Shell hoping impact of decommissioning project will be felt far beyond Brent
In the year since the Brent Delta platform came ashore for dismantling, its past and present owners have found there isn’t much that can’t be reused or given away.
The Brent Delta platform with the flare stack and most of the accommodation block dismantled.
Written by Mark Lammey –
Bedding to an animal charity, mattresses and furniture to people in need, and emergency Marks and Spencer tinned food supplies to food banks – just about everything is of value to someone.
Pumps are being refurbished and 4,400 tonnes of steel has been cut up into “coupons” ready to be sold.
Current owner Able UK is even selling the sand it dug up when it was strengthening the quayside which would receive Brent Delta at its yard in Hartlepool.