Pioneering Spirit removing the Yme topsides HD

[@rainierrothmann2126]

I cant wait to be joining this vessel this summer. I’m so excited to start my career on a vessel as amazing as the Pioneering Spirit.

[@trstnhn]

GL out there

[@PWARHOLM]

Having been part of the Generating Set development team for this vessel, It is great to see it in action! Congratulations with the well performed operation.

[@usefulcreativecontext]

However, the cements legs that are remaining in the north sea are not dangerous for the ship vessels? They can be removed?

[@wilmalindoor1811]

Absolutely genius design and engineering ! - thanks for the clip - I worked for a SA Oil Exploration company many years ago, never realised the magnitude of work, skills, knowledge, expertise involved in the operations of an oil rig! A mind-boggling priviledge to watch this clip. I take my hat off to everyone involved with these projects, far from home... in the middle of the ocean ! - well done.

[@lynxlynx1234]

That moment when the cutting of legs was done and they started lifting the platform in with the sound of church organs... MASTERPIECE!

[@Rozeg666]

Wow, it is indeed. Thanks for the heads up

[@b.p.879]

As a fan of large ships and engineering projects, this was really great to see!

[@Pyotr_Velikiy]

The most amazing vessel on this planet. Wow.

[@octaviomarquez9942]

El perfecto equilibrio y unión presisa una obra de arte tecnológico!!!! 👍👌💪

[@k1mgy]

BRAVO! Amazing engineering.

[@herbertgeusgen67]

Tolle Bilder und ein großartiges System was sich für größere Aufgaben empfiehlt.

[@DavidWood2]

The music from 7:54 to 9:24 is extracts from the final movement of Saint-Saëns' Symphony No. 3, known as the "Organ Symphony". I have no idea about the other music.

[@Rozeg666]

Thanks a lot!

[@edwinleslie1330]

Who and How did this amazing machine. Mind blowing. 😮

[@robertwayne352]

Ok, wise guy. What about the legs left behind? They just remain there as hazards to shipping? What happens to those? Put up caution tape and leave?

[@feonor26]

They'll be cut and removed by a different crew

[@aurelienclair4465]

Do you have a cutting tool to go underwater and cut the support too ?

[@tautliner52]

cannot wait to see it arrivehere in Anapa on our project

[@REALITY_ONLY_PLEASE]

Amazing engineering no doubt about it. I wonder if they will try to make the vessel remove Jackets also, as advertised. You get a lot of ship for $3 billion+

[@joshuacornell6667]

Hard to tell if it is there or not, but the backside is where the crane for lifting the jackets is located. But before they can do that process, the topside has to be transhandled to a transport barge, seeing the ship was built to commission and decommission and not actually transport the rigs.

[@j.w.vandenhurk7494]

The lifting of the jackets will be done by winches located on one of the lower decks at the aft of the vessel. Provisions have been made, but no equipment has been installed yet. Lifting can be done with a topside present, the Pioneering Spirit is perfectly capable of transporting topsides. The Yme was transported to Norway before being offloaded, as you can see in this video.

[@joshuacornell6667]

J.W. never said it can not carry the topside, it just as seen here can not place said topside on a dock directly and not many ports are wide if deep enough for the PS.

[@REALITY_ONLY_PLEASE]

There is a purpose built barge for topside transfer. side note, PS was cut down the middle and widened by 6 meters because the original barge was too small. you can see how the center-line of PS is isn't down the center anymore.

[@TheBomberdash]

Organ played in the finals! I almost cried!

[@kentlofgren]

I guess they spend a few hours planning this :-)

[@JoeOvercoat]

"A quick chat over a pint, and off we go! Right...?"

[@phamvu5066]

Incredible job!

[@jumpingjeffflash9946]

incredible engineering.

[@avinashdarekar2347]

Superb !How did they the cut the leg from inside ?

[@nraynaud]

I would say plasma torch 1) the plume of sparks goes outside while the worker is inside 2) that way when the weight crushes the cut kerf closed, no blade gets pinched. I'm curious about the pattern they used in cutting the legs, I guess it is a lego pattern that can only be disconnected by lifting up and can't slide laterally before it's time to remove the platform?

[@j.w.vandenhurk7494]

If you watch from 1:35 you see they are installling special cutting tools inside the legs. So there is no worker inside, it is an automated process.

[@joshuacornell6667]

nraynaud1, they are cutting it in a pattern similar to gear teeth commonly seen on many cogs, done this way top prevent premature dismanting since the cutting equipment inside is still in the way. J.W. van den Hurk, no there are personnel monitoring the cutting equipment which is being remotely controlled.

[@danielshaw4038]

Fascinating!

[@TubTubbie]

What about the legs that are still there under water. what do they do with it or how is it removed?

