该项目代表北海运营商进行，历时两年，涉及分布在北海北部和中部 21 口油井的封堵和废弃 (P&A)。

该多井作业由 Island Valiant 号船只完成，创造了 6 个新的工作岗位，是总部位于阿伯丁的 Mermaid 迄今为止最大的合同。

该公司将成为蓬勃发展的北海退役和P&A市场的领导者，行业监管机构北海过渡局确定了近1500个英国大陆架油井将在2026年至2030年期间准备退役。

英国美人鱼海底服务公司区域总监斯科特·科马克表示：“这是一个具有里程碑意义的项目，不仅对美人鱼来说如此，对更广泛的北海退役领域而言亦是如此。”

“对于一家 2020 年才进入英国市场的公司来说，能够开展该地区有史以来规模最大的船舶退役活动，是一项巨大的成就，证明了 Mermaid 团队的实力，也进一步证明了市场有足够的空间容纳能够提供创新解决方案的新参与者。”

“我要感谢整个 Mermaid 团队为该项目的成功交付所做的贡献，也感谢客户对我们安全、高效且具有成本效益的基于船舶的井眼 P&A 服务的信任。”

此次作业紧随 Mermaid 为壳牌英国有限公司完成为期三年的北海退役合同第一阶段之后完成。

壳牌该项目第一阶段的工作提前完成，包括拆除井口和保护盖，然后将其运上岸处理，下一阶段项目计划于 2025 年开始。

Cormack 先生表示：“单体 P&A 是任何项目中成本最大、耗时最长、技术难度最大的环节。高效且有效的运营会对北海的整体退役成本产生重大影响。Mermaid 的船舶 P&A 方法为客户提供了真正的敏捷性和灵活性，确保项目能够按时、按预算交付。”

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Carried out on behalf of a North Sea operator, the project spanned two years and involved the plugging and abandonment (P&A) of 21 wells spread across the Northern and Central North Sea.

The multi-well campaign, which was delivered using the Island Valiant vessel and created six new jobs, is Aberdeen-headquartered Mermaid’s largest contract to date.

It positions the company as a leader in the burgeoning North Sea decommissioning and P&A market, with industry regulator the North Sea Transition Authority identifying nearly 1500 UKCS wells that will be ready for decommissioning between 2026 and 2030.

Scott Cormack, Regional Director for Mermaid Subsea Services (UK), said: “This has been a landmark project, not just for Mermaid but also for the wider North Sea decommissioning sector.

“For a company that only entered the UK in 2020 to have carried out, what we understand to be, the largest vessel-based decommissioning campaign in the region ever is a huge achievement, testament to the Mermaid team and further proof that there is space in the market for a new player delivering innovative solutions.

“I would like to thank the whole Mermaid team for playing their part in the successful delivery of this project and to the client for putting their faith in our safe, efficient and cost-effective vessel-based well P&A offering.”

The completion of this campaign follows hot on the heels of Mermaid completing the first stage of a three year long North Sea decommissioning contract for Shell U.K. Limited.

Delivered ahead of schedule, the first phase of the campaign for Shell involved the removal of well heads and protection covers, which were then brought ashore for disposal, with the next stage of the project scheduled to begin in 2025.

Mr Cormack said: “Well P&A is the single biggest cost, most time demanding, and incredibly technically challenging element of any campaign. Efficient and effective operations can have a big impact on the North Sea’s overall decommissioning cost. Mermaid’s vessel-based P&A approach offers clients real agility and flexibility, ensuring that projects can be delivered on time and on budget.”

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