Redrobbie99 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Looks like they are having second thoughts about decommissioning rigs . http://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/energy/removing-old-north-sea-rigs-wasting-money-1-4045648 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOINER Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 yup, a rotting oil rig hulk is just the same as a rotting hulk of a ship wreck, it rusts away and acts as a reef for the fish. i say blow them up. shetlandcars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tiodylb17 Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 (edited) That's a very stupid thing to suggest joiner, you cant just blow them up ! Edited March 10, 2016 by tiodylb17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Looks like they are having second thoughts about decommissioning rigs . http://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/energy/removing-old-north-sea-rigs-wasting-money-1-4045648 Greenpeace's latest fund raiser, now that they don't have so much to be indignant about in the Arctic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorrie Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 yup, a rotting oil rig hulk is just the same as a rotting hulk of a ship wreck, it rusts away and acts as a reef for the fish. i say blow them up. Good idea, but the problem is that you can't just let rip in situ. The modules would have to be taken to a decommissioning site, stripped out, all contaminants and everything else removed to take them back to metal - then taken back out and sunk. Which is what the original plan was anyway, with extra work thrown in to take it back out to sea for sinking. Acid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOINER Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 it could save cash stripping the rig at sea of all non bio degradable stuff and get a supply boat to pull on one of the piles and away she goes. a peeree home for the fishes. or just blow the thing up to break down the main component to aid its decay , less of an obstruction for fishing boats.Could be a method in the madness, nothing is impossible these dayS, especiALY SAVING MONEY BETTER SPENT. I still say blow the ****** thing up, scuttle them just like a ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Burra Shop Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 They toppled the Piper A by blowing her legs and by all accounts a very habitable reef has formed. Clean them up an blow them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redrobbie99 Posted March 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 According to the BBC they plan to scrap 150 north sea rigs in the next 10 years . http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-35512217 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Burra Shop Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 (edited) I doubt there will be that many big rigs getting dismantled, a fair few unmanned platforms in the southern north sea at the end of their life though.But whatever the number you can be assured it would be a lot less if they had maintained them better. those that are getting decommissioned are not for a lack of oil but for the dangerous state they're in. Edited March 11, 2016 by Da Burra Shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOINER Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 I canna help imagining norscot filled with windmills, wind turbines being shipped all over the world, built in shetland.Built with the money saved instead of decommissioning the brutes.Whenever ive been along to shetland composites , i know that there is the expertise and the labour force, why not.Its a pity because it would heme-rage cash flow in to the local shetland economy, not any single person get rich but every one would do well out of it.As well as that it wouldnt have to happen all at once, they could have spunn it out to last.The difference is a carrier bag full of nitro glycerin as apposed to many thousand gallons of marine fuel burnt, man hours, red tape for the pen pushers, not to mention norscot looking like a dump and the pummeling the roads would get.We already know that the value of scrap here in shetland is crap because of the shipping costs, so why do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capeesh Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 ^^^Far more likely to see wind turbines built in China at a fraction of the cost.Thanks to geography Shetland is closer to the North Sea than China so any decommissioning work will hopefully benefit the Shetland economy.I'm sure the oil companies would love to wriggle out of decommissioning costs after they've sucked £Billions in profits out of the North Sea, I hope it's done properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redrobbie99 Posted March 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 (edited) Many of the oil tankers get scrapped in Pakistan because of the cheap labor there even the Chinese cannot compete with them . http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2324339/Worlds-biggest-ship-graveyard--huge-tankers-cruise-liners-scrapped-shorefront-workers-toil-2-day.html Edited March 12, 2016 by Redrobbie99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOINER Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 I thought shetland was competing with other places for decommissioning the rigs,and failing. as for china, i winda buy a bike pump with made in china on it. you get what you pay for, simple economics just accept a pay off and invest in renewable s hens the lesser need for fossil fuels , that should keep the SNP happy,me happy, the oil guys happy, the anti fracking crew not to mention the S.I.C and the fishes.Dont let the indians get the chance to under cut the chinese in a under cutting bidding war when the shetlanders can make a go of things and probably out do every body else for quality and excellence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capeesh Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 ^^^ You're right, I googled where the Shell owned Brent platforms are being decommissioned and it's in Teeside, no guarantees any of the rig decommissioning will benefit Shetland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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