References

Heavy plate for the Buzzard rigs in the North Sea

Facts & Figures

Opening date: 

2006

Country: 

UK, North Sea

Quality: 

S420, S460 Norsok
S355J2G3 EN 10225

Operator: 

ENCANA

Delivered quantity: 

about 34,000 t

Emplacement: 

english North Sea

Wall thickness: 

10 - 100 mm


Dillingen from head to foot


The three offshore platforms exploiting the Buzzard Field some 100 kilometers to the north-east of the Scottish port of Aberdeen consist entirely - piles, jackets and topsides - of heavy plate from Dillingen. Here, Dillinger Hütte GTS had the opportunity of proving without restriction its capabilities in offshore steels with cold-water-service specifications.