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Allseas' Pioneering Spirit Removes Ninian Topsides in Final Decom Gig of 2020

Aug 28, 2020

Allseas' colossal Pioneering Spirit offshore construction - or in this case 'deconstruction - vessel has removed the Ninian Northern platform topsides in the UK North Sea.Located in the North Sea, 160 kilometers northeast of the Shetland Islands…

Gallery: Allseas Completes Tyra Removal Work Off Denmark

Aug 17, 2020

Allseas’ heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed a removal campaign of processing and accommodation topsides and flare jackets as part of the Tyra Redevelopment Project for Total E&P Denmark. 'Over the last two weeks, Pioneering Spirit removed more than 27…

PHOTO: First Moray East Offshore Substation Installed

Aug 11, 2020

The first of three offshore substations has been installed at the Moray East Offshore wind farm site in the UK, Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd said Monday.The 950MW wind farm is being developed by Moray Offshore Windfarm East Ltd (MOWEL)…

Watch: Pioneering Spirit Removes Brent Alpha Topsides

Jul 21, 2020

Allseas' giant Pioneering Spirit vessel last month removed Shell's Brent Alpha platform topside from the UK North Sea.The 17,000-tonne Brent Alpha was removed in a single-lift operation.It was then moved to Able UK’s Teesside decommissioning yard in North East England for dismantling and recycling…

Taqa Cleared to Remove Eider Platform Topside

May 27, 2020

The UK authorities have approved Taqa's decommissioning program the Eider platform topside in the UK North SeaThe Eider platform is located in Block 211/16a in the UK Northern North Sea. The field was discovered in May 1976 by Shell / Esso with…

Allseas' Pioneering Spirit Vessel to Remove Valhall Platforms

Apr 08, 2020

Offshore installation and decommissioning firm Allseas has won a contract to remove three complete offshore platforms and two jackets in Norway for Aker BP.The company said on Wednesday that Aker BP had awarded it a deal for the removal and…

TenneT: Borselle Beta Topside Ready to Sail Away

Mar 20, 2020

Dutch state-owned grid operator Tennet has said that the topside of the offshore transformer platform for the Borssele III and IV wind area in the Dutch North Sea is ready for the sailaway.Dubbed the offshore power socket, Borssele Beta, will…

Topside Floated for Dongfang Gas Field

Nov 28, 2019

ALE performed an 18,000t topside load-out and floatover transportation from a yard in Zhuhai, China. The topside will form part of a new offshore platform in the South China Sea to support natural gas development in the region.The Dongfang gas…

Sembcorp to Build Whale FPU

Oct 31, 2019

Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters Pte. Ltd. has won a contract from Shell Offshore Inc. to build and integrate the topside and hull of a Floating Production Unit (FPU) for the Whale field in the Gulf of Mexico.The agreement precedes a final investment decision (FID) for the full Whale project…

Dongfang Topside Floated Out in China

Sep 05, 2019

Heavy lift and transport company ALE said it performed an 18,000t topside load-out and floatover transportation from a yard in Zhuhai, China. The topside will form part of a new offshore platform in the Dongfang gas fields in the South China Sea to support natural gas development in the region…

Helang FPSO Process System Delivered

Aug 12, 2019

Oilfield equipment and services company NOV said it has completed the first full topside process systems delivery for Helang FPSO redeployment.NOV's Process and Flow Technologies business unit was contracted by Yinson to design and deliver the full topside process system for FPSO Helang…

New Platform Loaded Out for Vladimir Filanovsky

Jul 15, 2019

UK based heavy lift and transport company ALE said it completed the jack-up, skidding and load-out of an offshore platform for the third development stage of the Vladimir Filanovsky oil field, the largest in the Russian section of the Caspian Sea…

Video: Pioneering Spirit Lifts Brent Bravo Topsides

Jun 18, 2019

Allseas’ record-breaking multipurpose heavy-lift and pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed the single-piece removal of the 25,000-metric-ton Brent Bravo topsides from the UK sector of the North Sea.Completed early Tuesday morning, the operation took approximately four hours…

Video: Valhall Accommodation Topside Removed

Jun 14, 2019

The original accommodation platform (QP) topside at Valhall in the southern part of the North Sea has been removed by Allseas' giant multipurpose heavy-lift construction vessel Pioneering Spirit, the field's operator Aker BP announced on Friday…

Equinor to Shut Statfjord A Platform in 2022

May 02, 2019

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor announced on Thursday it will shut down production at its ageing Statfjord A platform in the North Sea, marking the end of the line for one of the oldest platforms on the Norwegian continental shelf.The platform…

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