Fife firms urged to act now to win work on upcoming decom project
An artist s impression of CessCon Decom s Fife facility.
“When you see an asset on the back of a ship, it’s too late.”
Fife firms are being encouraged to act now to become part of a decommissioning project coming to Methil.
CessCon Decom announced this month Energy Park Fife will welcome exploration and production firm Spirit Energy’s DP3 and DP4 platforms this year.
The project is expected to create between 30 and 50 new jobs.
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Will Rowley, interim managing director of Decom North Sea, said the time was now for local firms to get involved.
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On Air Next CessCon Decom has launched its new decommissioning facility at Energy Park Fife, Methil, after it was awarded Scotland s largest ever decommissioning contract.
The facility, which has been under construction for the past two years, was awarded its first contract last month.
CessCon Decom will process 23,000 tonnes of material through the onshore decommissioning, dismantlement, and recycling of Spirit Energy’s Morecambe Bay DP3 and DP4 facilities in the East Irish Sea.
The company says it secured the contract through a competitive tender process and work on the contract will begin immediately.
The first structures are due to arrive at the Energy Park Fife facility in early 2021.
Photo by Javier Allegue Barros on Unsplash.
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