Spirit Energy, a North Sea operator, has finished a multimillion-dollar decommissioning campaign in the UK sector of the North Sea, plugging and abandoning (P&A) three gas wells that have reached the end of their productive lives and removing more than 234 tons of subsea infrastructure.
Spirit Energy has completed a £40 million ($55 million) decommissioning campaign in the North Sea, which involved more than 114,000 hours of work and brought together specialist vessels, a rig, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), and teams from across more than 30 UK supply chain partners, including DeepOcean and Well-Safe Solutions.
The operator has plugged and abandoned three subsea wells and removed more than 234 tons of subsea infrastructure, with 100% of the recovered materials on course to be reused or recycled in UK yards. These activities were undertaken on the Seven Seas and Grove G5 production wells, and the Grove Deep exploration well in the UK Southern North Sea between April and July 2026.
Matt Browell-Hook, Spirit’s Director of Energy Transition, Decommissioning and Projects, remarked: “Safely and efficiently decommissioning offshore infrastructure when it cannot be repurposed is a key focus for our industry, and our support for the NSTA’s decommissioning charter reflects our commitment to doing this work safely and efficiently.
“It’s particularly pleasing that we are on course to recycle or reuse 100 per cent of the subsea materials recovered with the work to be carried out in UK yards. The campaign has been a great example of how operators and contracting companies can work together, and its success is testament to the hard work and expertise that exists right across the UK supply chain.”