I’ll be joining her for the first time this summer I’m extremely excited.

at least they had the decency to rename her.

It's the Homage March from the Sigurd Jorsalfar suite by Edvard Grieg.

@@WyejenHart woops my bad! Haha

It is dumb enough, yes.

Not a dumb question at all. These vessel are fitted with DPO systems that can hold them in place should a storm occur. but huge storms would have an effect most definitely and all vessels work within limits when it comes to sea state for safety reasons and to protect the asset. Check out DP I , DP II, DP III vessels. Pioneering Spirit ( formerly Pieter Schelte ) is a DP III vessel. www.professionalmariner.com/April-2008/As-DP-systems-grow-in-importance-the-technology-continues-to-improve/

Ahhh... those memorable chopper flights and fixed wings from Scatsta... It all seems like a bad dream now.

Its dutch

The Pylons will most likely remain in place and act as an artificial reef for marine life. Those are clearly marked on Marine Charts, so ships need to watch out for them as they need to do for Offshore Wind Farms

ok thanks for the reply

Seems all way more complicated than that. There is not just the pylons, but also the storage cells and the drill cuttings, as Shell explains. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdiJlMx62NaylXU.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jtqkbLSrnMm6iHk.html And their plan for the concrete structure: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e56JZKaAmtOsp3U.html

The plan for "Jacket" or Pylons as you call them was to use divers to cut the top 30 meter section off and leave the rest in situ as an artificial reef. Whether Shell will keep their side of the bargain or just pay a fine is anyones guess.

Brent Delta was known as a 'Condeep' oil rig. The entire base was used for oil storage so was held to the sea bed by gravity. What's more amazing is that it was floated complete from it's building yard to location and then sunk at it's North Sea location in about 500ft of water...The more familiar steel oil rigs are known as 'Jackets' and often floated out on one side and then sunk onto their location. They would then be pinned to the sea bed by huge pile-drivers. After that the various accomodation and production components would be craned into place like a giant lego set.

Ballast water in the tanks of the barge in the opposite side compensate for that

thanks, great timelapse!

KZfaq gets it wrong a lot.

Yeah I was surprised by that as well, but I guess 24,000 tons has some serious staying power.

No, most of the time these big topsides just sit ontop of the jacket. Their weight alone is sufficient to keep them in place...No bolts, no welding, nothing. this one is 8000 tonnes plus.

Yes they had to. The next oil rig they figured out a different way to cut lt loose.

Saludos paisa. Y yo estoy atorado tratando de poner un tornillo de 1/2 jajajaaaaaa

Now Greenpeace is very happy. And the stockmarket price can go up because they are environmentally responsible.

look what their paying for all those structures.

Dismantling offshore is just a no go. It would cost something in the order of £100k per day to provide floating accommodation and logistics support for the dismantling crews and standby vessels etc. Also dismantling offshore would be weather dependent far more so than it would be in Ables yard on Teesside. From a safety point of view it is also much safer carried out onshore because all of the risks associated with working over water are eliminated.

You can bet your ass they are doing it this way because it's cheaper in the long run.

@Bob Rodgerson Why dismantle it in the first place?The price of the scrap metal doesn't justify it.Was there a pollution reason?Isn't cleaning the piping contaminated with oil far cheaper?And then sunk it in the sea?

@@bulacomunistu8727 It was always agreed the oil companies would do this. The major concern was preserving the environment. You can't just sink it with all the pollutants and all the stuff out of sight.

Yep, not a rocket in sight.

No kidding, it was impressive but I thought the exact same thing.

For some reason I think you know that's not what was implied but still chose to reply that way.

Do you think think it would be possible to use those ressources for something else? Something battery cells and solor pannels?

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Durtwarrior do you own a toothbrush? gues what its made of?

So ? What does that ship have to do with politics ? You want to say just because someone was in the SS they cannot make positive contributions and be honored for that ?