Aerial view of Ardersier Oil rig Fabrication Yard, near Nairn, looking NW. Detail of project notice board within Deck Assembly building. Read about our approach to external linking. A new slipway will be created along with a 300m steel mill and a concrete production plant. Scotland 4 year apprenticship as mechanic/ welder/ plater. The site previously McDermotts employed more than 4000 people in the 1970s and 80s. Although completed on Friday, July 8, news of the sale was greeted with surprise in the Highlands this week. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. 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. Based in Brailsford, Derbyshire, the CWC Group was founded in 1964 by Charles Clowes, who went on to feature regularly in the Sunday Times Rich List of Britains richest people. Aerial view of Ardersier, site of former oil rig construction yard, E of Inverness, looking E. Aerial view of Ardersier Oil Construction Yard at Whiteness, Nairn, looking N. Close aerial view of Ardersier Oil Construction Yard at Whiteness, Nairn, looking N. General oblique aerial view from Whiteness Head and the former Ardersier Oil Rig Construction Yard along the south coast of the Moray Firth, looking NE. the yard's chances of winning further orders in future. Copyright 2007-2023 STV. 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. Harry: I always felt different to rest of family, Everything Everywhere wins big ahead of Oscars, US-made cheese can be called 'gruyere' - court, Street fighting in Bakhmut but Russia not in control, PM to end asylum claims from small boat arrivals, Alex Murdaugh's legal troubles are far from over, Mbappe breaks PSG goal record in win over Nantes. Elevated distant view of the Pipe Mill buildings from SSE. Mechanic / Welder. Around two and a half thousand workers were paid. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can The proposed. Oblique aerial view over Ardersier fabrication site with Whiteness point and in the foreground the Carse of Ardersier, looking NE. A former oil and gas industry fabrication yard at Ardersier near Inverness has been sold. Interior. View of water tanks along SW edge of the yard. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself. SITE DESCRIPTION 3.1 The site is the former McDermott Fabrication Yard located approximately 7.5km to PICTURES: Cornhill Highland Games and rugby club celebrate Robert Burns A major offshore fabrication yard is established by Lewis Offshore Ltd (owned by Fred Olsen) at Arnish Point, near Stornoway. View of ancillary buildings at the edge of SW side of the yard. Ardersier Port Ltd separately has approval to resurrect the 741-acres (300ha) site as a working port. The B9092 subsequently links with the A96, which is the 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. And, in Ardersier, we have a place where we can physically undertake the work.. However, a fall in demand finally led to the facility's closure in 2001. Its quite incredible to think that opportunities are being missed.. A link has been emailed to you - check your inbox. 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. 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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. The former McDermott fabrication yard at Ardersier is under new ownership. It's not totally accurate, and can sometimes assign images to odd clusters. 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. Although work fluctuates and the yard changes hands several times, it becomes a major employer in the area over the next 40 years. View from SE along foundations of travelling crane in area of former stockyard, with Pipe Mill buildings in background. View from SW across from the yard to the Whiteness Spit. It states there is the potential for up to 2000 new jobs The event was held on 21 June 2018 at the Ardersier War Memorial Hall. Ardersier Port has been sold to new owners who have ambitious plans for its future. This site uses cookies. All Rights Reserved. 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. The site includes a long "spit" of land, known as Whiteness Head. View from SE along open (NE) side of deck Assembly building. Oblique aerial view of the Ardersier oil rig construction yard, taken from the SW. Aerial view of Fort George and Ardersier, E of Inverness, looking NE. He said: We have the yard, weve got the skills base. Ordnance Survey licence number 100057073. 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. The steel mill the UKs first for 50 years will be powered by energy from existing offshore wind turbines. A Gannett Company. We have another opportunity now. The Scottish Government granted permission for the scheme to go ahead. Oblique aerial view, looking NE over the Moray Firth and Ardersier fabrication site and Whiteness point. Ardersier Port, near Inverness, could become a hub for manufacturing offshore wind turbine parts. 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The completion of sites sale, for just over 5million, was revealed in a recent progress report by administrators KPMG. 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