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Lighting Up TYRA’s Final Journey

Profox designed the technical storytelling for a light show marking the end of an era: the decommissioning of TYRA, one of Denmark's largest offshore platforms, after 30 years in the North Sea.

  • Running years:

    2020

  • Solution:

    Rental
Light installation

Lighting Up TYRA's Final Journey

A group of people in bright green safety vests sit on a bench at night, facing a large, illuminated industrial structure with cranes and scaffolding.
Two large offshore oil platforms illuminated in green lights at night, with the word RECYCLING glowing on one structure. Silhouetted people watch from the foreground.

95% of a 20,000-Tonne Platform, Reused

The green transition is happening across the globe, and Denmark is leading the way on many fronts. In Port of Frederikshavn lies Modern American Recycling Services Europe, a company built to clean up in style, reusing large structures at scale. Now she has arrived on her final journey: 95% of the massive 20,000-tonne offshore platform TYRA is set to be reused.

    A large group of people in yellow safety vests sit outside in rows near an industrial site with a red oil rig and metal building in the background.

    A Timecoded Story in Light and Sound

    Right now, Danish history is unfolding on the quayside as the decommissioning of the large offshore platform TYRA gets underway. Profox was asked to illuminate the TYRA field, which stood in the North Sea for 30 years supplying energy to Denmark, and designed the technical storytelling for two events marking the transformation. To set the scene, the team used over 100 moving lights, video mapping, and a 30 sqm screen, all driven by a timecoded narrative in speech, light and video.