UK-based marine recycling specialist Able has won contracts from Allseas to dismantle, reuse, and recycle topsides from TAQA’s Cormorant Alpha and Tern platforms.
The company will take delivery of the topsides at its Teesside facility at Able Seaton Port from 2027 onwards.
Up to 97% of the recovered topsides’ materials will be reused or recycled, making this Able’s most significant North Sea topside decommissioning project to date.
According to the company, dismantling of the combined 47,500-tonne weight of the Cormorant Alpha and Tern topsides will also generate substantial economic activity and long-term employment opportunities across Teesside.
“This is in line with the North Sea Transition Deal, in which the UK’s oil and gas industry pledged to support the country’s suppliers by giving them a fair share of decommissioning work, and we hope to see further onshore dismantling work being entrusted to the UK’s highly skilled supply chain,” said Pauline Innes, director of supply chain and decommissioning at the North Sea Transition Authority.
TAQA awarded Allseas a decommissioning contract to remove the Eider Alpha, Tern Alpha, North Cormorant, and Cormorant Alpha platforms back in 2022. Work on those projects is underway.
In September, TAQA turned to Allseas again and awarded it a contract for the removal of the Brae Alpha platform in the UK Central North Sea.
