Veolia blows legs off UK’s industrial past.
Veolia has carried out the successful collapse of the Ninian North oil platform. The explosive event took place at the Dales Voe decommissioning facility in Shetland that is operated by Veolia and Peterson.
Built in Scotland in 1978, the Ninian platform is a 14,200 tonne steel structure that was delivered on eight legs each around 30 metres high. The structure arrived at Dales Voe back in August last year, and the Veolia decommissioning team has since decontaminated the structure.
The explosive demolition – which was assisted by PDC – was designed to reduce the height of the structure to allow it to be demolished safely by excavator.
Veolia is expecting to recycle as much as 97 percent of the structure during a demolition phase that is expected to last several months.
