(WO) – Petrodec has mobilized its OBANA jackup to begin a new offshore decommissioning campaign for Perenco UK in the UK Southern North Sea.
The unit has arrived at the Pickerill field, where it will remove the jackets from the Pickerill A and B platforms. Following completion of that work, OBANA is scheduled to return to the Amethyst field to remove the Amethyst A1D jacket as part of the same program.
The campaign marks the second major offshore project for OBANA, which entered service earlier this year. The vessel is designed for heavy-lift and multi-structure removal, with a 2,000-tonne crane and the ability to handle large modules in a single campaign.
Operations are expected to run through the end of June, after which the unit will return to shore for offloading and dismantling activities.
Built from repurposed drilling rigs with a newly constructed mid-section, OBANA is engineered for decommissioning work in water depths of up to 65 meters, supporting ongoing North Sea efforts to remove aging offshore infrastructure.
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