Cromarty Image Library | ELF Platform launching form Nigg

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	Bill Wren
	2000

ELF Platform launching form Nigg

The last big platform constructed at Nigg, the 'Elgin' jack-up platform for ELF. Launched 2nd July 2000.
Picture Added on 06 November 2003.

Comments

I was on this platform when the tugs towed it to the North Sea, it creaked and groaned the whole way there. Our accomodation was under sea level, we were too scared to go to sleep. But let me tell you it creaked a lot more when we jacked it up out of the water.
Added by Dougie Shepherd on 09 October 2007.

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