Reassess Mobilization and Vendor Availability After Major Offshore Awards

The list of items includes huge suction piles, chains, mooring components, and the disconnectable turret mooring (DTM) buoy, a critical element that will later be connected to the FSO Chalchi offshore Mexico. The Dutch firm emphasized: “From China to Mexico, via the Panama canal, involving impressive marine transport and offloading operations, this marks another important step as our project teams get ready for offshore installation

Next stop: installation campaign!

The list of items includes huge suction piles, chains, mooring components, and the disconnectable turret mooring (DTM) buoy, a critical element that will later be connected to the FSO Chalchi offshore Mexico

” 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 award builds on nearly three decades of decommissioning experience and reflects the confidence placed in our people, engineering expertise and ability to safely and responsibly execute complex offshore projects,” emphasized Heerema. The consortium partners emphasize that this marks the third contract awarded to the consortium by this client in the last year

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 field was originally developed with three facilities for accommodation (QP), drilling (DP), and processing (PCP), with production starting in 1982

Noble Interceptor rig; Source: Noble Corporation The Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) has granted Aker BP consent to use the 2014-built Noble Interceptor jack-up rig as an accommodation unit at the Valhall field. The consent includes the use of the rig as an accommodation facility for the offshore completion of the PWP project at the field in the southern part of the Norwegian sector in the North Sea

Home Fossil Energy Green light for Aker BP to deploy Noble and Odfjell Drilling rigs in North Sea August 21, 2026, by Norwegian authorities have approved drilling activities that Norway’s oil and gas player Aker BP is planning to undertake in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), with rigs owned by two offshore drilling contractors, Noble Corporation and Odfjell Drilling