Cromarty Firth marks offshore rig milestone
Offshore staff
INVERGORDON, UK — Port of Cromarty Firth in northeast Scotland has logged its 750th visit by a drilling rig to the facility’s deep, sheltered waters.
Well-Safe Solutions decommissioning semisubmersible Well-Safe Defender is undergoing maintenance and repair works in the firth after completing a plug-and-abandonment project.
Cromarty Firth has performed inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) of semisubs and jackups since 1978, when the Transworld 78 arrived in the firth for a 33-day stay.
The rig, later renamed the North Sea Pioneer, returned to the firth for preparations for further IRM projects in 1984 and 1988.
04.08.2024
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