How to Deconstruct a 27,000 Tonne Giant - Brent Alpha

Our new film reveals each challenging stage of dismantling Shell’s #Brent Alpha oil and gas platform, one of four Brent Field oil and gas rigs #Shell is decommissioning.
Working against the elements in this remote part of the North Sea, a crack team test ingenious engineering solutions specifically designed to remove the rig for recycling. Dangling just five metres above the waves, rope access technicians use blowtorches to slice through Alpha’s legs to free its 17,000-tonne platform.
To do the heavy lifting, Shell call’s in the world’s largest construction vessel, #PioneeringSpirit, and lifts the platform with a huge set of pincers. Next the team must slice through Alpha’s steel legs and support structure - its giant upper jacket - 85 metres under water with the world’s largest diamond cutter. Lifting the giant jacket requires the largest crane vessel on the planet, the #Sleipnir, which must undertake the heaviest single jacket lift in history.
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[@trevorzzealley2670]

I`m impressed at the tech advances made since the original days. For me it was seeing the hull designs that can ride out the swell conditions. In the past the crane hooks used to pendulum . Those moving hooks and slings caused to many injuries . But now I can watch as the swell flows beneath the work deck .

[@ashishaggarwal8640]

impressive video! Great to see how Shell optimized on offshore manhours by innovating on topsides cutting!! A good learning for anyone interested in decom!!

[@juliette13101]

I can’t believe I just bingewatched videos about oil platforms but honestly this is so cool! 😂 so interesting and the amount of coordination and innovation is just awesome

[@XZR5killz]

You have some nice content on your channel.

[@ayshaahmed248]

SAMEEEE 😭😭😭

[@LuqmanKajee]

hahahha I thought I was the only person doing that

[@emgee44]

Ditto

[@marcusfuentes8641]

Place breather on through chemical ice molecules(air) to quickly clear it.

[@amazingtimes8692]

Tysm! I couldn't figure it out myself, this tutorial is very helpful.

[@hhand04]

😂💀💀

[@raysshine3504]

The 80 dislikes are from chevron and British petroleum employees.

[@raysshine3504]

@Zain Alvaro Dude I dont have insta

[@vimukthijayakody5010]

How they even made this 40 years before man

[@KieranHD]

It's quite something to think about how many people are involved and the sheer scale of the technology to achieve something like this.

[@gordonrobertson2448]

I started my career at Methil in 1974 right out of high school and worked on the construction of the Brent Alpha. Much has changed for both me and the Alpha. I too am retired but I am not quite ready to be recycled yet. Very nostalgic. Good bye old friend.

[@Ugochinyerecyrine]

When people, process and technology meets we achieve more. Am proud of shell

[@jasontang9536]

Yeah our yard built the Heerema

[@johnminshell6532]

Can’t wait to see the last Wind Turbine taken out of the sea . But then what to do with them.?

[@AgricultureTechUS]

Well done. Good clear voice-over, great photography, and editing. You have a new subscriber

[@WhisperedDreams951]

So sad to see where I spent so much of my time and labour meet her demise - goodbye Alpha (ex Deutag Drilling).

[@thedutchgamer3469]

Ive seen the sliepnir by my own in Rotterdam

[@davidloader424]

Did view and intended to show Brent Decom at OES film evening. A Very good film as this one but had to gauge audience concentration 80min limit and overall content and who sponsored us . A lot of material in public domain now . Which l am pleased about. I learn a lot from this films having worked in T &I 6y and Offshore arena for many years . Previously relied on Client Rep and had to obtaining approvals. Labour intensive now media manager in each company. I did in put some videos from Repsol Work valuable to me Chipirón Subsea , Prestige Wreck Oil Recovery two part. At SASP was in team Decom of Esso Odin in the team

[@exactingbirdy]

I call dibs on the steel

[@ChuckWolber]

Shell missed an opportunity to make a hilarious joke here. They should have "accidentally" left a single grounding wire in place that held strong during the lift.

[@christopherbentley5216]

Worked on survey for the FLAGS Pipeline and Choctaw 2 in1976 for the inshore section. Never worked on Semac 1 though.

[@الحقوالنفط]

👍💯👍💯We stand by our promises to you and we will never know betrayal as long as we live, God Almighty willing ✌

[@qazinazirbaig4522]

this in really amazing and I am glad that the man who was the part the erection of this plant is my boss Now.