[@tappajaav]

They were pointing over the water and I think they left a (radio) beacon there to the top of the 4th leg

[@joshuacornell6667]

Well from as you saw after removal of the topside it was transferred to the transport barge so it could then turn around and remove the base called the "jacket"

[@j.w.vandenhurk7494]

The Pioneering Spirit will not remove the Yme-jacket.

[@joshuacornell6667]

I have little to no idea what is going to be done with the jacket or tower, perhaps maybe they will save it to add a new purpose topside in the future or just let it sit there and rust away,

[@Vmartin70EZ]

What was the offering to Poseidon to get his granting of calm seas in order to achieve this majestic operation?

[@danc8355]

The press releases for the first at-sea lifting operation actually say that the company wished for *rougher* seas, to best demonstrate the motion-compensation abilities of the Pioneering Spirit. (The operation in this video was the first commercial lift for PS, not the test/demonstration one). But, the final lift to separate the legs will be faster -- more like a few seconds, instead of ~1 minute, when the last bits of the pneumatic system are finished. So cool!

[@frankfedison5203]

We had to agree to never again let amber heard play mermaid.....

[@krisztianszirtes5414]

Any ideas about the music names? Mainly interested in the one from 2:30

[@Mr.Oblivian]

are any marker buoys dropped so that vessels dont run into the old legs?

[@lucianene7741]

The old legs will probably be lifted off the seabed and carried away too.

[@yuriyYur]

я работал на этом корабле немного в 2015 году

[@heartstall]

can workers stay on the platform while it's being removed?

[@ritid69]

kara_ara to much internet for you today....

[@heartstall]

@@ritid69 i have no idea how i ended up here lmao

[@waveoflight]

what sea is so calm that this can be done?

[@RustyPetterson]

The North Sea is quite often as smooth as a millpond during the summer!

[@allywright9540]

it was done in the north sea this year

[@cw7784]

What do they do with the legs left in the water

[@emrediki8684]

C W putt in youre ass

[@feonor26]

They cut them under water

[@cw7784]

@@feonor26 I know that part. But I guess they leave the restdien there and are not required to pull them up ?

[@feonor26]

@@cw7784 They are required to either remove them or fit them with beacons and radio signals. The latter is usually done on concrete GBS platforms only as those legs are next to impossible to remove without major damage to the surroundings. Steel jackets are cheaper to remove. They will typically use a tool called a guillotine saw and then lift the jacket to a barge for transport. You can also use a diamond wire for cutting, depends on the situation.

[@feonor26]

@@cw7784 Also notice that the wellhead was also left standing, so a jackup platform probably have to come and plug the wells too.

[@stevetritton3558]

Is this the unit that was never in operation due to grouting issues? What is the value of the topsides?

[@feonor26]

Yes, 1.4 billion USD worth of useless steel

[@barendbe]

what is the music senpai?

[@geot4647]

The platform legs are removed later?

[@joshuacornell6667]

Yep. But looks like the equipment to remove them was not installed on the ship, unless it already was but just hiding though they had to transfer the topside to the transporter barge before they could remove the "jacket"

[@j.w.vandenhurk7494]

There is no equipment installed yet, although it will be installed on a lower deck, so it will be hardly visible from the outside. The topside can remain on the vessel when lifting jackets.

[@joshuacornell6667]

From the animations I had seen the jacket crane is visible, but those are just visuals to give us an idea of how it lifts and transports the piece. They did widen the overall and between the hulls to accommodate for wider topsides. Who is to say they came up with a way to sort of hide the jacket crane, while the lifting beams are most visible. Of course the jacket crane is not visibly installed yet, so it is likely it is removable for when not needed when laying pipeline.

[@PWARHOLM]

Does anyone know why the legs are cut in a tooth pattern - not just a straight cut?

[@joshuacornell6667]

From the History or Discovery documentary on oil rigs i watched a few weeks ago, its cut in a keyway or gear pattern to prevent it from sliding off due to the waves. Never underestimate the hydro power of water. Makes sense even when using a purpose built ship to remove since the ship is being tossed about despite its thrusters keeping it quite stable and the lifting beams holding fastly onto the topside.

[@SousTerre1]

Peter Warholm what did them and how were the cuts made?

[@PWARHOLM]

Ian did you watch the film? Looks like the cutter robot that was put down inside the leg to me ... Either oxyacetylene (or possibly laser cutter)

[@SousTerre1]

Peter Warholm yes I watched it, not sure what that was implying as you went on to answer my question anyway. Thank you though, I just couldn't figure out how it would be suspended inside the leg or cut with such efficiency.

[@PWARHOLM]

See from 1:30 there the 'cutting tools' sre placed

[@toreibjo]

Spitzenklasse-engineering!

[@wayneda4443]

How far down to a main shut off on Rio jauairo well an good rig work a wildcatter

[@npasam]

i saw a great engineering but i didnt understand was that two ship and those ship took from the middle of sea and why they brought to land?

