university and for future work. I have met people who are very knowledgeable in their expertise and have passed on some of this knowledge to me, which I have appreciated tremendously. I would recommend anyone who wants to gain an insight into how a successful oil and gas operator works and how decommissioning is becoming an ever increasing topic in the North Sea to apply for an internship to a company like CNRI or to any other similar companies.” n

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Member News Cutting Underwater Technologies awarded contracts from Maersk Oil

Typical images of cut flexible riser items taken during testing

utting Underwater Technologies, C whose group headquarters are based in Aberdeen’s Science and Energy Park, has recently been integrally involved with Maersk Oil’s challenging Gryphon repair project.

During a storm in February 2011, significant damage was sustained to subsea production equipment from their Gryphon FPSO in the North Sea. Significant lengths of subsea risers, umbilicals and other lines for the Gryphon, Maclure and Tulloch oil fields required cutting and removal to allow for eventual replacement.

Over the course of the spring and summer, three separate contracts were awarded to Cutting Underwater Technologies through Maersk Oil and their sub-contracting companies to undertake the cutting works.

Over all the projects 245 cuts were successfully completed with the majority of these being undertaken remotely with the help of ROVs. A series of cuts below the Gryphon vessel hull were completed utilising a top side hydraulic power unit (HPU) supplied through an umbilical, diver assisted to accurately locate the Diamond Wire Cutting Machine on to the targets. These cuts, below the vessels turret were requested to allow the vessel free access into the shipyards dry-dock in Holland.

During the 2011 campaign a total of 253 mandays were successfully accumulated offshore with no safety issues, equipment failures and complete customer satisfaction noted.

As always the main advantages of our Diamond Wire Cutting Systems are; remote operation ensuring operator safety, environmentally safe with no additions to the environment and no discharge and 100% controllability during all stages of the cutting task. Along with the ability for third parties to witness / verify the completion of cutting task with the wire travelling completely through the target, almost no limitation for water depth and size and materials to be cut, easy to handle and install, executing a neat cut finish allowing stable set down of items, ease of preparation or repair or re-welding if required combined with a reliable fast performance.

For further information please visit www.cut-group.com n

Decision Making for End of Life Upstream Assets An unforgiving decision environment he materiality of upstream asset T decisions declines with maturity.

However, our experience is that complexity increases as the asset matures into end-of-life (EoL). This is when cessation of production timing has consequences for integrity, development, infrastructure and commercial decisions and vice versa.

Decision making in EoL conditions is not only complex from an analytical perspective. It is also organisationally complex. All functional departments have a stake in the outcome, sometimes with conflicting priorities, and need to work together to make the most out of the asset.

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Furthermore, the context of these decisions changes all the time and missing a window of opportunity often means missing the opportunity altogether.

How to recognise the value of EoL assets? hy should we worry about this when end of field life opportunities are marginal compared with the rest of the portfolio?

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This is not just a financial asset – there are serious unavoidable liability issues, safety concerns and the regulator’s desire to avoid leaving volumes in the ground to consider. Dedicated time and effort is therefore required to be able to fully understand the alternatives available and to trade-off the resource requirement against the

potential value added. Supported by a clear, disciplined leadership, additional clarity around the implications of the available alternatives will: • Demonstrate to the regulator that all recovery options have been considered, in order to gain approval for cessation of production, • Create a setting where decisions are made on a proactive rather than a reactive basis, • Protect against creeping liabilities and missed opportunities, • Ensure that the actions taken to tackle the challenge are fit for purpose and appropriate for the size of the prize.

Contact Jan Paul van Driel: +44 7740 765 944, jpvandriel@strategicfit.co.uk, www.strategicfit.co.uk, for further discussion.

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Falck Nutec Announces Significant Investment In Teesside Premises Health & Safety specialists launch state-of-the-art facility in Billingham

Gulfstream Services Decommissioning Success ulfstream Services International G (Gulfstream), provider of cutting edge equipment to the international oil and gas industry, has achieved over 8300 cuts to date using its specialised decommissioning equipment.

leading global provider of health and safety training has launched a brand new industrial training facility extension to its centre in the heart of the Teesside.

