![North Sea oil rigs set to be abandoned while still full of crude oil and chemicals | The Independent | The Independent North Sea oil rigs set to be abandoned while still full of crude oil and chemicals | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2019/09/04/14/shell-delta-oil-rig.jpg?width=1200)
North Sea oil rigs set to be abandoned while still full of crude oil and chemicals | The Independent | The Independent
![Men working on drilling rig Mittelplate, Germany, 04 August 2008. Mittelplate is Germany's only drilling rig flowing some 55 million tons of oil. Photo: Holger Hollemann Stock Photo - Alamy Men working on drilling rig Mittelplate, Germany, 04 August 2008. Mittelplate is Germany's only drilling rig flowing some 55 million tons of oil. Photo: Holger Hollemann Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/D4FGGY/men-working-on-drilling-rig-mittelplate-germany-04-august-2008-mittelplate-D4FGGY.jpg)
Men working on drilling rig Mittelplate, Germany, 04 August 2008. Mittelplate is Germany's only drilling rig flowing some 55 million tons of oil. Photo: Holger Hollemann Stock Photo - Alamy
![Drilling Rig with a Worm Drill Drilling a Drilling Pile on the Q Editorial Image - Image of basin, bored: 132531930 Drilling Rig with a Worm Drill Drilling a Drilling Pile on the Q Editorial Image - Image of basin, bored: 132531930](https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/drilling-rig-worm-drill-pile-q-quay-port-hamburg-germany-june-132531930.jpg)
Drilling Rig with a Worm Drill Drilling a Drilling Pile on the Q Editorial Image - Image of basin, bored: 132531930
![Mittelplate. The only oil platform in Germany and one of the main cornerstones of Germany's oil production. 🇩🇪 Photo courtesy of @wintershall & @oilfieldphot… Mittelplate. The only oil platform in Germany and one of the main cornerstones of Germany's oil production. 🇩🇪 Photo courtesy of @wintershall & @oilfieldphot…](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/6e/3d/a5/6e3da57ea51a3b1c5dbefba7f6a03228.jpg)
Mittelplate. The only oil platform in Germany and one of the main cornerstones of Germany's oil production. 🇩🇪 Photo courtesy of @wintershall & @oilfieldphot…
![The HelWin1 Platform in the German North Sea (Courtesy Siemens) | Oil rig, Oil platform, Offshore wind The HelWin1 Platform in the German North Sea (Courtesy Siemens) | Oil rig, Oil platform, Offshore wind](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/43/45/fd/4345fdcff7cafe1d7f9855ffdabd0073.jpg)