Costain/Taywood make first base

Costain Taylor Woodrow has completed and floated out a new gravity

base tank for a BP rig, so finishing the first stage of its journey to the Harding field, 220 miles north of Aberdeen.

The massive concrete structure - built in a œ50 million contract - was tugged off to a temporary anchorage six miles away at Great Cumbrae Island where it will be tested before handover to BP. It will complete its journey to the field in the early summer.