Lock In Decommissioning Windows Before Heavy‑Lift Capacity Tightens

Home Fossil Energy Heerema, AF Gruppen take on 35,000-ton North Sea platform removal and recycling project August 21, 2026, by A consortium – consisting of AF Offshore Decom, part of AF Gruppen, and Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) – has won a new assignment for offshore platform decommissioning activities on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), representing its third contract from the same North Sea operator in the past year. Illustration; Source: Heerema Marine Contractors AF Offshore Decom and Heerema Marine Con

The platform will be removed in a multi-year removal campaign by HMC’s vessels

” Heerema will use its heavy-lift fleet for the offshore removal, after which the structures will be transported to AF Environmental Base Vats for dismantling, recycling and disposal

The operation was executed using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) combined with specialized tooling, replacing the need for diver intervention traditionally required for such tasks, as the company’s proprietary-designed tie-in tool performs diverless connections for high-pressure flanges, enabling the connection of pipes and valves with the use of subsea robotics

The job also entailed the protection of the flowline and umbilical, as well as the commissioning of the newly installed infrastructure. The operation was executed using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) combined with specialized tooling, replacing the need for diver intervention traditionally required for such tasks, as the company’s proprietary-designed tie-in tool performs diverless connections for high-pressure flanges, enabling the connection of pipes and valves with the use of subsea robotics

Home Fossil Energy DeepOcean deploys robotics for diverless subsea tie-in at North Sea oil & gas development August 20, 2026, by Norwegian ocean services provider DeepOcean has completed subsea tie-in work using diverless technology for an oil and gas development tied back to an existing floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in the UK sector of the North Sea

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