A£550,000 Danish-owned firm, Falck Nutec, have revealed an industry-leading centre for excellence, which features a 23.7m tall wind turbine tower and an external boat transfer simulator for a range of realistic offshore wind training courses, alongside a 72 meter square rigging and workshop area to deliver OPITO-accredited courses. The additions to the existing centre will mean that it will be one of the most comprehensive offshore wind health and safety training bases in the whole country, for both pool-based survival training and outdoor practical training.

Managing Director for Falck Nutec UK, Graham Gall, said of the developments: “There is no doubt in my mind that Teesside is one of the most highlyskilled bases for manufacturing, petrochemicals and engineering in the whole of the United Kingdom and we are delighted to be able to offer additional training services here.”

This news comes as Falck Nutec was provisionally named as one of The Journal’s 50 fastest growing companies in the area.

He sees this as being highly beneficial to the business “We are thrilled to have been recognised for our recent progress. It is our aim as a business to value our own people, external relationships, and

to engage with the business communities in which we operate, we will continue to build these links and our strategic growth will continue. Falck group celebrates its 105th birthday on 3 October 2011, so this is a fitting benchmark of how far the firm has come in this time” Teesside centre manager, Bill Whyman, added that: “Our new facility at Teesside will allow us to deliver a wider range of specialised industrial courses, it houses a purpose-built workshop area, complete with split level rigging frames and rigging loft. In addition the main hall provides ample space for practical industrial training courses in basic forklift, mobile elevated work platforms, scaffolding, confined space and working at heights. To be able to deliver a whole suite of industry accredited courses and bespoke courses either at our centre or at customer premises is highly beneficial to a number of our existing and prospective new clients.”

Falck Nutec has OPITO approved sites in Teesside and Europe’s Oil & Gas capital, Aberdeen. The firm specialise in offshore survival training, company specific practical fire safety training, emergency response, and sea survival. Falck group has 26 safety training centres across five continents globally. n

Since it was established in 2006 the Gulfstream hydraulic shear division has performed cuts worldwide, including jobs in the North Sea. Around 6300 subsurface cuts have been carried out and 2000 land based cuts. The deepest cut to date is 3019ft, for Shell and Oceaneering projects in the Gulf of Mexico.

Currently the GSI global hydraulic tooling fleet consists of 26 workable shears and grapples, which are used for numerous applications within the oil and gas industry including platform and pipeline removal, slot recovery, chain cutting, wire rope cutting, salvage work and well blow out intervention.

Bryan Duplantis, Gulfstream UK regional manager, said: “We are delighted with the level of demand for Gulfstream’s decommissioning equipment. We provide a complete service to clients by supplying the hydraulic shears along with our own certified technicians, which ensures quality and safety on every decommissioning job.

Our shears provide a durable and cost-effective salvage advantage during decommissioning, minimising vessel costs and diver exposure. It is expected that there will be further growth within the decommissioning area as activity in the market continues to ramp up.”

The five sizes of Gulfstream Services hydraulic shears include the OSS 20, a 20-ton universal shear for surface and subsurface decommissioning of larger structures such as platform decks, OCC 20, OSS 7, TSS 2 and TSS 05, the smallest hydraulic shear in the Gulfstream fleet, allowing access to tighter cut areas.

Gulfstream Services International UK was set up in January 2010 in Aberdeen. n

Where Demand Meets Supply and Supply meets demand arex Marine and Safety Services is well placed to M assist with all aspects of safety, including decommissioning. As a leading safety, environmental and marine consultancy, Marex has built a strong reputation within the oil and gas sector as market leaders for the compilation of safety case and risk assessment services. Its team comprises of master mariners, naval architects and risk specialists with extensive offshore experience. The company can advise on all risk/safety and marine aspects, and in addition can assist their clients in the difficult task of providing a safe place of work, in what is an extremely difficult environment.

The role and requirements of the oil and gas industry’s offshore decommissioning supply chain may still to be determined at some levels, and safety may be one of them.

An aspect such as safety is generally led by recommendation and legislative requirements.

Whilst the safety skills around dismantling and removal shall, in the main, reflect and be transferrable from the good practise of the oil and gas industry, as a whole, it also brings with it new challenges and therefore, potentially new

directives. Whilst the decommissioning sector cannot avoid being influenced by cost, and priority may naturally be to address operational challenges and topical issues and keep costs down, risk management systems are crucial.

In this respect, we all work keenly to meet safety measures and services required for compliance now and going forward. Marex, as a member, is keen to support Decom North Sea and offer its services to the decommissioning sector.

