“The Greater Dunlin Area itself has made its mark but it’s important not to forget the thousands of people who have visited or called the platform their working home.
Afterwards, the vessel returned to AF Offshore Decom’s Environmental Base at Vats where more than 95 per cent of the Dunlin topsides will be recycled. The company revealed that Heerema’s SSCV Sleipnir transferred the remaining modules to its deck before removing the main 11,750 Tonne Module Support Frame (MSF) in a single lift. Notably, in 1978 it was the first field to produce into the Sullom Voe Terminal on Shetland, paving the way for the many which came after.”
Heerema sleipnir update#
In an update on Monday, Fairfield Energy announced the removal of the topsides from Dunlin Alpha, describing the operation as “the latest milestone in the decommissioning of the four fields which make up the Greater Dunlin Area.”Īlan Scott, General Manager for the Greater Dunlin Area Decommissioning Project, remarked: “This is a poignant milestone for an installation which has been a central part of UK North Sea production since the industry’s earlier days. At the start of June, the Sleipnir vessel arrived at the Dunlin platform, which was installed in 1977. At the time, Heerema’s Thialf vessel started working on hook-down and removal activities, alongside AF Offshore Decom, to prepare for the Sleipnir vessel to remove the module support frame with a single lift. In May of the following year, Fairfield’s decommissioning plan for the platform topsides was approved by the UK authorities.īack in April 2022, Heerema set the wheels into motion to decommission the Dunlin Alpha platform on behalf of Fairfield Energy.
Dutch contractor Heerema Marine Contractors has completed another decommissioning activity related to an offshore platform, which was removed from the waters off the UK after 45 years, using the world’s largest crane vessel, Sleipnir.Īfter the contract for the removal and disposal of the Dunlin Alpha topside was announced in September 2018, it was awarded to Heerema and AF Gruppen three months later.
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