Decom Engineering played a pivotal role in a subsea
infrastructure decommissioning project at the Brent Field in the Northern North Sea, where waters run deep at 180 meters. This ambitious project involved the removal of pipelines, control umbilicals, and various subsea structures from the seabed, each requiring precise and efficient cutting.

The decommissioning initiative was driven by DeepOcean, who was contracted by Shell. The diverse scope of the project presented a unique set of challenges. The team at Decom was tasked with cutting a wide range of pipe sizes, from 1042mm OD concrete- coated carbon steel pipes to 220mm OD super duplex pipes.

These subsea pipelines needed to be segmented into 9.5-meter sections for efficient recovery to the deck. The conventional diamond wire saws were proving to be time- consuming and impractical.

Decom Engineering played a pivotal role in a subsea
infrastructure decommissioning project at the Brent Field in the Northern North Sea, where waters run deep at 180 meters. This ambitious project involved the removal of pipelines, control umbilicals, and various subsea structures from the seabed, each requiring precise and efficient cutting.

The decommissioning initiative was driven by DeepOcean, who was contracted by Shell. The diverse scope of the project presented a unique set of challenges. The team at Decom was tasked with cutting a wide range of pipe sizes, from 1042mm OD concrete- coated carbon steel pipes to 220mm OD super duplex pipes. These subsea pipelines needed to be segmented into 9.5-meter sections for efficient recovery to the deck. The conventional diamond wire saws were proving to be time- consuming and impractical.