For more information see www.mmass.co.uk or email marex@mmass.co.uk n February 2012 Decom North Sea News 13

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Proserv Awarded Major Decommissioning Contract

ROMAR INTERNATIONAL Secures Contract with Shell

roserv’s Subsea and Marine Technology (SMT) division berdeenshire-based oilfield service company ROMAR P has been awarded a letter of intent from Bibby Offshore AINTERNATIONAL has announced a contract award with on behalf of Hess UK to provide water abrasive cutting Shell UK. services as part of their upcoming decommissioning work scope in 2012. Proserv’s SMT division are based in Kintore, Aberdeenshire and have been members of Decom North Sea for the past 2 years.

An element of the work scope in which Proserv will be involved with is the recovery of the Mid Water Arch (MWA). The water abrasive cutting solution will be required to cut large diameter holes into the MWA to enable Bibby to lift the structure through the splash zone in a safe and controlled manner as part of the decommissioning recovery process.

Proserv have manufactured a bespoke cutting tool complete with magnets to fit onto the steel MWA with the assistance of divers. The cutting operation can also be monitored by cameras to allow real time footage to be supervised by the onboard engineers.

The work scope is currently scheduled for the 1st quarter of 2012 with possible follow on work scheduled for later in the year.

Proserv offer an extensive range of decommissioning solutions services that suit a wide variety of work scopes from pile cutting, pipeline severance, chain cutting to dredging and the provision of information to assist in feed study compilations. www.proserv.com n

Quickflange Targets Connection Solution at Decommissioning Market n addition to being highly applicable to many areas of Iinstallations onshore and offshore oil & gas operations with 2,000 worldwide, Quickflange, one of the leading providers of high performance pipe connection systems to the sector, is also targeting the decommissioning market with its patented ‘cold-based’ Quickflange connection solution.

“With decommissioning on the rise, operators are facing the challenges of deploying piping connections that maintain integrity while not being too expensive when they are finally discarded,” says Quickflange CEO, Rune Haddeland.

“The wholesale cutting of pipes, breaking of joints, and construction of temporary new piping systems also bring with them a host of new challenges in relation to cost and safety. That’s why we believe the Quickflange solution can offer such significant benefits to decommissioning.”

The Quickflange solution is a cold-based connection solution with the flange machined in such a way that it can slide onto the pipe itself without the use of heat or other potential ignition sources. A hydraulic tool is then used to activate the flange, allowing for a mechanically robust flange-topipe connection within minutes.

The fact that the Quickflange is modified from a standard flange and is selfcontained, means that it can be easily shipped and delivered within hours.

With such a simple cold-based connection, existing personnel can also be trained up with no need for increased staffing. The simplicity of the system with minimal support equipment is ideal for decommissioning projects where the full array of support services are not always available.

“The Quickflange solution is ideal for decommissioning projects today,” concludes Rune. ”Whether it be through cost savings, increased safety or its sheer simplicity and flexibility, we are confident that it can make a major impact.” www.quickflange.com n 14 Decom North Sea News February 2012

The scope of work involves ROMAR providing swarf handling equipment and personnel to recover metal cuttings during the plugging and abandonment of seven wells on the Shearwater Field in the Central North Sea for the UK oil major.

ROMAR provides magnetic separation products and services to operators and drilling contractors globally. The products deliver increased safety performance by removing large quantities of swarf and metal particles from fluid systems. This reduces the need for unnecessary mechanical or human intervention, whilst eliminating the system operators’ exposure to swarf and hazardous chemicals. ROMAR’s patented range of en-mass magnetic separation products are the only technologies of their kind currently available to the offshore oil and gas industry and underpins ROMAR’s position as market leader in this sector.

George Yule ROMAR INTERNATIONAL chairman said: “This important contract win is testament to the quality of the technology and client service that ROMAR International offers, and we are looking forward to working with Shell UK throughout this programme. Large volumes of swarf waste can be produced during the well plug and abandonment phase and the need to have a reliable and efficient means of disposing of this at surface is a critical consideration for companies.

