Explore: Brent Spar (offshore Oil Platform)

Brent Spar, known as Brent "E", was a North Sea oil storage and tanker loading buoy in the Brent oilfield, operated by Shell UK. With the completion of

A spar is a marine structure, used for floating oil/gas platforms. Named after navigation channel Spar buoys, spar platforms were developed as an extreme

dynamic positioning. They may also be called an oil rig, offshore platform, or oil production platform. Jan Józef Ignacy Łukasiewicz (Polish pronunciation:

construction. The "spar" design of this installation led to the name by which it became the best known of the Brent installations (outside the oil industry).

production in the mid-1980s De Ruyter oil field - most recent offshore oil development (2006) Hanze oil field - most northern oil field in the Dutch sector (2001)

single buoy moorings (e.g. the famous Brent Spar), etc. The 1973 oil crisis severely hit IHC Holland's offshore activities. The construction shop / shipyard

particularly the possible pollution caused by the proposed disposal of the Brent Spar platform into the North Sea. Despite support from the UK government, Shell

Installing the pylon of the Erasmus Bridge in 1995. Decommissioning of the Brent Spar in 1998. In 2000, it set a world record of 11,883 t by lifting Shell's

Mars is a permanent offshore drilling and production tension-leg oil platform (TLP) operating in Mississippi Canyon blocks 762, 763, 806, 807, 850 and

Disposal of Offshore Installations". The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law. 14 (4): 523–540. doi:10.1163/157180899X00309. "Brent Spar....", 2010;