The contract for the four-legged jacket, which will support a 1,850-tonne topsides, was awarded by Sembmarine SLP, which is the main fabricator for the substation.

"We are extremely pleased with this first suction-pile founded substation in UK waters," says SPT managing director Mark Riemers.

"We trust this will create more business for the silently and swiftly installed suction-pile foundations in the UK, after having installed several suction-pile foundations for oil and gas platforms and subsea structures in the UK North Sea and East Irish Sea.”

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