“ROMAR’s swarf recovery equipment is field-proven technology and has been used by major North Sea operators in both the UK and Norwegian North Sea. Due to the future increase of well plugging and abandonment in this region we anticipate there will be a strong demand for this type of service in the sector.” www.romarinternational.co.uk n

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Asset Location for Decommissioning he North Sea is full of pipelines and assets which are T reaching cessation of production of lifetimes, the Oil and Gas community now faces a challenging task of

D3 Consulting’s Waste Characterisation iPad ‘App’ to Support Offshore Decommissioning

decommissioning these.

With different types and designs of structures, there is no tried and tested method for removal. Steel Jackets over 10,000 tonnes for example are unlikely to be removed safely without substantial risks to health and safety or environmental impacts – not to mention the financial and logistical costs involved.

Being able to clearly track and identify subsea infrastructure, could settle the argument for the level of asset removal required. Minimal or reduced removal of infrastructure provides significant benefits in financial, safety and environmental considerations. This Argument is especially pertinent considering there are no set guidelines in what is and isn’t to be removed and what can be left and under what conditions.

Up until now Transponders and Corner Reflectors have been the options for marking / identifying and tracking assets subsea. While either expensive with maintenance requirements or cheap and unreliable, there is now a third option available which can bridge the gap between the other two, the SonarBell®.

The SonarBell® is a completely passive, omni-directional device. The SonarBell® is easily deployable without follow up battery maintenance; its innovative design provides a bright return, tuned either at a specific or broadband frequency response. The SonarBell® has the potential to remain operationally functional for years, which makes it an ideal option for those interested in long term marking of pipelines and assets for later recovery.

For more information visit www.cesalt.co.uk or email info@cesalt.co.uk n

3 Consulting Limited, engineers for decommissioning, D decontamination and demolition, have announced they are in the final stages of building an iPad app for waste characterisation which will feed directly into planning for offshore and nuclear decommissioning.

The app is being built in the field at a nuclear facility to live-test the input process during actual waste characterisation for decommissioning procedures.

The data is immediately stored in an online database meaning all teams and contractors involved in waste characterisation can operate simultaneously on and off-site without needing to wait for input from other teams.

By getting away from paper input and Excel sheets, the iPad app does away with the time lost with ‘double inputs’ of data and provides a robust audit trail to how the waste was characterised and quantified. Its intuitive data collection flow is mapped to GIS, so teams will be able to select a module or platform and begin entering data.

Helpfully, it will automatically append all European Waste Codes (EWC) codes based on natural language input selections.

A real time dashboard and instant output to any report template allows waste characterisation teams and clients to see the results of data collection immediately and on-demand. This also helps use of the characterisation data across contractual parties.

For more information on the app, please contact Martin Bjerregaard at D3 Consulting on 07969 725 418 and martin@d3-consulting.com n

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Spotlight on New Members Allseas Group S.A. he Swiss-based Allseas Group S.A., founded in 1985 and headed by Edward T Heerema, is a leader in offshore pipeline installation and subsea construction.

Experts in the execution of large and complex projects, Allseas provides worldwide support to clients from the conceptual design stage to engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning.

Allseas is not restricted by existing technologies but develops new techniques and solutions wherever necessary. To date, the company has executed more than 200 projects, installing over 15,000 km of offshore pipeline in the process.

Allseas operates a versatile fleet of dynamically

positioned (DP) pipelay and support vessels including the world’s largest pipelayer Solitaire.

In 2007 Allseas made a commitment to build Pieter Schelte, the 382 m long, 117 m wide DP platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel. Designed in-house, as with her predecessors, Pieter Schelte represents the epitome of Allseas’ engineering and technological innovation. The building is in progress, and delivery of the completed vessel is expected at the end of 2013, ready for offshore operations in early 2014.

The emergence of Pieter Schelte signifies a stepchange in offshore installation and decommissioning. Designed to install and decommission platform topsides of up to 48,000 t and jackets of up to 25,000 t in a single lift, she will significantly reduce the amount of offshore work associated with installation and decommissioning by moving the work onshore where it is safer for workers, better for the environment and more cost effective. n

Acquisition of ESR Technology by Hyder Consulting Spearheads Entry into North Sea Decommissioning Market www.hyderconsulting.com

ulti-national design and advisory M consultancy Hyder Consulting acquired ESR Technology in June 2011 to drive its growth in the oil and gas sector.

As a provider of services throughout the complete life cycle of major capital assets, Hyder is well aware of the importance and potential complexity of decommissioning issues. The combined skills of the two businesses are ideally suited to helping asset owners achieve successful outcomes.