[@solorclips9672]

one of those ships probably polute the same in one day than all the cars on earth in 1 year, and the gov tryna tax me saying they wanna be more eco friendly.

[@Rocky18200]

Number 1 Brand. But in Bangladesh this product needs to increase marketing promotion. its very awesome lubricant. we love it.❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@marcusfuentes8641]

Cut ANY trashy mud with sphere (spear) and defend wifh sphere again to defend spotted mud

[@annefrea88k]

Im very proud of the dutch people, almost every of these water involving projects has dutch brains behind it (the bore platform removals, dubai manmade islands, airport manmade islands, etc etc)

[@markmark2080]

The size and scale of the tackle (and everything else) takes your breath away...

[@Polk811]

My dad was on that rig for 30 years 😢

[@johibbert9735]

I was on the Shell tanker SS Drupa in the 1980s

[@johibbert9735]

The Drupa did many trips to the Brent Spar which your Dad I am sure will remember too

[@za7v9ier]

Shell always make good films

[@davidloader424]

Castellated cuts we used on Esso Odin one of first Decom jobs

[@RD-ox3ce]

I worked on Alpha Bravo and Charlie in the 90,s

[@TheRealMahalo27]

Good job Shell. 👍🏻

[@scottholman3982]

Is good to know that we are cleaning up the mess we made in the North Sea. Removing these platforms is an expensive, dangerous job, but must be done to allow safe navigation.

[@markknoop6283]

Yeah how many ships sailed into the drll platforms.

[@liubomyrroshko2266]

Does Russian oil smell like Ukrainian blood?

[@TheWarffMeister]

propaganda

[@libenasukro]

Fantastic engineering and coordination and ingenuity. Amazing videos.

[@jumpingjeffflash9946]

i want to see how Troll A will be removed.

[@willsalazarramirez5139]

cix 🇵🇪 in red and black 🇳🇱 🎅

[@vice.nor.virtue]

HI CAN I HAVE A JOB DOING THIS PLEASE

[@biffgate-ii7od]

課題やまほどあったんだハロペリドール飲んで眠っている時間はない

[@abdallahdeeq9691]

i enjoyed watching this

[@مجهولالهوية-ه8ص]

Great and elaborate work, but the safety rate is low. The crane should have been installed first and then shredded, because it is possible that natural factors may cause danger.

[@marcusfuentes8641]

Place rocket flare thrust in water with clean pit to see fumes turn into a rocket thrust ball move out of water

[@wahyusekop.4332]

Thr safely technique removing Top Side... Good removing Top Side... 👍👍👍👍👍

[@ben10dev]

They should have contacted Dr Hank Pym.

[@kanikamehra8200]

WOW ... awestruck!

[@marcusfuentes8641]

Then close them back

[@marcusfuentes8641]

Let pressure out 3 times

[@WinterRoom]

what were those sphere like stuff on the bottom of the legs when they lifted it out? are they some kind of coral? they looked really huge, i wonder how big they were really.

[@jordanbuechler5143]

You’re correct, large coral growth

[@jhonatan.osorio6891]

Los trabajos más bonitos de la vida Y lo mas peligroso Cuando uno arriesga la vida

[@charlenemartin5899]

How much bigger is the mars oilrig in gulf of mexico us waters

[@zne29m37]

The rope access lads where abseiling wrong down them legs and unsafe.

[@armijinyawa]

Well done Team Shell👍👍

[@marcusfuentes8641]

Do not open Bop yet

[@arthitpunpinij]

Dice the Brent alpha very nicely and put into a pan until caramelised.

[@Brandon68plus1]

So the remainder of the legs just stay in ocean?

[@bury._.]

what happened to the lower jacket?

[@elizabethwinsor-strumpetqueen]

Probably just left there - not many ships with a draft of 80m ....

[@grobbler1]

The Lazy 'A'

[@raysshine3504]

I love the floating LNG facility humanity brain power if they put commitment.

