We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments. "When you have a dream and you dont know how to say no, you can live your dream. About Places Records Transcribe Contact. Ardersier's dormant fabrication yard is set to take on a new life as one of Europe's most important locations for renewable energy and decommissioning, according to its new owners. The former owners had hoped to turn the yard, originally built to fabricate massive steel jackets for North Sea oil platforms, into a manufacturing super-hub for offshore wind. The potential of this site, if put into productive use, is enormous and if that potential is realised, there is a clear prospect of the creation of substantial numbers of jobs.. View from SE of open bay of Fabrication building to SE side of Deck Assembly building (possibly paint shop). Opened by US engineering group McDermott in 1972, at its height the Ardersier fabrication yard had some 4500 staff, making it the largest private sector employer in the Highlands. ", Announcing the purchase on social media, Mr O'Sullivan said Ardersier Port, which comprises 450 acres onshore and a further 340 acres offshore, would become "Europe's leading decommissioning, floating wind, fixed wind and hydrogen facility.". Tank at the former Barmac Oil Fabrication Yard. View from W along the SW side of the Pipe Mill buildings. Ardersier; IInverness; McDermott's fabrication yard; Premium content . Opened by US engineering group McDermott in 1972, at its height the Ardersier fabrication yard had some 4500 staff, making it the largest private sector employer in the Highlands. 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View from W within Pipe Mill building, showing pit exposed by removal of large-scale plant. "Using circular economy practices the facility will accommodate multiple complementary work streams from decommissioning of oil and gas assets, recycling of wind turbines, production of sustainable aggregates and concrete, large scale manufacturing, offshore wind logistics and fabrication, sustainable energy production as well as offering its extensive marine facilities for the upgrade and maintenance of existing assets. A new planning application has been lodged to build a town with almost 2,000 homes and a marina on the site of a former North Sea oil and gas fabrication yard. A Derbyshire-based land and property developer has emerged as the new owner of the former fabrication yard at Ardersier, in the Highlands, following a 5million deal. THE oil fabrication yard at Ardersier on the Moray Firth could be, about to re-open, after being on a care and maintenance basis since, April, 1993. View from N of NE (open) side of Deck Assembly building. Click here to sign up to our free newsletters. But there is some speculation with the oil industry now, that given, recent moves towards yards and contractors coming together to submit, joint bids, and to delivering total planning to installation packages, for contracts, this contract could presage a more significant, The Dutch company, Heerema, which specialises in heavy lift and, installation of platform structures, took a stake in the MacDermotts. View from SE along open (NE) side of deck Assembly building. The site comprising 400 acres of port area with access to a 2.2km quay and 350 acres of statutory harbour authority has been identified as one of three sites on the east coast of the UK with the size, scale, shape, and location capable of being an Offshore Renewable Energy Hub Port. [2] Scottish Charity No. About 300 people will be employed locally for early construction work on the UKs largest brownfield port. View from E of SE and NE (open) side of Deck Assembly building. The site includes a long "spit" of land, known as Whiteness Head. View from E along (open) side of Deck Assembly building. Their aim is to have nothing moved off-site, so there will be no waste from the site. The facility was formerly owned by Derbyshire-based land and property developer CWC Group, which bought the yard in 2016 in a 5 million deal after its previous owner went into administration. Elf Enterprise was the company which took delivery of the, last large contract to be completed by the Ardersier yard, the Piper, Bravo jacket and topsides which replaced the ill-fated Piper Alpha, The contract, for eight piles, each 72 metres long and weighing a, total of around 2000 tonnes, is thought to be worth in the region of, #500,000, and should employ 80 to 100 men for several weeks. View from SE at approach to main entrance, with Pipe Mill buildings beyond, and 'Whiteness' sign in the foreground, the name of the Company who were about to re-develop the site. 2023 BBC. In 2007, Highland Council approved ambitious plans for a 1950 home development, along with a marina, hotel, visitor centre and community facilities including a primary school, but more more recently the authority also backed its potential as a site for renewables-related development as part of the Scottish Governments national renewables infrastructure plan. Were developing the right projects, the floating wind projects as an example. New Orleans, La., announced that its McDermott Scotland Division has been subcontracted by Taywood-Santa Fe Ltd. for a sum in excess of 10 million pounds sterling (approximately $23 million) to. After Port of Ardersier Ltd went into administration in November 2015, the property has gone on the market, according to the offer on JLL's website.. On its website, CWC Group says it is fuelled by its own hard-won resources and has raised itself from the ground to become one of the largest and strongest privately-owned UK property investment and property development organisations.. View of weighbridge at main entrance to yard. The sites sale was revealed in a recent progress report by administrators KPMG. