Well-Safe Solutions reinforces decommissioning with NMC Energy
Well-Safe Solutions has strengthened its decommissioning services offering through a strategic alliance with NMC Energy. The agreement will allow both companies to combine their expertise in wells, subsea operations, and platform interfaces to serve larger-scale offshore projects.
Furthermore, the partnership will support the work both companies are doing in Apache's Beryl and Forties fields . Through this collaboration, the companies will also explore new opportunities to implement an integrated services model in the UK and other markets.
Well-Safe and NMC Energy strengthen their alliance in the North Sea
The agreement formalizes a relationship already underway within Apache's projects. Well-Safe Solutions and NMC Energy are working together on the decommissioning of Beryl and Forties, two assets that serve as a starting point for expanding their collaboration.
In this way, Well-Safe Solutions incorporates NMC Energy's complementary capabilities in subsea work and platform interfaces into its offering. The intention is to facilitate the management of different phases of decommissioning for operators through a coordinated structure.
Phil Milton, CEO of Well-Safe Solutions, explained that the experience gained during the Beryl and Forties projects demonstrated the compatibility between the two companies' services. According to Milton, this relationship led both parties to develop a strategic alliance.
Beryl and Forties support the new alliance
Meanwhile, the contracts linked to Beryl and Forties allow the partnership to move from the commercial level to on-the-ground operations. The work requires coordinating different specialties during the final phase of the assets' useful life.
Within this context, well decommissioning is part of a broader process that also involves subsea infrastructure, platforms, and equipment preparation . Coordinating these activities can reduce the interfaces an operator must manage during execution.
In turn, the experience gained in these fields will allow companies to evaluate how to transfer the same work scheme to future dismantling projects .
What services will Well-Safe Solutions and NMC Energy integrate?
In operational terms, the alliance will cover services related to underwater operations and the interface between decommissioning work and existing facilities on the platforms.
Among the planned activities are the washing of pipes and flow lines , and the integration of dismantling equipment into the platforms using modular solutions is also planned.
Companies will also be able to participate in cleaning and commissioning tasks associated with the EDC process, as well as preparing surfaces and facilities before heavy lifting operations .
offshore infrastructure decommissioning . By connecting subsea activities with platform work and well management, companies aim to reduce fragmentation between different project phases.
Integration aims to reduce costs and execution times
From the operators' point of view, one of the main effects of the alliance will be the possibility of concentrating more activities within the same management structure.
To achieve this, Well-Safe Solutions and NMC Energy plan to integrate personnel, resources, and services; this coordination can simplify operations planning and reduce transitions between different teams during decommissioning.
At the same time, fewer interfaces can facilitate timeline control , and also allow for more precise coordination of underwater activities , platform work, and well-related operations.
Konstantin Nazaruk, CEO of NMC Energy, noted that the two companies' capabilities are complementary in subsea operations, platform interfaces, and decommissioning management. The company expects that this collaboration will improve the planning and execution of complex projects during their final lifecycle phase.
The alliance is targeting new dismantling projects
Finally, the agreement has a scope that goes beyond current work for Apache; Well-Safe Solutions and NMC Energy intend to use the alliance to explore new collaboration opportunities both in the UK and in international markets.
The North Sea will be a key area for this model due to the activity associated with the end-of-life of offshore installations . In this context, the ability to combine well decommissioning with subsea operations and platform work allows companies to offer a broader range of services to operators.
Thus, the Beryl and Forties projects will serve as an operational benchmark for cooperation between the two companies. The results obtained can be used to determine how this structure can be applied to other programs that require coordinating wells, subsea infrastructure, and platforms during the decommissioning process.
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