Removal of the 13,500-tonne topsides marked the biggest-ever offshore lift and was carried out in an operation on 22 August lasting only 60 seconds in the maiden job for the catamaran vessel.

It followed work to cut the legs of the facility to enable the topsides to be lifted off.

The topsides were then transported to the Lutelandet dismantling yard, north of Bergen, where the newbuild rig is being scrapped after myriad technical faults were uncovered, preventing it from ever being brought on stream.

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