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Allseas’ dynamically positioned single-lift platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel “Pioneering Spirit” successfully executed her maiden heavy lift project, removal of the 13,000 t Yme mobile offshore platform unit (MOPU) in the North Sea, 100 km off the coast of Norway, on 22 August 2016.
This important milestone marks the successful completion of Allseas’ removal scope for the Yme Removal Project for Repsol Norge AS.
The Yme MOPU is a jack-up type platform standing on three steel legs of 3.5 m diameter, which are inserted approximately 10 m inside the subsea storage tank columns at 93 m water depth. During the platform removal, Allseas was able to demonstrate the unique single-lift capabilities of “Pioneering Spirit”. The platform has since been sea-fastened on board and the vessel is currently on her way to a newly developed dismantling yard in Lutelandet, Norway.
“I am very proud that “Pioneering Spirit” has performed the Yme platform removal with technical perfection and that everything went exactly as planned,” said Allseas President Edward Heerema. “Once again, Allseas has proven itself to be a true pioneer of offshore engineering. From today, “Pioneering Spirit” marks a new era in the heavy lifting industry.”