Transocean is to hold a public meeting about arrangements for the Dalmore oil rig to its final departure to a scrap yard.
Transocean to hold public meeting about oil rig's departure
9 September 2016
The stricken platform is due to head off to Turkey by early October.
Dave Walls, Transocean’s operations' director for its north west Europe operations, will be at the meeting along with UK Government's maritime salvage advisor, Hugh Shaw.
Sylvia Tervoort, the salvage master with Dutch firm, Smit Salvage, who successfully recovered the grounded oil rig will also attend.
Jim Mackie of Marine Scotland is due to give an update about the anti-
A representative from Offshore Heavy Lift should also be present.
The meeting will take place in the Nicolson Institute, Stornoway, at 7.30pm on Tuesday evening.
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The 65,000 tonne Hawk is returning from the Indian Ocean and is due to arrive in Scotland on Tuesday.
Prior to her final course for Lewis she is expected to refuel and change some crew in the Cromarty Firth.
The Transocean Winner rig will be floated onto the semi-
Pumping a constant flow of compressed air into the damaged compartments to force out seawater is the only thing presently preventing the oil rig from sinking.
The salvaged Transocean Winner platform is temporarily at anchor in Broad Bay in Lewis after being pulled off rocks in Dalmore on the west coast of the island.
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Some 25 bottom tanks were gashed and flooded with seawater during the collision with jagged rocks.
Representatives from the Hawk’s owners, Offshore Heavy Lift, have been on Lewis in recent days assess the extent of damage to the rig.
Two large underwater robots will be remotely operated from another ship, the Island Constructor, to cut off two thruster units protruding more than three metres under the rig’s legs. One was seriously damaged in the grounding and parts of it are lying in Dalmore Bay.
The 17,600 tonne platform will be welded to the deck of the ship -
