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Baker Hughes Scores Plug and Abandonment Job from Equinor

Rigzone

Image by JHVEPhoto via iStock Baker Hughes Company was selected by Equinor ASA to provide plug and abandonment services in the Oseberg East field on Norway’s continental shelf. To manage the project, Baker Hughes said it will set up a Plug and Abandonment Centre of Excellence in Bergen and Stavanger.

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Operators May Earn and Sell Carbon Credits for the P&A of Inactive, Shut-in, or Temporarily Abandoned Wells

The Energy Law

Operators may now have the potential to sell carbon credits in exchange for the P&A of inactive, shut-in, or temporarily abandoned wells. The EPA estimates that there are over 3 million known abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells (AOOG wells) in the United States. Well Eligibility. Additionality.

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Subsea Plugging & Abandonment: Light Well Intervention Vessel Overview

Drillers

The Challenge I have recently been writing some articles about a keen interest of mine, Subsea Well Intervention. There is a significant focus on plug and abandonment decommissioning in today’s workscopes. The future goal is to perform full permanent abandonment of subsea wells with smaller vessels.

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Halliburton awarded five year contract in UK North Sea by Repsol Resources UK

Oilfield Technology

The company will deliver a rigless intervention framework that enables Repsol Resources UK to optimise well construction, production, and intervention to maximise plug and abandonment (P&A) operations. Read the latest issue of Oilfield Technology magazine for upstream news, project stories, industry insight and technical articles.

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Federal Agency Recommends Updated Regulations for Pipeline Monitoring, Decommissioning, and Abandonment

The Energy Law

The Report concluded that the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) lacks a robust oversight process (1) for ensuring the integrity of active offshore oil and gas pipelines and (2) to address the environmental risks posed by decommissioning and abandoning pipelines on the seafloor.

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Federal Agency Recommends Updated Regulations for Pipeline Monitoring, Decommissioning, and Abandonment

The Energy Law

The Report concluded that the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) lacks a robust oversight process (1) for ensuring the integrity of active offshore oil and gas pipelines and (2) to address the environmental risks posed by decommissioning and abandoning pipelines on the seafloor.

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Energy and Technological Progress: Bridging the Gap. P11.

Energy Central

Renewable Rush: Speed Blinding Stability (Part 10 of article series: Energy and Technological Progress: Bridging the Gap.) Have we been too hasty in abandoning traditional energy sources for renewables and green energy? As the world hurtles towards a low-carbon future, it is a need for critical examination of our transition strategy.