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20 August 2026

AF Offshore Decom bags another North Sea platform removal contract

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AF Offshore Decom bags another North Sea platform removal contract

Norway’s AF Gruppen has, through its subsidiary AF Offshore Decom and in a consortium with Heerema Marine Contractors, been awarded a contract by a North Sea operator to remove and dispose of one of its platforms on the UK Continental Shelf. The client was unnamed, but the company said this was the third contract the …

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