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. A Derbyshire-based land and property developer has emerged as the new owner of the former fabrication yard at Ardersier, in the Highlands, following a 5million deal. At more than 400 acres - and with more than a kilometre of quayside - Ardersier is the largest brownfield port in the UK. Skip to main content. Ardersier Port Ltd separately has approval to resurrect the 741-acres (300ha) site as a working port. SC045925. 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The Ardersier yard, like its near neighbour, Nigg on the Cromarty, Firth, has had to contend with predictions from some analysts that there. A Gannett Company. The potential of this site, if put into productive use, is enormous and if that potential is realised, there is a clear prospect of the creation of a substantial numbers of jobs.. ), adajacent to former Slipways. Port of Ardersier Ltd, formed in 2012 to develop the former former oil and gas fabrication yard into an offshore wind manufacturing hub, had won Scottish Government consent last year to bring the site back into use. J. Ray McDermott announced the closure of Ardersier Fabrication yard in 2002, following almost 30 years of activity at the site. The former McDermott fabrication yard at Ardersier is under new ownership, it was announced last night. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies -. Based in Brailsford, Derbyshire, the CWC Group was founded in 1964 by Charles Clowes, who went on to feature regularly in a London newspapers list of Britains richest people. But though, the yard has a history of multi-million pound contracts, even a small, contract is regarded as a major psychological boost, since it improves. The steel mill the UKs first for 50 years will be powered by energy from existing offshore wind turbines. In the 1970s Ardersier - a vast and currently unused port 14 miles east of Inverness - was one of the largest oil rig fabrication yards in the world, employing up to 4500 workers. Oblique view from W along SW side of Deck Assembly building, showing low bay (Plate pre-fabrication) and the High-level Warehouse. Port of Ardersier Limited (POA) bought the site of the former McDermott Yard in June last year. The former McDermott fabrication yard at Ardersier is under new ownership. The project's masterplan also includes a school, a hotel and an adventure playground. Although work fluctuates and the yard changes hands several times, it becomes a major employer in the area over the next 40 years. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. In the 1970s Ardersier - a vast and currently unused port 14 miles east of Inverness - was one of the largest oil rig fabrication yards in the world, employing up to 4500 workers. We are lucky at The Herald. Ardersier Port has been sold to new owners who have ambitious plans for its future. General view along access road, with Moray Firth and Black Isle beyond. The site previously McDermotts employed more than 4000 people in the 1970s and 80s. A Derbyshire-based land and property developer has emerged as the new owner of the former fabrication yard at Adersier, in the Highlands, following a 5million deal. A spokeswoman for Highland Council said the authority did not know about the CWC Groups plans and the company had not yet been in touch with the planning department. A Derbyshire-based land and property developer has emerged as the new owner of the former fabrication yard at Adersier, in the Highlands, following a 5million deal. She was predeceased by her parents, her husband, James Connie Andrews, to whom she was married for 60 years, and her brother, Samuel Elzie Williams II. Today Steve and I will start to reinvent the wheel.". A new slipway will be created along with a 300m steel mill and a concrete production plant. View of cast-concrete pieces to SW side of the Deck Assembly building. The work was expected to create up to 2,500 jobs. Some 2.5 million cubic metres of sand equivalent to 1000 Olympic swimming pools will be removed. The site at Whiteness Head on the Moray Firth, west of Nairn, is the former McDermott Yard which opened in the early 1970s for the fabrication and construction of offshore platforms for use in the North Sea gas and oil industry. Grantown on Spey, Scotland Structural Draftsman . The new owners aim to use the site for both the decommissioning of redundant oil and gas infrastructure and to support Scotland's renewable energy sector by providing fabrication and logistics facilities for offshore and fixed wind developments, as well as catering for other green energy developments such as green hydrogen. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. J. Ray McDermott announced the closure of Ardersier Fabrication yard in 2002, following almost 30 years of activity at the site. The new owner has not been disclosed. The former McDermott fabrication yard at Ardersier is under new ownership. Articles by Jeremy Cresswell on Muck Rack. The completion of sites sale, for just over 5million, was revealed in a recent progress report by administrators KPMG. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com. Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey MP Drew Hendry said: We will need to hear more about the new owners and their future plans, but it is certainly positive news that this site has finally been bought. Oblique aerial view, looking NE over the Moray Firth and Ardersier fabrication site and Whiteness point. When the Ardersier site was put up for sale in February it was specified that it should be taken on in its entirety rather than being broken up. Further Details References MyCanmore Image Contributions Contribute an Image View from SSE (obliquely), along SE side of Pipe Mill buildings. O'Sullivan and Regan explained: "Using circular economy practices the facility will accommodate multiple complementary work streams from decommissioning of oil and gas assets, recycling of wind turbines, production of sustainable aggregates and concrete, large scale manufacturing, offshore wind logistics and fabrication, sustainable energy production as well as offering its extensive marine facilities for the upgrade and maintenance of existing assets. Around two and a half thousand workers were paid. In 2014, the Port of Ardersier secured the full backing of the Scottish Government for plans to turn the former oil fabrication yard on the Moray Firth into a manufacturing 'super-hub' for offshore wind. 12 August 2021 A new planning application has been lodged to build a town with almost 2,000 homes and a marina on the site of a former North Sea oil and gas fabrication yard. The project would breathe life into the former fabrication yard at Ardersier near Inverness. Interior. The event was held on 21 June 2018 at the Ardersier War Memorial Hall. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to HP10 9TY. However, that planning permission has now expired and developer Ardersier Port Ltd has sought to renew it. All Rights Reserved. View from SW across from the yard to the Whiteness Spit. General view from NE of former NE spoolbase storage racks. This site uses cookies. The site has been bought for just over 5m, according to a document from KPMG, the administrator for the . The plans include a floating wind manufacturing hub for concrete foundations. Historic ocean treaty agreed after decade of talks, China looks at reforms to deepen Xi's control, Inside the enclave surrounded by pro-Russia forces. Interior. Detail of project notice board within Deck Assembly building. View from S of SE end of Pipe Mill buildings. The Allyance is a development partnership comprising BayWa r.e., a global renewable energy business with UK offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh, Elicio, an experienced Belgian offshore wind developer, owner and operator, and BW Ideol, a proven floating technology leader and international floating wind project co-developer. Read about our approach to external linking. Mr Regan and Mr OSullivan set up Ardersier Port (Scotland) in May and registered the business in Fraserburgh. The project is a joint initiative by Ardersier Ports joint owners, Mr Regan and Tony OSullivan, and floating wind specialists BW Ideol. Ardersier Port has been sold to new owners who have ambitious plans for its future. Yesterday Gordon Arthur, director of Edinburgh-based Clowes Developments (Scotland), part of the CWC Group, failed to respond to requests for further information on the companys plans for the land. According to the groups figures, it made pre-tax profits of 18.2million in the year to March 31, 2016, with a turnover of 46.6million for the year. The wildlife of the area includes bottlenose dolphins and seabirds, including terns. It includes more than 400 acres and more than a kilometre of quayside but has been disused for many years. The site has been bought for just over 5m, according to a document from KPMG, the administrator for the former owner. Subsea Technology in the O&M/IMR sectors, Business Development Consultant - Renewable Energy, Senior Construction Vessel Rep, Site Safety Leader, NEBOSH IOGC, Senior 3.4U Inspection coordinator. Energy Voice 2023. The same two men own Messiah Decommissioning, which is dismantling the Hutton platform legs at Queens Dock at Port of Cromarty Firth. What science tells us about the afterlife. View from SE of Weighbridge House and Weighbridge, with Pipe Mill buildings beyond, at SE end of the yard. Site NameArdersier, Oil Rig Construction Yard, ClassificationPlatform Fabrication Yard (Modern), Permalinkhttp://canmore.org.uk/site/75252. Leading offshore wind farm developer BW Ideol AS has reaffirmed plans to create a major manufacturing hub at the former McDermott fabrication yard site at Ardersier after securing rights to develop a floating offshore wind farm with an approximate capacity of 1GW off the northeast coast of Scotland. Copyright 2007-2023 STV. The is located some 75km to the northeast of Fraserburgh on the Aberdeenshire coast. Plans to transform the former oil fabrication yard at Ardersier and bring it back into use have been approved. Ordnance Survey licence number 100057073. All rights reserved. View from E of NE side of Fabrication Shop. Ardersier's dormant fabrication yard is set to take on a new life as one of Europe's most important locations for renewable energy and decommissioning, according to its new owners. Ardersier Port co-owner Steve Regan. Oblique aerial view centred on the Ardersier Oil Rig Construction Yard under construction in 1973, taken from the SE. Distant general view of yard from SE, with the approach road stretching out in the foreground, and the Moray Firth and Black Isle in the background. And were seeing many of the structures that are going now for renewables offshore and all the structures onshore being done elsewhere. McDermott Yard Ardersier GB0232/D922/3/2/2 In the Archive Centre we hold around 1600+ deposited