Incredible footage shows how vessel will remove Brent Delta topside

This footage demonstrates how the Pieter Schelte vessel, which is thought to be the largest ship ever built, will lift and remove the Brent Delta topside from the North Sea.

Earlier this week, it was revealed oil giant Shell would take launch a consultation on one of the most significant and complext decommissioning projects on the Brent Delta.

It is one of four rigs which on the field 115 miles north-east of Shetland, which has been producing since 1976.

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