Aberdeen student awarded for recycled oil rig building design
A Robert Gordon University (RGU) student has won a prestigious architectural award for an innovative building design made from recycled oil rigs.
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Plan to turn surplus oil rigs into floating missile bases
Naval architecture group Gibbs & Cox has floated a plan to convert old oil rigs into missile defence platforms and resupply bases.
‘End economic growth or end the planet’ – XR stage protest in front of oil rig in Highlands
Climate campaigners staged a demonstration in the highlands yesterday against a perceived lack of action on rising sea levels.
Dozens of oil rigs sold for scrapping in 2020 – Bassoe
Dozens of oil rigs were sold for scrapping in 2020 as the drilling sector dealt with the impacts of Covid-19, according to market-watcher Bassoe Offshore.
UK Government mulled using North Sea platforms for processing asylum seekers, report says
The UK Home Office considered putting asylum seekers on decommissioned North Sea oil platforms for “processing”, a news report said.
Offshore rigs need scrapped to end industry’s ‘bankruptcy nightmare’ – Bassoe
Scrapping of offshore oil rigs needs to be significantly ramped up in order to end the “bankruptcy nightmare” of their owners, according to Bassoe Offshore.
UK operators will ‘struggle’ to find rigs for North Sea work in 2021 – Bassoe
UK operators will "struggle” to find semi-submersible rigs for work in the North Sea next year, according to new analysis.
Cromarty Firth boss counters oil rig complaints: ‘Residents chose to live by industrial port’
A Cromarty Firth boss has replied to rising oil rig noise complaints, saying residents “have chosen to live on the shores of a busy, industrial port”.
Cromarty Firth oil rig complaints spike as downturn puts vessels out of work
Complaints of the “blight” of oil rigs in the Cromarty Firth spiked over the last month as the industry downturn forced vessels out of work.
Transocean safety in the spotlight
THERE have been more than 100 safety incidents in the last three years on oil rigs in UK waters owned by the same firm as the Deepwater Horizon platform which exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, official figures revealed yesterday.