Veolia-Peterson, a joint venture between Veolia and Peterson, has accepted the first offshore structure into its Great Yarmouth decommissioning facility.
The Shell Leman BH platform accommodation block (known as the ‘topside’) arrived in the harbour on 11 July; the 50m-high steel jacket structure that supported the topside is due to follow shortly.
The contract was awarded to the joint venture by Boskalis, which is responsible for offshore removal and transport operations. Veolia-Peterson’s facility will manage the deconstruction and recycling of both topside and jacket structures, comprising around 1,600 tonnes of materials and assets.
Estelle Brachlianoff, senior executive vice-president of Veolia UK and Ireland, said: “There are valuable assets in our seas; by decommissioning these platforms, we can unlock resources to give them a second, third or even fourth life.”