Atlas Copco Rental – Oil & Gas e are specialists in the provision of innovative and competitive W compressed air rental solutions. Combining leading edge technology, reliable equipment’s and a total rental offering to optimise your business needs. The personal attention and dedication by Atlas Copco Rental ensures you receive the support of a market leading company giving full technical advice and back-up before, during and after any project.

We have an extensive and proud 35 year history Key Products of delivering competitive equipment and • Air / Nitrogen Booster Compressors competences covering engineering projects in • Zone II / Atex Diesel Driven Compressors the North Sea / UKCS and beyond. Our product • Steam Boilers 5 million BTU output and services offering has been extended to • Loadbanks & Transformers facilitate the needs of our customers in the • A complete range of accessories Decommissioning sector, allowing that we • Nitrogen Membrane units remain first in mind, first in choice for rental • Class Zero Oil-free Air Compressors solutions and innovative products.

• Diesel Generators • Air Dryers and filtration packs • Nitrogen Membrane units • Class Zero Oil-free Air Compressors • Diesel Generators • Air Dryers and filtration packs Quality, Health, Safety and the Environment With triple ISO accreditation as well as IMS in place we are not complacent, while we can’t influence and change what our competitors do, we can at least set the standard which will be judged by you, the customer.

Tailor-made solutions Tap into the experience of our dedicated people and benefit from our established track record for creating tailor-made solutions to the toughest of problems.

We help customers achieve maximum productivity in the most challenging of operating conditions.

For further information: rental@uk.atlascopco.com www.atlascopcorental.co.uk n

ESR Managing Director, Simon Randall, explained: “Hyder acquired ESR Technology for its excellent reputation in providing technical safety and risk services to the global oil and gas industry. We also have very relevant experience of planning for decommissioning high profile North Sea assets, which is complemented by synergies with Hyder’s well-established nuclear decommissioning and environmental expertise. By combining the skills and experience of both organisations, I believe we can efficiently provide North Sea asset owners with highly effective advice that will help to avoid adverse impacts on life, environment and finances”.

ESR Technology employs 80+ staff located in Aberdeen, Warrington and Abingdon (UK) and Abu Dhabi (UAE). It provides safety, engineering and risk assessment services for designers, EPC contractors, regulators and asset owners throughout the whole project life cycle. Since acquisition by Hyder, ESR has launched a concerted recruitment campaign to support its ambitious growth plans in the UK and Middle East oil and gas industries.

Hyder Consulting employs 3,700 staff worldwide.

Specialising in the provision of civil infrastructure, Hyder is rapidly developing its profile in the energy sector both in the UK and overseas.

For more information contact, Dr Simon Randall, Managing Director, ESR Technology Email: simon.randall @esrtechnology.com www.esrtechnology.com n February 2012 Decom North Sea News 16

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Fraser Offshore Ltd Burgess Salmon Sky-Futures urges Salmon is a leading UK law firm Specialist raser Offshore Ltd (FOL) is a well F engineering company with an Bwith global reach. With over 600 outstanding record in the UK North staff, the firm provides national and Unmanned Aircraft Sea and East Irish Sea. As an international organisations and outsourced drilling department for oil individuals with a complete legal service. Systems (UAS) company clients, FOL provides a reliable and cost-effective partner for Solutions Provider companies with a requirement for offshore well abandonment.

Active in the North Sea since 2004, FOL has managed 27 major offshore drilling or abandonment projects, working to stringent technical and regulatory standards. The company’s 35 well engineering specialists are based in 24-hour offices in Great Yarmouth and Aberdeen. Current clients include EOG Resources, RWEDea UK Ltd, Perenco UK Ltd and Bridge Energy UK Ltd. Backloading FOL approaches well operations during abandonments from the SNS subsea well standpoint of North Sea well abandonment 2011 operator experience, ensuring a cost-efficient approach through a proven management system and specialist well engineering competencies. FOL’s well engineering teams are complemented by high-quality subcontracted services for all downhole, logistical and tangibles requirements.

FOL personnel are the best in the business, selected and trained to deliver top-quality results on a consistent basis. FOL invests heavily in the development of its staff, with a unique training and development programme for well engineers and a specialist training programme for onshore and offshore well management personnel, the Well Integrity Plus (WIP®) School.

FOL welcomes enquiries for all offshore well engineering and well abandonment requirements.

