Pioneering Spirit booked to remove disused gas platforms in the Irish Sea
Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit, the largest vessel in the world, will travel to the Irish Sea this year to remove two normally unmanned installations in the East Irish Sea. The 11,000-tonne platforms owned by Spirit Energy...Read more
Pioneering Spirit removes 14,200-t Ninian offshore platform in single lift
Allseas’ heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed its third and final decommissioning job of 2020. The single-lift removal of the North Sea’s 14,200-tonne Ninian Northern topsides for CNR International (CNRI) took two hours to...Read more
Video: Decommissioning of MV Kaami at Kishorn Dry Dock
John Lawrie Metals, a metal waste recycling and processing company in Aberdeen, has completed decommissioning of general cargo vessel Kaami in partnership with Kishorn Port Limited. The project involved the downsizing and recycling of the...Read more
Sleipnir performs its largest single lift jacket removal to date
Heerema’s semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir has removed the 8100-metric-tonne Jotun-B jacket in the Norwegian North Sea for Vår Energi. During this project, skirt piles with diameters of 2.7 metres and 80 millimetres wall thickness were...Read more
In pictures: Pioneering Spirit removes offshore platform from Brent field
Allseas’ heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed its first decommissioning job of this summer, the single-lift removal of Shell UK’s Brent Alpha platform from the North Sea. Removing the 17,000-tonne topsides took less than...Read more
Offshore contractor Allseas to significantly cut crew headcount
Offshore contractor Allseas will reduce its workforce by a few hundred in the course of 2020, which will mostly impact its vessels’ crews. The company says it is forced to do so due to the...Read more
Maersk Supply Service awarded North Sea decommissioning contract
Maersk Supply Service has been awarded a contract by Fairfield Betula Limited for the removal of the Dunlin Alpha platform’s subsea conductors and guide frames. Maersk Supply Service will remove four 30 feet jacket-mounted drilling conductors...Read more
Coronavirus likely to spur decommissioning frenzy
With few profitable investment opportunities left as a result of the coronavirus, oil companies will likely increase their spending on decommissioning contracts. Global projects through 2024 could reach a value of 42 billion dollars, say...Read more
Allseas’ giant offshore vessels meet in Rotterdam for the first time
For the first time ever, the world’s two largest pipelay vessels Solitaire and Pioneering Spirit are together in Rotterdam. Both vessels are owned by Allseas. The Solitaire arrived in Rotterdam after completing work for Equinor’s...Read more
Pioneering Spirit to remove platforms and jackets in North Sea
Allseas’s heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit will return to the Valhall area in the Norwegian North Sea to remove three complete platforms and two jackets. The projects will be carried out between 2021 and 2026. The...Read more
Heerema welcomes its new crane vessel in Rotterdam
The world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir has arrived in the Port of Rotterdam for the first time. Kolga, Heerema’s newly upgraded tug, joined Sleipnir at sea to guide the vessel into the Caland Canal. They...Read more
World’s largest crane vessel Sleipnir on its way to Rotterdam
The world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir will arrive in the Port of Rotterdam for the first time on Saturday, March 21. Since its delivery to Heerema in July 2019, the vessel has been busy...Read more
Video: Pioneering Spirit’s new Jacket Lift System explained
Allseas’ record-breaking construction vessel Pioneering Spirit will soon be able to remove and install jackets weighing up to 20,000 tonnes in a single lift. Systems and parts of the new Jacket Lift System are taking...Read more