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Scientists recycle marine waste from oil platforms

In what is thought to be a global first, marine growth found on the legs of decommissioned oil and gas platforms could form the basis of new livestock and aquaculture feeds. Decommissioning company, CessCon Decom, has teamed up with researchers at Abertay University in Scotland to explore how to reuse and recycle the material, which […]

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World’s largest construction vessel offloads cargo in Firth of Forth

A large oil drilling platform has passed under the Forth bridges in the Firth of Forth after being offloaded by the world’s largest construction vessel. The 382-metre-long Allseas‘ Pioneering Spirit transferred its huge cargo of a topside drilling platform onto a 200-metre-long cargo barge called the Iron Lady, according to the Daily Mail. The second part […]