Equinor and its partners started Troll Phase 3 stage 2 production ahead of schedule, accelerating 55 billion standard cubic metres of gas from the Troll West reservoir.
Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit transported North Cormorant to Lerwick Harbour, where the oil platform will be dismantled by Brown and Mason Group over 12 to 18 months.
ABB will supply four 3.5 MW Azipod units and a power package for Allseas’ 230 m semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Grand Tour, due to enter service in 2028.
Allseas’ new cargo barge Braveheart has departed China for Rotterdam after an 18-month build, adding an electric ballast system and supporting Pioneering Spirit transfers.
Allseas is upgrading its heavy-lift vessel Pioneering Spirit, raising topsides single-lift capacity by 25% to 60,000 tonnes through a TLS upgrade ahead of major North Sea decommissioning and offshore wind projects into the 2030s.
Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit completes the 11,600-tonne Eider Alpha topsides removal, marking the start of TAQA UK’s major North Sea decommissioning programme.
Allseas has selected Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam to design its new semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Grand Tour, to be built in China and delivered in 2028.
Allseas has been awarded a major decommissioning contract by TAQA to remove the Brae Alpha topsides in the UK North Sea, deploying its heavy-lift vessel Pioneering Spirit.