[@sergiowestlopez]

Excelente. Ya 😎 👍

[@feonor26]

1.4 billion USD worth of platform that never was used due to incompetent engineering. If you were involved in building of this project, keep it away from your CV.

[@michaelphilipse5108]

Sad to see this platform end its short life like this..

[@JoeOvercoat]

I cannot think of a classier way to end it, though.

[@kunstsein]

The point of this technology is to move the platform to an other spot, where it can be set up again and continue with its work. Not to destroy it. Or do you know for a fact that this rig was dismantled for good?

[@JustinBellingerTV]

Due to be dismantled and recycled. Around 97% of these rigs is recyclable.

[@atacan3611]

Michael Philipse no bro do not be sad it is living. It passed from Bosphorus (Turkey/Istanbul) in 3 may 2018.

[@lucianene7741]

It's not the platform but the oil/gas site that ends its life by depletion.

[@Victor_Fontenele]

impressive!

[@อดิศักดิ์ลิมปิวัฒน์-ท7บ]

thank's

[@JRvonP]

very impressive

[@LCdrDerrick]

Now that's a proper Bond villain ship! Stealing other peoples oil and gas rigs or radar stations, whatever

[@On.Air.27]

Solitaire video have the same music :)

[@asterixen-bretana2168]

wonderful¡¡¡

[@Bfff629]

I am on that ship now...fucking monsta

[@JoeOvercoat]

Wow.

[@REALITY_ONLY_PLEASE]

Can someone explain how this ship will make money? By next year they must owe $4 billion. Keeping in mind she can't work in bad weather and is expected to operate in The North Sea.

[@REALITY_ONLY_PLEASE]

Jeremy Yamada it has cost over $3 billion to build. That ship is expected to make a profit. Therefore it must charge for its services. They borrow money and the pay interest just like buying a car. Only they don't get the good interest rates we see in the USA. I think that ship costs at least $150 million per day just sitting around. It can only work in the North Sea about 25% of the time due to weather constrictions. So how much do you charge if you only Decom one rig every year? If your only paying 5% the loan payoff is over 5 billion. I'm not 100% on this but i can add and this doesn't add up.

[@On.Air.27]

Good info. Thanks

[@JustinBellingerTV]

It's a secured (on the ship) bond, so $150,000,000 per year (not day) meets the interest - or $410,959 per day. The cost of the underlying capital will be amortised over the life of the ship, say 20 years - which adds the same cost per day as the interest payments. So, a tad over $820,000 per day in costs - the ship also lays huge pipelines under-sea, so they are probably charging out at $5 - $7m per day minimum - to allow for the fact that the ship is not deployable 365. Also remember, if the ship is booked, the customer still pays if the weather prevents use. Most customers will take out insurance against this. It's a lot of money, but a lot of work ahead over the next decade or so, as nearly 500 rigs are due to be decommissioned over that time in the North Sea alone. I suspect they'll turn a profit.

[@ritid69]

Stewart L it removes more than one rig a year, it installs them also.... oh, and lays cables

[@REALITY_ONLY_PLEASE]

richard coulson it cost $3.2 billion it has removed just the topsides of I think 4 rigs so far and it lays pipe, not a big deal. What is the payment on $3.2 billion? Way more than they are making that’s for sure. Take another swing.

[@LawrenceCarlson-z4m]

Sipes Harbor

[@wayneda4443]

To remove Rio jauairo well ten million

[@SWSimpson]

It is really amazing what human beings can do together... and then there's donald trump.

[@markschenher4559]

Bravo, turn a video with no connection to politics at all into a vehicle to virtue signal your distaste for President Trump

[@TakTawatchai]

Why always him

[@core5411]

fuck off

[@พรโชคอนันต์พรจิรัฐติกาล-ณ5ฟ]

เน้นงานที่น่าสนใจและเป็นงานที่ท้าทายให้กับผู้ประกอบการที่ดีและต้องมีคุณสมบัติถึงจะทำได้ครับ

[@friiseren]

I hope they skrap that shit platform fast .

[@얼로솟날이]

It is made in korea .

[@gearardbaclason8108]

I hate that, s job is vry dangerous

[@geot4647]

Too bad this can't be done with eyesore wind turbines, which are designed to sit for decades and rust for decades more.

[@JoeOvercoat]

No more so than the rig in the video, above. Indeed, they are already building specialized boats to service windmills, but of course, the ones taking them down will be much smaller than this beast.

[@joshuacornell6667]

They use floating cranes to remove broken or irreparable wind towers in a similar manner, look up "taklift wind turbine".

[@JoeOvercoat]

Joshua Cornell But of course, a floating sheerleg crane vessel, naturally. ;)

[@Wookey.]

An offshore turbine weighs a few hundred tons, not over ten thousand, so can be dealt with by rather smaller machinery.

[@mattie666]

Its a cool film bud the music sucks

[@leopoldlansvander2676]

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