Solan decommissioning
United Kingdom · Production ceased; decommissioning scope partly reviewed
Block205/26a west of Shetland. First oil in2016; NSTA project record updated8May2026 reports production ceased April2025, while retaining an earlier Q1 2025 estimated cessation field. Record covers platform, subsea storage tank and offloading facilities. Programme final version21February2025 precedes cessation. May2026 project snapshot forecasts platform and tank removal in2026/27, followed by well abandonment and subsea clearance in2030+. These dates are forecasts, not confirmation of removal. EPRD and cold-suspension packages are awarded. ABLE tank disposal subcontract includes preparation of a roughly15,000-square-metre yard pad; stated nine-month construction duration is not converted into invented start/end dates.
Companies and live jobs
These are the participating companies’ vacancies across their businesses; a project appointment does not establish that every vacancy is for this project.
- Harbour Energy · Live jobs · Projects
Harbour project; Premier Oil UK Limited named in final programme. Individual legal interest details not fully reconciled.
- Boskalis · Live jobs · Projects
Subsea flush and disconnect for cold suspension; precise contracting entity and award date unverified
Project evidence
- NSTA operator-submitted Solan project and awarded contract; indexed primary text
- Final Solan decommissioning programme
- ABLE awarded tank disposal subcontract; page displays 8 May without explicit year
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