DeepOcean and EXCEED shake hands for vessel-based plug and abandonment

Norway-based ocean services provider DeepOcean and Scotland-based well management company EXCEED have entered a partnership to deliver vessel-based well plug and abandonment (P&A) services to the global decommissioning market.

According to DeepOcean, the collaboration leverages the company’s subsea engineering expertise and a fleet of work-class remotely operated vehicles (WROVs) and subsea vessels alongside EXCEED’s specialization in well decommissioning. 

Together, the companies will provide operators with a comprehensive, single-contract P&A solution, including all equipment, planning, execution, and audit-compliant close-out, with an eye toward efficient asset repurposing and re-use.

“Compared to rig-based P&A, we believe this partnership can deliver significant time and cost benefits to operators’ decommissioning projects. Our complementary service offering has already proven that it can provide a comprehensive, best in class solution to well decommissioning. We are excited about further developing our relationship with EXCEED,” said Olaf A. Hansen, Managing Director, DeepOcean Europe.

DeepOcean and EXCEED recently completed a multi-well, vessel-based P&A campaign for Serica Energy, achieving time and cost savings, alongside CO2 emission reductions compared to traditional rig-based P&A operations.

“By pairing DeepOcean’s subsea engineering competence and diverse global fleet of vessel with EXCEED’S specialist range of well decommissioning expertise, we can offer the international decommissioning sector a world-class vessel-based well P&A service. Forged in the North Sea, we look forward to continuing this relationship by commencing another multi-client, multi-well campaign later this year,” commented John Anderson, EXCEED’s Commercial Director.

According to DeepOcean, EXCEED’s vessel-based decommissioning team focuses on compliant subsea wellhead removal, offering clients reduced post-decommissioning liabilities and cost benefits via a campaign model.

Just recently, Deepocean expanded its several years of work for oil and gas company Vår Energi, securing a new contract for 2025 to work in the Barents Sea and North Sea.