Brent Spar Oil Platform Dismantling in Norway

Oil rig Brent Spar off the Norwegian coast. The Brent Spar will be wrecked at a Norwegian fjord and later become a part of a new harbor quai. During the OSPAR-Conference the environmental ministers of 15 European countries decided to prohibit the dumping of oil and gas rigs in the North Sea and Atlantic.

In original language:

Oelbohr-Plattform "Brent Spar" wird Zerlegt

Oil-Bohrplattform "Brent Spar" vor der norwegischen Kueste. Die "Brent Spar" wird von einem britisch-norwegischen Firmenkonsortium zerlegt und an Land verschrottet. Auf der OSPAR-Konferenz (Oslo-Paris-Kommission zum Schutz des Nordost-Atlantiks) wurde im Juli 1998 ein Versenkungsverbot fuer Oel- und Gasbohrplattformen in der Nordsee und im Atlantik beschlossen.

Unique identifier: GP02PS6

Type: Image

Shoot date: 25/11/1998

Locations: North Sea, Norway, Scandinavia, Yrkefjorden

Credit line: © Dick Gillberg / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Brent Spar Oil Platform Dismantling in Norway

Brent Spar is dismantled after three year process with protests by Greenpeace against the dumping of the installation in North Atlantic Ocean in 1995. During the protests Shell gave up its dumping plans and started a long consultation and decision making process which resulted in a solution for re-use and recycling. At the OSPAR conference environmental ministers of Europe banned the dumping of oil and gas installations onshore.

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