- TITLE
- Oilrig at Nigg Fabrication yard
- EXTERNAL ID
- HC_PLANNING_07_065_0670
- PLACENAME
- Nigg
- DISTRICT
- Fearn
- OLD COUNTY/PARISH
- ROSS: Nigg
- DATE OF IMAGE
- 5 March 1982
- PERIOD
- 1980s
- CREATOR
- T. Kenneth MacKenzie
- SOURCE
- The Highland Council Planning Department
- ASSET ID
- 15690
- KEYWORDS
- oilrigs
oil platforms
construction
engineering
energy
renewable energy

The Nigg Yard, found in Nigg Bay off the Cromarty Firth, was built by Highland Fabricators and opened in 1972. The yard had one of the largest dry docks in Europe for the construction of North Sea oil platforms. At its height the yard employed more than 5000 people but has since been mothballed. Currently (2010) the Yard's owners KBR and the Wakelyn Trust, are considering offers for the sale of the yard. It is hoped that Nigg could play an important part in the construction of equipment for off shore renewable energy developments.