Oil rigs / drilling platforms
Oil rigs / drilling platforms moored in Cromarty Firth.
The Cromarty Firth is an arm of the Moray Firth which separates the Black Isle from Easter Ross. It takes its name from the burgh of Cromarty near the mouth of the firth. The banks of the Cromarty Fiirth are in Cromartyshire and Ross-shire; the main body of Cromartyshire is on the Black Isle on the south shore of the firth but with parts of each shire on either coast.
At Nigg there is an important North Sea oil and renewable energy centre owned by Global Energy Group since 2011. The yard with a dry dock for repairing and fabricating oil platforms, was opened in 1972 as a joint venture between Brown & Root (as it then was) and construction giant George Wimpey. Today the yard is known as Nigg Energy Park.
Elsewhere along the firth are facilities for cruise ships, oil processing, and bulk cargo handling.
Oil rigs / drilling platforms
Oil rigs / drilling platforms moored in Cromarty Firth.
The Cromarty Firth is an arm of the Moray Firth which separates the Black Isle from Easter Ross. It takes its name from the burgh of Cromarty near the mouth of the firth. The banks of the Cromarty Fiirth are in Cromartyshire and Ross-shire; the main body of Cromartyshire is on the Black Isle on the south shore of the firth but with parts of each shire on either coast.
At Nigg there is an important North Sea oil and renewable energy centre owned by Global Energy Group since 2011. The yard with a dry dock for repairing and fabricating oil platforms, was opened in 1972 as a joint venture between Brown & Root (as it then was) and construction giant George Wimpey. Today the yard is known as Nigg Energy Park.
Elsewhere along the firth are facilities for cruise ships, oil processing, and bulk cargo handling.