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Bit of topic, but that video in the article of these 2 boats lifting the entire oil rig is the coolest thing I've seen this month.
by kabes 6y ago
Bit of topic, but that video in the article of these 2 boats lifting the entire oil rig is the coolest thing I've seen this month.
- cesis 6y agoIt's actually a single ship not 2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneering_Spirit_(ship) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneering_Spirit_(ship)
- glup 6y agoI want to grow up and be this ship.
- tda 6y agoAnd because of this ship it is easy to see how expensive topside removal must be. The vessel costed some 2.5B or so. Recovering that in a few dozen decommissionings means a Hugh price. And don't forget the operational cost of a crew of a few hundred, easily adds up to a few 100k/day. Then the topside, probably full of toxic flame retardants and asbestos needs to be dealt with.
- n3k5 6y agoThis page has a picture that shows the vessel's layout more clearly: https://deltamarin.com/references/pioneering-spirit-pieter-schelte-pipelay-vessel/ https://deltamarin.com/references/pioneering-spirit-pieter-s...
- megablast 6y agoIt’s so great, that you don’t even link to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWsl-6P09eM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWsl-6P09eM
- robocat 6y agoThe Shell promo video is longer and has more details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5xXmEHPFp8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5xXmEHPFp8
- zackangelo 6y agoI helped build and worked on a similar vessel, the VB10K [0]. We originally built it just for this purpose (decommissioning) after a bunch of hurricanes toppled oil rigs between 2005-2008. [0] https://gcaptain.com/interesting-ship-versbar-heavy-lift-vessel/ https://gcaptain.com/interesting-ship-versbar-heavy-lift-ves...