Brent Delta.
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Hartlepool harbour mate, needed the biggest ship in the World to pick it off it's legs and bring it in.
Yep, they keep bringing them in over here to.
The whole oil biz is in free fall, not only the North Sea.
A lot of my old mates are out of it now and doing other jobs, met one the other day who was off the coast of Brazil when I was down in Libya, SOB used to send porn to my company e.mail address that I had to delete PDQ......
The whole oil biz is in free fall, not only the North Sea.
A lot of my old mates are out of it now and doing other jobs, met one the other day who was off the coast of Brazil when I was down in Libya, SOB used to send porn to my company e.mail address that I had to delete PDQ......
Hard to beleive how they stay stable in rough seas, they look so ungainly. Mind you, so do those big cruise ships too!
Tony.
Tony.
Massive job.
She's taken a battering mate that's for sure.
That's crazy! How long will it take to dismantle?
Quite a while, not only the steel work but removing all the toxic waste on board.
This ship brings them in 
Yeah the environmental controls onsite must be huge
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Able UK's yard at Graythorpe where Brent Delta platform was landed for dismantling is just 10mins down the road from where I live.
[/URL]Able UK's yard at Graythorpe where Brent Delta platform was landed for dismantling is just 10mins down the road from where I live.
Looks like there are a few more parked up there as well. (Jack up's)
Nice pic made me smile the size of that anchor next to that suv
Ships often go to Turkey for dismantling, guess less environmental cost to add to the price build up.
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This is where it gets controversial. Shell has proposed leaving Brent Delta’s three concrete legs in the sea.
Each leg is almost 540ft tall, and weighs about 300,000 tons. They are surrounded at the base by 16 storage tanks (for extracted oil), each 196ft high and with the capacity of four Olympic-size swimming pools. Shell argues that leaving the legs in situ is a much safer option and that the impact on the environment, when they do eventually crumble, will be minimal.
When these legs will collapse is difficult to predict. But Shell says its studies suggest it is likely the visible parts would remain for 150 to 250 years, while the undersea sections are expected to last a further 300 to 500 years. The oil storage cells may remain largely upright for at least 1,000 years.
Each leg is almost 540ft tall, and weighs about 300,000 tons. They are surrounded at the base by 16 storage tanks (for extracted oil), each 196ft high and with the capacity of four Olympic-size swimming pools. Shell argues that leaving the legs in situ is a much safer option and that the impact on the environment, when they do eventually crumble, will be minimal.
When these legs will collapse is difficult to predict. But Shell says its studies suggest it is likely the visible parts would remain for 150 to 250 years, while the undersea sections are expected to last a further 300 to 500 years. The oil storage cells may remain largely upright for at least 1,000 years.
Not to mention V expensive ........This is where it gets controversial. Shell has proposed leaving Brent Delta’s three concrete legs in the sea.
Each leg is almost 540ft tall, and weighs about 300,000 tons. They are surrounded at the base by 16 storage tanks (for extracted oil), each 196ft high and with the capacity of four Olympic-size swimming pools. Shell argues that leaving the legs in situ is a much safer option and that the impact on the environment, when they do eventually crumble, will be minimal.
When these legs will collapse is difficult to predict. But Shell says its studies suggest it is likely the visible parts would remain for 150 to 250 years, while the undersea sections are expected to last a further 300 to 500 years. The oil storage cells may remain largely upright for at least 1,000 years.