Pioneering Spirit Topside Lift System Interface Design

Pioneering Spirit, Allseas newest vessel, is specialised in offshore platform installation and decommissioning. The goal of this research is to find a solution for the interface between the topside lifting system and platform jacket legs without the necessity of lengthy preparation work to platform. In a research regarding platforms...

Next Generation of Topside Lifting: The most cost effective modification to extend the platform capabilities of the Pioneering Spirit

In the last decades a lot of oil platforms have been built. According to Infield (Infield, 2015), there are over 800 oil platforms out in the ocean. These platforms need to be decommissioned at the end of their lifetime. The Pioneering Spirit (PS), is a state-of-the-art multi-purpose twin hull vessel with the capability to decommission and...