Every port should harbour aspirations for real change
Lerwick Harbour is the principal commercial port for Shetland and a key component in the islands’ economy The future of Scotland’s Green Ports is inextricably…
Category: Onshore Recycling / Waste Management
Aker Solutions Awarded Work to Recycle Offshore Platforms in Norway
March 18, 2021 – Aker Solutions has signed a sizeable(1) letter of intent with Heerema Marine Contractors for decommissioning work related to the Heimdal and…
Equinor awards contracts for North Sea decommissioning work
The Veslefrikk platform has been operating since 1989 (source: Equinor/Øyvind Hagen) Norwegian energy company Equinor has awarded Netherlands-based Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) contracts for removal,…
Harbour is quay to a new era
Work underway, above, on the new harbour. It will be the largest berthage port in Scotland, able to accommodate vessels of up to 1000ft in…
Ørsted-led consortium researching blade decommissioning
The new DecomBlades consortium will aim to make Denmark a ‘frontrunner’ in establishing recycling solutions within the wind industry Blade manufacturer LM Wind Power is…
Teekay’s Banff FPSO to be decommissioned in Denmark
© Courtesy submitted by Kishorn Port The Banff FPSO arriving at Kishorn Port, in September. Teekay’s Banff floating production, offloading and storage vessel (FPSO) will…
Spirit Energy gas platforms to be dismantled in Fife
An artist’s impression of CessCon Decom’s facility in Energy Park Fife. A Scottish firm has clinched its maiden contract for dismantling offshore platforms at a…
Montrose positions itself for decommissioning work
MONTROSE Port has strengthened its case for picking up work linked to oil and gas decommissioning activity in the North Sea, writes Scott Wright. The…
Continuing development of decommissioning at Lerwick
© Courtesy Rory Gillies/Shetland F Ninian Northern arriving at Dales Voe, Lerwick, where ongoing development of deep-water infrastructure enables support for larger-scale decommissioning projects in…
Kishorn Port hints at plans to extend dry dock
Kishorn Port. Kishorn port has raised hopes of a jobs boost after it signalled plans to extend its dry dock to cater to demand for…
Curlew – a decom object lesson
The Shell Curlew FPSO arriving in Dundee last year I’m baffled by the Curlew decommissioning saga that will now see the life-expired FPSO be dismantled…
Kishorn Port aims to prove decommissioning credentials with stricken Minch cargo ship
MV Kaami, which ran around in the Minch, arriving at Kishorn drydock for dismantling. A redeveloped Highland port is aiming to use a stricken cargo…
Watch the moment enormous Brent Bravo lifting frame disappears into a cloud of dust
This is the dramatic moment the massive lifting framework on the Brent Bravo oil rig was torn down at Seaton port. The enormous structure, or…
New metal recycling facility will boost Dundee’s decom ambitions
John Lawrie Metals’ director of projects and decom Julian Foley A metal recycling facility to be built in Dundee later this year will take the…
Shell halts Curlew Dundee decom as final work to be done elsewhere
Curlew at Dundee Pic Peter Devlin Oil giant Shell has confirmed that decommissioning work on the Curlew floating production (FPSO) vessel moored in Dundee has…
Old wind turbine blades present a recycling problem
Old wind turbine blades present a recycling problem Companies are searching for ways to deal with the tens of thousands of wind turbine blades that…