Decommissioning specialists Well-Safe Solutions has won a multi-year contract with Apache to decommission its platform wells and subsea wells in the Forties Field. Work will begin in 2026, with Well-Safe Solutions leading the contract across all well-related project management, well and subsurface engineering, and offshore delivery of platform and subsea wells. “Today’s announcement is undoubtedly a huge moment for our business and our industry; however, it comes at a particularly difficult time for our sector when we are hopeful of retaining the talent and capability that we have in the North Sea,” said Phil Milton, CEO of Well-Safe Solutions. This contract builds on recent successful campaigns with the Well-Safe Defender and Well-Safe Protector and on two major contract awards for Well-Safe Solutions this summer with other operators in the North Sea. The company added that the availability of mobile offshore drilling units capable of drilling and decommissioning both platform and subsea wells had declined significantly year on year, with just five semi-submersible rigs remaining on the UK Continental Shelf. This persistent reduction in capacity risks severely undermining the UK’s ability to meet its energy needs and to meet its decommissioning obligations, with thousands of wells due to be decommissioned by the end of the decade. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); }); TagsUnited Kingdom United States