Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit delivers 516-tonne unit to CNOOC’s Buzzard platform
Allseas’ heavy lift colossus Pioneering Spirit has delivered the new module for CNOOC International’s Buzzard Phase II development in the North Sea’s Outer Moray Firth, east of Scotland.Read more
[VIDEO] Aker BP, Allseas remove Valhall QP jacket
The removal of the jacket on Valhall QP has been completed by Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit and Aker Solutions in Stord recently.Read more
Pioneering Spirit lays over five kilometres of Baltic gas pipeline a day
According to Allseas, daily production rates on the Pioneering Spirit exceed expectation with the vessel able to install more than five kilometres of the Baltic gas pipeline every day. The 105-kilometre-long 32-inch Baltic Pipe is...Read more
[VIDEO] Pioneering Spirit’s new jacket lift system nears completion
OffshoreAllseas is equipping its mega heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit with a second unique lift system. It is capable of removing and installing complete offshore jackets weighing up to 20,000 tonnes in one go. After...Read more
[VIDEO] How the Pioneering Spirit removed 27,000 tonnes of steel from Danish waters
During last summer, Allseas sent its mega heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit into the Danish part of the North Sea for a processing and accommodation topsides and flare jackets removal campaign. In total, 27,000 tonnes...Read more
Pioneering Spirit to remove two platforms in the Irish Sea
DecommissioningPRESS RELEASE – Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit will travel to the Irish Sea this year to remove two normally unmanned installations in the East Irish Sea. The 11,000-tonne platforms owned by Spirit Energy are used to...Read more
Pioneering Spirit lifts 14,200-tonne Ninian Northern platform
OffshorePRESS Release – Allseas’ heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed her third and final decommissioning job of 2020, a single-lift removal of the North Sea’s 14,200-tonne Ninian Northern topsides for CNR International (CNRI). Read moreAllseas removes 27,000 tonnes of topsides and jackets from North Sea
DecommissioningPRESS RELEASE – Allseas’ heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed a processing and accommodation topsides and flare jackets removal campaign as part of the Tyra Redevelopment Project for Total E&P Denmark.Read more
Plans for larger ‘Pioneering Spirit’ shelved indefinitely
OffshoreOffshore contractor Allseas has postponed the announced construction of a larger successor to the offshore platform remover Pioneering Spirit indefinitely. Before the corona crisis and the implosion of the oil price, the huge vessel was...Read more
Allseas removes third platform from Brent field
DecommissioningPRESS RELEASE – Allseas’ heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed its first decommissioning job of this summer, the single-lift removal of Shell UK’s Brent Alpha platform from the North Sea. Read more
Allseas to lay up vessels and dismiss several hundred crew
Oil & GasOffshore contractor Allseas will reduce its workforce by 300 in the course of 2020, which will mostly impact its vessels’ crews. The company says it is forced to do so due to the low oil...Read more
Allseas’ giant offshore vessels meet in Rotterdam for the first time
Offshore For the first time ever, the world’s two largest pipelay vessels Solitaire and Pioneering Spirit are together in Rotterdam. Both vessels are owned by Allseas. The Solitaire arrived in Rotterdam after completing work for Equinor’s...Read moreAllseas to remove 35,300 tonnes of topsides and jackets from North Sea
DecommissioningPRESS RELEASE – Allseas has been contracted to remove a total of 35,300 tonnes in topsides and jackets from the Norwegian North Sea. Platform preparations are scheduled to commence later this year and part of...Read more
Video: Pioneering Spirit’s new Jacket Lift System explained
Heavy-liftingAllseas’ record-breaking construction vessel Pioneering Spirit will soon be able to remove and install jackets weighing up to 20,000 tonnes in a single lift. Systems and parts of the new Jacket Lift System are taking...Read more
Allseas bags another decommissioning contract
DecommissioningAllseas has bagged another platform decommissioning contract. The company will remove Repsol Norge’s Gyda Platform, which is located in the Norwegian North Sea. The platform will possibly be reused. The contract covers both the 18,000 tons...Read more
Lift capacity Pioneering Spirit to be increased
Pioneering SpiritAllseas is planning to increase the lift capacity of its flagship Pioneering Spirit. The current maximum lift capacity is to be increased from 48,000 to 60,000 tonnes, reports PCJ’s Dutch sister publication Nieuwsblad Transport. Details of...Read morePioneering Spirit repeats fast lift with 25,000-tonne Brent Bravo platform
With another nine-second fast lift, Allseas’ heavy lift and pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit has removed the 25,000-tonne Brent Bravo topsides from the North Sea. The move took place last week at the Brent oil and...Read more