The world’s largest self-elevating, heavylift jackup has started its first project in the Southern North Sea after being delivered to owner Petrodec. The newly constructed heavylift jackup, named Obana, started work for Perenco UK on the Galahad platform on Block 48/12a, following the completion of final trials, including its first offshore full platform lift. After the removal of the topside and jacket, the vessel will be moved to the Amethyst field for the removal of the C1D, A2D, and B1D jackets, expected to be completed and offloaded in the Netherlands later this year. The vessel will then move onto contracts with other operators. The Obana was recently completed at the Damen Shipyard in Rotterdam. It is a six-legged jackup comprised of 85% recycled steel and was engineered by merging two repurposed former drilling rigs, the Brage and Gabrus, with a newly built mid-section constructed in Dubai. The jackup was built specifically to address complex and heavy decommissioning offshore work, in water depths of up to 65 meters. It is equipped with a 2,000-tonne crane and has 3,800 cu m and up to 12,000 tonnes of deck capacity equipped with roller systems capable of rearranging components on deck, so that multiple modules can be removed in a single campaign. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); }); TagsNetherlands United Kingdom