Contact: Paul Collins, Commercial Associate pcollins@fraseroffshore.com +44 (0)1493 448054 www.fraseroffshore.com n

For many years, we have held a prominent position in the nuclear and renewable energy sectors. We have been the lead advisor to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority on many of the major nuclear decommissioning contract competitions over the last 7 years and have won national awards for our onshore and offshore renewable energy work.

We can offer the oil and gas market the vast practical experience we have gleaned from the nuclear decommissioning James Phillips sector, which shares the same difficulties of uncertain work scopes and high reputational risk exposure. Our skills include an ability to devise innovative and viable contracting structures, an in-depth knowledge of the applicable onshore and offshore regulatory regimes and vast experience of managing commercial and reputational risks for clients in challenging sectors. We also have one of the largest environmental law teams in the country which, ensures we are able to provide the North Sea decommissioning supply chain with the full ranges of legal services required on any decommissioning project.

Attendance at the Decom North Sea Annual Decommissioning Conference in Dunblane and the subsequent joint working group meeting with the Nuclear Industry Association in Glasgow convinced us that we have much to offer the oil and gas decommissioning sector and that Decom North Sea, with its extensive industry support, is the obvious forum through which to do so. We are very much looking forward to getting actively involved in Decom North Sea’s work going forward and to meeting more of its members.

If you are interested in contacting us, please call James Phillips on 0117 902 7753 or email him at james.phillips@burges-salmon.com. n

Maxoil Solutions Ltd axoil Solutions Ltd is an independent consultancy team specialising in value M driven project support based on our diverse operational experience with production chemistry and process engineering.

Decommissioning projects create a multitude of safety and environmental challenges resulting from a culmination of production and treatment contaminants that require some of the most complex technical solutions experienced within the industry.

Maxoil undertakes holistic assessments of past operations to identify inherent hazardous production by-products with essential technical input and independent reviews to ensure informed selection of optimal solutions is achieved.

We provide a multidiscipline approach to resolving these issues through developing strategies for effectively managing the hazards and associated risks during critical decommissioning phases. Our project support assures best practices through accurate screening of existing and novel technologies, treatment products and competent testing facilities. For example by : • Identifying specific contaminants and their potential hazards.

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• Establishing safety and environmental issues both short and long term.

• Determining practical laboratory simulations and protocols.

• Managing third party services and vendor activities.

• Evaluating results for effective mitigation and treatment.

• Developing novel designs and solutions where technology gaps arise.

• Engineering input for application, processing and disposal systems.

• Reviewing costs and commercial requirements.

• Participating in HAZID / HAZOP studies.

• Detailing procedures for delivering strategies.

Maxoil’s broad range of skills with closing technology gaps is beneficial to projects where experience and long term allocation of resource may be difficult to plan for and flexibility within the decommissioning team is desirable. n

ky-Futures are a small, specialist S company providing unmanned solutions for use in decommissioning and the wider Oil and Gas industry.

The company was founded by exmilitary professionals and only uses highly experienced ex-military UAS operators. Our cutting edge UAS technology offers a complimentary solution for external surveying, working independently or alongside helicopters, scaffolding and roping.

The UAS brings an environmentally clean, safe to operate and cost effective tool.

What does the UAS offer you?

Sky-Futures operate the Scout, a UAS that has been proven with companies such as BP and Shell. Launched in less than two minutes it provides real time day or thermal video footage to the pilots control tablet, a PC or a smart phone.

With an endurance of 25 minutes it can operate in high winds, bad weather and all temperatures to easily and quickly achieve your objectives: map an area, survey a new site or inspect large and tall infrastructure. The footage can be viewed real time or post flight for further analysis by experts on location or elsewhere.

How can a UAS add value to the decommissioning process?

The next few decades will present many challenges to those involved with decommissioning, with the most prominent issues being time and cost. Maximising process efficiency and minimising cost without compromising safety are critical areas for success.

Sky-Futures can assist throughout the decommissioning process. Chris Blackford, Director said, “As new members of Decom North Sea, we look forward to working with many different service providers involved with the decommissioning process. We are part of a young industry but one which can bring new efficiencies and new ideas to established processes.”

For more information please call us on: +44 (0)207 148 7002 or email info@sky-futures.com n

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Member Listing Full membership of Decom North Sea is open to any commercial organisation involved with decommissioning.

