conference · Past
SPE Offshore Europe 2025
Biennial premier event for the offshore energy sector — North Sea operators, Aberdeen-anchored service ecosystem. The 2025 edition leaned hard into transition + decommissioning + late-life asset optimisation.
Offshore Europe is the biennial event for the North Sea offshore oil and gas community. P&J Live in Aberdeen, four days, ~30,000 attendees across operators, service companies, and the supply chain. The 2025 edition was the 25th — Offshore Europe has been running since 1973.
Why 2025 mattered
The North Sea is in a late-life-asset + transition moment. The 2025 conference programme reflected it:
- Decommissioning — multiple sessions on AI-assisted asset inventory, decommissioning planning, and the data-archive problem (literally what VeerNet solves)
- Carbon storage — North Sea CCS projects (Northern Lights, Endurance, etc.) had a dedicated track
- Hydrogen — emerging from offshore-wind-coupled production
What EarthScan watched
Tarry attended and worked the floor. The strongest signal: every operator we spoke to has a "what do we do with our 40-year log archive" problem. Several have purchased commercial digitisation services that produced poor results and are open to better options. We followed up with three operators post-conference.
Why it's a 2027 event next
Offshore Europe is biennial (odd years). The next edition is SPE Offshore Europe 2027 in Aberdeen — almost certainly a priority booth for EarthScan once the customer roster justifies the investment.
