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Picture Number77 Courtesy OfBill Wren Year2000
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Elf Elgin Platform float-out

The last big platform constructed at Nigg in the north of Scotland, the 'Elgin' jack-up platform for ELF left the yard on the 2nd July 2000.

You can see another view of the tow-out in picture #188, and picture #187 shows her in position in the Elgin field.
Picture Added on 27 October 2006.

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hello this brings back memories for me as i worked on this rig at nigg right up to the end before it was taken out .thanks for showing me this picci of this monster of a rig.
Added by Arthur Burr (iman) on 07 March 2008.
I spent 16 month working on that pressure testing pipe work. Also did some trips offshore to finish the job.

Added by Paul on 28 April 2008.


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