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Chrysaor files North Sea decomm plans
UK
The projects started production in the 1990s.
UK operator Chrysaor has submitted plans to decommission the Jupiter gas fields in the south- ern North Sea.
Pending approval from authorities, Chrysaor will decommission the Ganymede and Europa platforms, along with the Callisto and NW Bell subsea tiebacks, situated around 320 km east of Lincolnshire. The platforms, their jackets and the tiebacks will be removed and towed to shore by a heavy lift vessel, for re-use or recycling. As will the NW Bell pipelines.
Interfield pipelines linking Ganymede, Europa and Callisto will be decommissioned and left at the site.
Jupiter was one of a raft of UK gas projects that came on stream in the late 1990s, pushing national production to record highs. Gany- mede and Callisto entered operation in 1995, followed by Europa and NW Bell in 2000. Their gas was pumped to the onshore Theddletho- rpe terminal via the Lincolnshire Offshore Gas Gathering System (LOGGS), which is also being decommissioned.
The project was declared non-commercial
in 2014 after several years of declining output, and ceased production completely in 2016. Wells were plugged and abandoned, and the following year Europa and Ganymede were put into cold suspension.
Decommissioning work will run between the first quarter of this year and the third quarter of 2023, according to Chrysaor’s plan, The pri- vate equity-backed firm operates Jupiter with a 20% stake, while its partners ExxonMobil and Norway’s Equinor have shares of 50% and 30% respectively.
Chrysaor also handed in decommissioning plans last week for the Caister platform, also in the southern North Sea. It has applied to remove the installation to shore for re-use or recycling, along with association sections of pipeline risers.
Caister yielded its first gas in 1993 and pumped its production via pipeline to the nearby Murdoch complex. Chrysaor acquired the field last year as part of a $2.7bn acquisition of Cono- coPhillips’ UK business.
Platform removal and dismantled is slated to be completed by the end of 2022.™
Neptune hands out engineering and decom services deal for Dutch North Sea assets
Neptune Energy has awarded a four-
year framework agreement for EPCIC (engineering, procurement, construction, installation & commissioning) and decommissioning services for brownfield modification to Stork Worley Integrated Solutions V.O.F. for its Dutch North Sea assets.
The services will comprise of engineering, procurement, construction, installation, commissioning, and decommissioning services, Neptune said on January 23.
Neptune Energy’s Netherlands Managing Director, Lex de Groot, said: “We are building a sustainable future for our business and delivering significant societal and economic benefits to the Netherlands. An important element is to optimising our existing producing assets and keeping them fit for the future. Stork Worley are experts in delivering the right people, services and solutions for brownfield modifications.
“For example, our L10-A platform is the first platform on the Dutch part of the North Sea producing since 16 May 1975. Next to optimising our current production
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assets we also keep exploring plays and participating in future developments, such as the offshore green hydrogen pilot PosHYdon on our Q13a platform. ”
Taco de Haan, Stork’s President, said: “Stork is extremely pleased that Neptune Energy awarded the four-year framework agreement to the integrated partnership
of Worley & Stork. Neptune Energy is an important player in North Sea and we are proud to expand our existing relationship.”
Jim Lenton, President of Upstream/ Midstream/LNG, Integrated Solutions, Worley, said: “We look forward to delivering value and collaborating with Neptune Energy on this EPCIC framework and we plan for this Stork Worley consortium to
be truly 1+1=3. This contract supports our strategy to grow our Integrated Solutions services, and we look forward to further growing our relationship with Neptune Energy in the future.”
January 23 2020
Greenpeace loses lawsuit
appeal against Norway’s
Arctic oil drilling plans
An Oslo appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit by environmentalists against the Norwegian government and its granting
of new exploration licenses in the Arctic Barents Sea back in 2016.
In 2019, activists boarded the West Hercules rig in protest against Equinor’s drilling plans in the Barents Sea. Image source: Greenpeace
The case was taken to the appeals court in April 2018 by Greenpeace and Norwegian environmental group Nature & Youth following a ruling by the Oslo District Court in favor of the Norwegian government in January of the same year.
The lawsuit had argued that the new
oil licenses awarded in 2016 as part of the country’s 23rd licensing round violated both the Paris Climate Agreement and paragraph 112 of the Norwegian Constitution, which commits the government “to safeguard
the people’s right to a clean and healthy environment for future generations.”
Reuters reported on January 23 that the appeals court, in a unanimous verdict, had approved Norway’s plans for more oil exploration in the Arctic, dismissing the lawsuit by environmentalists.
Unlike the decision by the Oslo District Court, which found that the use of Norwegian oil by foreign customers was not relevant to the case, the appeals court found that such use abroad should in fact be part of the consideration. However, the argument was not enough for the court
to find in favor of the environmentalists, Reuters reported.
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