collections, with new deposits being added frequently. Interior. SITE DESCRIPTION 3.1 The site is the former McDermott Fabrication Yard located approximately 7.5km to Offshore wind logistics and fabrication and sustainable energy production are also on their wish list. When is Eurovision and how do you get tickets? Management at Ardersier have so far refused to comment beyond saying, they are hopeful of work coming to the yard in the near future, and a, spokesman for Elf Enterprise said that no decision has yet been made on, the award of the sub-contract, although he confirmed that MacDermotts is, one of the bidders for the work. A link has been emailed to you - check your inbox. The former McDermott fabrication yard at Ardersier is under new ownership. View of the Pipe Mill buildings from SSE. Ardersier Port (Scotland) describes the facility as the largest brownfield port in the United Kingdom and say it has been identified as one of just three UK east coast sites with the size, scale, shape, and location capable of being an offshore renewable energy hub port. The consortium behind Port of Ardersier say that the new facility would be able to support around 2,500 jobs. Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. Bull Arm Fabrication Yard, Newfoundland Halliburton 5 years 11 months Structural Draftsman Halliburton . All rights reserved. Inverness cancer survivor runs 83 miles in aid of charity that helped him during treatment, China looks at reforms to deepen Xi's control, Historic ocean treaty agreed after decade of talks, Inside the enclave surrounded by pro-Russia forces, 'The nurses wanted me to feel guilty about my abortion, From Afghan TV fame to a US factory floor. View from NW along foundation of Pipe Handling area with Fabrication Shops and Pipe Mill buildings beyond. View from S of typical block of Project Offices, at the SE end of the yard. 8 images in cluster Barmac Fabrication Yard in NH8057. Ardersier, Oil Rig Construction Yard Aerial view of Ardersier Oil rig Fabrication Yard, near Nairn, looking NW. She leaves to cherish her memory her brother. Business partners Tony OSullivan and Steve Regan, former chief executive of civil engineering firm Careys, have acquired the former McDermott fabrication site for an undisclosed sum. Ardersier's dormant fabrication yard is set to take on a new life as one of Europe's most important locations for renewable energy and decommissioning, according to its new owners. Dana submits draft plans for Western Isles decommissioning, One of the giants: CNR to shut down Ninian oilfield over challenging market (Exclusive), Well-Safe Solutions drafts in Aberdeen firm to help cut carbon emissions, Appetite for investment: Equinor boss says Suncor deal shows commitment to the UK, North Sea helicopter emergency lands at Sumburgh Airport in Shetland, Longboat eyes second route for relinquished Egyptian Vulture licence, Aberdeen Drger facility expands rental equipment by 20%, Exxon sued by US after five nooses found at Louisiana plant, Sonelgaz seeks EPC contractors for solar PV tender. Steve Regan, a former chief executive of civil engineering firm Careys, and business. View from W of NW and SW sides of Deck Assembly building. At over 400 acres (162ha) and with more than a kilometre of quayside, Ardersier is the largest brownfield port in the UK. General view of yard from E, with Pipe Mill buildings. The latter contained a robot-operated record store for project drawings and other documentation. Aerial view of Ardersier, site of former oil rig construction yard, E of Inverness, looking ENE. The proposed. The B9092 subsequently links with the A96, which is the These include the jackets, piles and decks for, Lennox Hamilton and Hamilton North, and the Douglas jacket and piles in, Hamilton Brothers' Liverpool Bay integrated development, which should be. On its website, CWC Group says it is fuelled by its own hard-won resources and has raised itself from the ground to become one of the largest and strongest privately-owned UK property investment and property development organisations.. In the 1970s, the site 14 miles east of Inverness was one of the largest oil rig fabrication yards in the world, employing up to 4,500 workers. Energy Voice 2023. View from SE along access road to yard main entrance. All Rights Reserved. Interior. Copyright and database right 2023. The remainder of the contract is. She leaves to cherish her memory her brother. General view from NW of area of former slipways, with Deck Assembly building beyond. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. KPMG also said it would not be offering any further comment at the moment.. Elevated distant view of the Pipe Mill buildings from SSE. The proposed development at Whiteness, on the Moray Firth near Ardersier, was given the green light in principle in 2007. A new slipway will be created along with a 300m steel mill and a concrete production plant. General view from S of Deck Assembly building (centre), with High-level Warehouse (left). We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse. CWC Group now lists the 700. All Rights Reserved. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can They intend to use the base for a range of purposes, including the decommissioning oil and gas infrastructure and recycling wind turbines. Find useful information, the address and the phone number of the local business you are looking for. At over 400 acres (162ha) and with more than a kilometre of quayside, Ardersier is the largest brownfield port in the UK.
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