After 21 million man-hours of construction, the Glen Lyon production vessel is preparing for start-up in the UK North Sea

Operations have not yet begun, but the Glen Lyon floating production, storage and offloading vessel has already come a long way. So far, it has travelled nearly 16,000 nautical miles – from a construction site in South Korea to its permanent home in the redeveloped Schiehallion and Loyal fields in the North Sea. As the BP team prepares for start-up, take a look around on board this 885-foot (270-metre) steel vessel in our special photo story. ….