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CTO IN FOCUS EDWARD HEEREMA, ALLSEAS

Pioneering Spirit JLS beams upended to 110 degrees

All photos courtesy Allseas

ACTIVITY GROWTH global energy system any time soon, he does see it as a nice

It’s clear that there’s already an uptick in activity, based addition, including a ? ll-in work for Pioneering Spirit.

on Pioneering Spirit’s 2022 schedule alone. An increase in Indeed, Pioneering Spirit completed its ? rst offshore offshore spending is expected to continue. Even before the wind project last year, installing the Saint Nazaire offshore war in Ukraine pushed prices up to new highs, there were windfarm subsea station 2,100 ton topsides and 1,200 also predictions that offshore upstream spending would ton jacket, in the Bay of Biscay. This was using the ves- rise to 2014 levels again, by 2030. The war is also forcing sel’s 5,000 ton tub-mounted Huisman crane, installed af- energy policy change. Some of that is about increasing oil ter the vessel entered service as a useful additional tool. and gas output, but also increasing renewables capacity. The same crane has since installed the 3,870 ton Hollands

While Edward doesn’t believe offshore wind will make any Kust Zuid Alpha transformer station in the Dutch North substantial dent in the dominance of oil and gas in the Sea and will shortly install the Beta transformer station in 22 OFFSHORE ENGINEER OEDIGITAL.COM