382m long
Pioneering Spirit
With a width of 124m the deck could accommodate three football pitches
298.5m high
Brent Delta
324m
Eiffel Tower
The ship is the largest vessel ever built, and is designed for the single-lift removal of large oil and gas platforms
How the Pioneering Spirit
will lift Delta platform
The removal of the entire 24,000-tonne topside of the Delta platform will be attempted in one go. It will be the heaviest ever single lift, and only the second for the vessel
Top view
Oil rig
1 The twin-hulled vessel straddles the oil rig and the legs of the platfom are cut
Side view
Lifting beams
Oil rig
2 The entire topside of the oil rig is removed in a single lift using eight horizontal lifting beams
382m long
Pioneering Spirit
With a width of 124m the deck could accommodate three football pitches
298.5m high
Brent Delta
324m
Eiffel Tower
The ship is the largest vessel ever built, and is designed for the single-lift removal of large oil and gas platforms
How the Pioneering Spirit will lift Delta platform
The removal of the entire 24,000-tonne topside of the Delta platform will be attempted in one go. It will be the heaviest ever single lift, and only the second for the vessel
Top view
Side view
Oil rig
Lifting beams
Oil rig
1 The twin-hulled vessel straddles the oil rig and the legs of the platfom are cut
2 The entire topside of the oil rig is removed in a single lift using eight horizontal lifting beams