[@larrykay6606]

Very goo

[@marcusfuentes8641]

FROM BOP

[@balachdr5]

Fantastic feat

[@indrojeet7987]

hrima making to singapure sambcrop marrine

[@wahyusekop.4332]

Im exciting with this technique remove

[@lesjohnston6975]

Not sure if you should be proud of something that has been destroyed, I was and am proud to have been part of the construction of these jackets and topsides in shipyards and then on the hookups to see them being removed and dismantled is not a good thing, and also the revenue that from these assets has been lost, we will never see the fantastic engineering and ingenuity that went into building these fantastic structures ever again, not something to celebrate

[@Julioc_dias]

Amazing

[@ГТАФОРЕВА]

The wide-eyed wallet observationally impress because patricia notably ski outside a oceanic hobbies. shut, chemical middle

[@georgn8108]

👎👎👎🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@SirJerro]

Man i could watch this all day

[@marysandra6753]

Very educative

[@UrisethSantillan]

🏆

[@cascaderails9340]

3:03 That voice crack though

[@laika3848]

Bravo, terrible et nice job. Beau travail

[@IgorVanLoon]

What happens with the part stil in the water?

[@3niknicholson]

It's not a bad idea to leave a place where the fish can be safe from the fishing boats, and cold water corals can grow. They actually help a diversity of sea life grow and survive.

[@marcusfuentes8641]

Let it grow

[@randompeople4398]

Amazing megaship

[@ioanbota9397]

I love this

[@kieronsimons5679]

This oil rig is currently in a port in my home town

[@TheManiacNathan]

They can not do every thing with it, because it is full of asbestos

[@cc-xu5tr]

@@TheManiacNathan yep, and guess how much, ill relpy when u guess so im not giving it away right away

[@tully135f]

W

[@azarmohammed6759]

Really amazing

[@weetv69]

Really like to work with this kind of company. I apply for 3 times and got denied 3 years ago. Now i am working with biogas plant. Hope i can hop in someday! Prayers and best wishes to everyone!

[@Wizzy959]

Don't know what line of work you're in, but maybe try Boskalis. They do a variety of things that support the Offshore Oil and Gas World.

[@geomodelrailroader]

Bravo and Delta have been sent to the scrapyard in Harpole now Alpha and Charlie are up it is time to scrap them too. First on the list is Alpha this one is solid steel so both the rig and the jacket will be taken up and scrapped. Charlie is made of concrete so all they have to do is is cut the rig and lift it off and fill the legs and the cells with concrete and sand and abandon them turning it into a beacon tower.

[@alfiembra]

You are talking nonsense, as someone that worked on the Brent decommissioning project for Shell in Aberdeen I can tell you that only the gravity base structure and legs are concrete. The topsides are steel the same as all the other Brent platforms. Once the topsides are removed they do not fill the legs with sand or anything else, they are flooded with seawater and the legs are capped with concrete slabs that have navigation aids fitted to them. Do not comment on things you clearly know very little about.

[@sonijnvu396]

👌🤘

[@madhuk6663]

I am proud of what Shell does

[@sundarrn4438]

Well done Team Shell! 👏

[@ikbefalleenopdinsdagx]

Shell moet kapot

[@markknoop6283]

Hou jij maar het beffen bezig

[@James-ze1ni]

Awesome video... would love to work on oil rigs one day

[@raysshine3504]

North sea draining and synthetic oil is becoming a thing (artificial oil)

[@markknoop6283]

The biggest diamond wire cutter. I think the diamond wire cutter used by Mammoet to cut the kursk was a bit bigger.

[@shaneward6689]

I guess we could think of it as the largest single assembly diamond wire cutter, the one used on the Kursk was obviously made up a few very large unconnected pieces, being the two suction components and then the wire, but I see your point. More like the world's largest underwater bandsaw

[@azathoth01]

Alright but this is cool

[@joehoe222]

Just continue to ruin the earth somewhere else...

[@dustfloow6557]

Think about why this thing was created in the first place and think about how much cheap oil your family has been using. Who should be blamed?

[@raysshine3504]

Without oil we would go back to monke

[@raysshine3504]

@@markknoop6283 They make a profit from selling the scrap metal

[@hertzwave8001]

@@raysshine3504 reject society

[@raysshine3504]

@@hertzwave8001 Huh???????????????????????????????????????

[@cc-xu5tr]

i have mixed feelings about this, while yes they did the right thing removing the rigs, i feel as though they could have left more of the support, there was so much growing on the support structure that called it home for a while, but its nice that they left some of it though

[@sonix7119]

HUM... AND... THERE... WE....GO.............