DeepOcean has been appointed by BP to decommission and recycle subsea infrastructure at the Foinaven field, located on the UK Continental Shelf.
Operating from Aberdeen, the Norwegian contractor will utilise a subsea construction vessel to deliver the offshore operations. The scope covers the extraction of 10 flexible process risers, three dynamic umbilicals and one static umbilical from the former floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel location. Buoyancy modules and riser clamps will also be safely recovered.
Located 190km west of the Shetland Islands in water depths reaching 530m, Foinaven ceased operations in 2021 after producing 440m barrels of oil.
The agreement follows an innovative sale and purchase structure previously applied at the Miller and Don fields. Transferring asset title directly to the contractor is expected to enhance project execution, commercial efficiency and overall operational flexibility.
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