Last year, I visited Teesside to see the Brent Delta oil rig at Able UK’s yard in Seaton Carew near Hartlepool. I wrote last time about the surreal landscape of the Tees, and how incongruous it is to see an oil rig. Actually, it blends in quite well, but it is still a massive lump…
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#493 – Teesside Industrial Tourism 4 – Brent Delta Oil in Monochrome
A few snaps of Brent Delta in monochrome.
#492 – Teesside Industrial Tourism 3 – Brent Delta Oil Rig Demolition
Not being a native of the area, I wasn’t aware that the Brent Delta oil rig had been brought to Able UK’s port at Seaton Carew near Hartlepool to be scrapped. The yard and the firm hit the news a few years ago when it brought a number of old American reserve fleet ships to…