Associate membership is open to non-commercial organisations and individuals who wish to be kept informed of Decom North Sea activity and attend networking events and conferences. For further information, visit www.decomnorthsea.com

Members of Decom North Sea – as at 20 January 2012 • 60 North Recycling Ltd • Abandonment & Cutting Energy Services Ltd (ACES) • Aberdeen Harbour Board • Aberdeenshire Council • Accenture • Advanced Underwater Surveys Ltd • AF Decom Offshore AS • AGR Subsea Ltd • Air Products • AKD Engineering Ltd • Aker Qserv Ltd • Aker Solutions • Allseas Group S.A. • AMEC • APEX Speciality Solutions Ltd • Applied Drilling Technology International • Aquatic Engineering & Construction • Archer • Arnlea Systems Limited • ASCO UK Ltd • Asset Development & Improvement Ltd (ADIL) • Atlas Copco Rental • Atlas Interactive Limited • Aubin Ltd • Avanteq Ltd • Babcock Marine Rosyth • Baker Hughes • BIS Salamis (M&I) Ltd • BJ Process & Pipeline Services • BMT Cordah Ltd • Bonn & Mees • BP • Bureau Veritas Oil&Gas • Burges Salmon LLP • Cape Industrial Services Ltd • Central Insurance • Champion Technologies • Chevron North Sea Limited • Claxton • CNR International (UK) Ltd • Contitech Beattie Ltd • Cortez Subsea Ltd • CSL • Currie & Brown • Cutting Underwater Technologies Ltd • D3 Consulting • Danbor Services

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Derrick Services (UK) Ltd DNV Douglas Westwood Dutton International Limited E.M.W. Consultancy Ltd EAP ASSOCIATES LIMITED EC Harris Enviroco Limited Ethan Consultancy Ltd Ethos Environmental Ltd Evolve Training Expro North Sea Ltd Falck Nutec Fraser Offshore Limited Fugro Subsea Services Ltd GCG Shotblasting Services Ltd Genesis GmbH Geoprober Drilling GL Noble Denton GP Decom Limited Grup Servicii Petroliere Gulfstream Services International UK Ltd Halliburton Hawk Enviro Ltd Heavy Decom International Heerema Marine Contractors Hertel (UK) Ltd Hess Ltd Hilti Hyder Consulting PLC Infield Systems Limited Interact Activity Management J. Bryan (Victoria) Ltd JEE Ltd John Lawrie (Aberdeen) Ltd Kaefer International Offshore Ltd KDC Keltbray Group Holdings Ltd Kishorn Port Limited Ledingham Chalmers Lerwick Port Authority Lloyd’s Register EMEA M&E Global Resources Maclay Murray & Spens Maersk Oil UK Ltd Mammoet Salvage BV Marathon Oil U.K. LLC. Marex Marine & Safety Services Maxoil Solutions Ltd McDermott Marine Construction Ltd

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Montrose Port Authority Mott Macdonald MSIS Group Mwaves Ltd NCIMB Ltd Network International Norisol Norse Cutting & Abandonment Ltd Nuvia Sita NORM Ltd Oceaneering International Offshore Installation Services Ltd (OIS) Oil States MCS Ltd Oilmac O’Kelly Brothers Demolition & Environmental Contractors Optimus Projects Pangeo Subsea Scotland Ltd PDL Solutions (Europe) Ltd Pegasus International (UK) Ltd people = positive Perenco UK Ltd Peterhead Decommissioning Limited Peterson SBS Petrofac Port Services Group Premier Oil Plc Project Development International (Pdi) Ltd Project, Time & Cost International Ltd Proserv Offshore Quickflange UK LTD RAM Tubulars Scotland Ltd Red Stone Drilling Ltd Reverse Engineering Services Ltd Rigmar Services Limited Risktec Solutions Robertson Metals Recycling Limited Romar International Ltd Rotech Subsea Royal Bank of Scotland RPS HSED Sabre Safety Ltd Scanmet A.S. Scanmudring Schlumberger – SMITH Services Scopus Engineering Ltd Scotsafe Testing Ltd

Contact Decom North Sea, 33 Albyn Place, Aberdeen AB10 1YL, Scotland UK Tel: +44 1224 452170 email: shillyear@decomnorthsea.com www.decomnorthsea.com

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