Aquaterra Energy and James Fisher have formed a global strategic partnership to improve the delivery of offshore decommissioning projects.

The collaboration will provide operators with an integrated approach combining Aquaterra Energy’s well access and engineering expertise with James Fisher’s subsea and offshore execution capabilities.

The partnership aims to reduce project interfaces, improve efficiency and provide greater certainty from planning through execution.

Initial focus areas include the North Sea, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, where growing numbers of offshore wells and structures require abandonment and removal.

The companies will work on a project-by-project basis, using coordinated teams and cross-trained crews to reduce offshore personnel requirements and operational risks.

The partnership comes amid rising global demand for more efficient decommissioning solutions, with thousands of offshore structures expected to require removal in the coming decades.

Matt Marcantonio, Head of Engineering at Aquaterra Energy, said: “Decommissioning programmes are increasingly moving away from simple, isolated scopes. The next generation of projects will require tight engineering control, early integration and the ability to adapt quickly as conditions change. By aligning our expertise with James Fisher from the outset, we can shape more efficient scopes, prevent downstream redesign and ultimately reduce offshore duration. We see this as a way to give operators the confidence to take on decommissioning programmes that are becoming more technically demanding and commercially pressured, while keeping the agility needed to respond as projects evolve.”

Mark Stephen, Product Line Director - Decommissioning & CFE at James Fisher Energy, commented: “What operators are looking for now is delivery confidence, predictable execution, fewer interfaces and teams who already understand how to work together. By combining our subsea operations capability with Aquaterra Energy’s early engineering and well access expertise, we can remove many of the common friction points that slow projects down offshore. This model gives operators a scalable, field-proven approach that directly supports safer, more efficient execution as global decommissioning activity accelerates.” -OGN/TradeArabia News Service