ABSTRACT
Part of the development of Marathon Oil (UK)’s Brae B platform to accommodate the Kingfisher field, required the installation of a new separator and pipework module. Although these modules weighed 220 tonnes in total, it was determined that they could be transported to the field on a normal supply vessel and hoisted onto the platform using the drilling draw works and a cantilevered lifting frame. This was a radical alternative to the traditional method of using a very expensive heavy lift barge.
