Project: Ekofisk

  • Year: 1974
  • Client: Phillips
  • Type: Pump Platform
  • Jacket Weight: 691 Te
  • Topsides Weight: 610 Te
  • Pile Weight: 525 Te
  • Total Weight: 1827 Te

Project Gallery

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First frame of 4 leg Jacket being assembled between Pipemill and quayside (far right) during yard construction.
Jacket nearing completion (far right) with construction of the Yard fabrication buildings ongoing.
4 leg Jacket completion
4 leg Cellar Deck Module being moved from Assembly Building (Bridge in the Background)
Tow out of Cellar Deck Module and Bridge.
Ekofisk 4 Leg Pump Platform 2/4P in foreground, along with connecting Bridge.
Illustration of Greater Ekofisk Area development - Pump Platform 2/4P located just to right of Central Platform 2/4T + Protective Barrier.

More About This Project

Pump Platform

Phillips Ekofisk 2/4P Pump Platform project included the fabrication of a Jacket, Piling, Cellar Deck Module and connecting Bridge. The Pump Modules were supplied by Brown & Root in Houston. The platform was installed 1974 and operational the following year. Operation ceased in 1998 and removal of the platform was completed in 2010.

Useful Links

The McDermott Yard in Ardersier, Scotland was active between 1973 and 2000 manufacturing equipment for the offshore industries.

You can read more about the Yard’s history here.

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