CessCon Decom provides decommissioning services across the whole decommissioning lifecycle of assets - from initial services offshore to end-of-life onshore asset dismantlement, decontamination and recycling. The company’s target is to reach a minimum of 98% reuse and recycling rate in each project. It has its own welding, fabrication and construction company, as well as a Computer Numerical Control (CNC) milling, machining and engineering company machine, so valves and pumps can be refurbished before being sold. 

At least 60% of oil and gas platforms in the North Sea will be decommissioned by 2030, representing close to a million tonnes of materials. Additionally, more than 1,500 onshore wind turbines will also reach their end of life by 203011, having been operational for over 20 years by this time. Decommissioning this infrastructure constitutes an increadible opportunity for the manufacturing sector in Scotland. By integrating circular economy principles, this sector could increase productivity, achieve a more efficient production, product and supply chain innovation, establish a strong customer relationships and greater resilience, and create new jobs.

CessCon Decom leverages on the largely untapped supply chain and employment opportunities associated with the reuse and repurposing of assets by providing decommissioning services across the whole decommissioning lifecycle of assets - from initial services offshore to end-of-life onshore asset dismantlement, decontamination and recycling. The company’s target is to reach a minimum of 98% reuse and recycling rate in each project. It has its own welding, fabrication and construction company, as well as a Computer Numerical Control (CNC) milling, machining and engineering company machine, so valves and pumps can be refurbished before being sold. 

It is estimated that the economic value of oil and gas decommissioning activity to Scotland over the next decade could be between £5.7 billion and £7.7 billion (2017 prices; GVA); supporting peak employment of 13,500 – 18,150. Further economic value is expected from wind turbine decommissioning. CessCon Decom builds on the continuity of knowledge and experience and is attracting new talents into the industry, especially from the oil and gas sector. Employees are routinely recruited from the oil and gas sector (95%) with experience in decommissioning, offshore operations, and onshore construction. Whereas dismantling fundamentally requires the same skill-set, people and knowledge as demolition, the oil and gas decommissioning mindset needs to be shaped. Fresh and creative ideas for reuse are required. CessCon Decom is helping shaping those for future generations.

A decommissioning project team at CessCon Decom typically consists of 30-50 people from across the organisation and includes:

• Management team [5-10 people]: Oversight and planning.

• Tendering team [8-10 people depending on complexity]: Tendering for all the projects; includes a tender manager, a project manager, engineering staff, logistics, planning, operations and execution teams are consulted.

• Contract team: Negotiating contract terms and conditions.

• Project team: Led by a project manager with support from the engineering and operations team to engineer the full project from start to finish before the platform arrives at the yard.

• Operations team: Led by the site manager, the project director and the engineering manager, handle the assets when they arrive at the yard for the physical execution of the work.