The Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) has ordered Britain’s only two horizontal shale wells, operated by Cuadrilla, to be plugged and abandoned. Cuadrilla’s parent company AJ Lucas has announced that Cuadrilla will permanently seal the two shale gas wells drilled at the Preston New Road Lancashire shale exploration site, despite concerns about the impact this will have on energy supply.
Just weeks after hosting the COP26 summit, and despite still holding the COP Presidency, Boris Johnson’s government has given the go ahead for the Abigail oil and gas field off the east coast of Scotland.
James Fisher, a leading provider of innovative marine solutions and specialised engineering services, has announced the launch of its new business line James Fisher Decommissioning (JF Decom), which will support the decommissioning needs of customers in the renewables and oil and gas markets by delivering considerable cost and time saving solutions.