Oil rig JLP01_09_752285AB

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Graythorp, Hartlepool. A bird's-eye view of the oil platform Graythorp II and a large crowd of people gathered for its naming ceremony at Graythorp.
In the early 1970s Laing Pipelines Offshore constructed the Graythorp fabrication yard and dry dock on the site of the old William Gray Shipyard. The company created a dry dock which was used for the construction of fixed platform North Sea drilling rigs for the BP North Sea Oil Project. The oil platform Graythorp I was launched on Saturday 29th June 1974 and on the weekend of 14th-15th June 1975, Graythorp II was named and floated out of the dock basin down the Seaton Channel to where it was handed over to its owners BP
Copyright © Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection
Media ID 24058952
Date: 15th November 2021
Copyright Status: Copyrighted Work
Source: Historic England Archive
Owner URL: https://images.historicenglandservices.org.uk/
Credit: A© Historic England Archive. Joh
Image Size: 5225 x 5249 Pixels
Filesize is 4.32MB
Associated Categories: Graythorp - oil rigs
Keywords: 1970s, boat, marine engineering works, oil rig, people