AFAIK there are 2 types of platform, floating and fixed. Floating platforms are the clever ones, floating around finding the oil, able to stay stationary in the sea even when it gets rough. Once these have found the oil, a fixed platform is built to mine the oil found. This one i think is fixed.
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AFAIK there are 2 types of platform, floating and fixed. Floating platforms are the clever ones, floating around finding the oil, able to stay stationary in the sea even when it gets rough. Once these have found the oil, a fixed platform is built to mine the oil found. This one i think is fixed.
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Not sure what you mean Jokester. Is that a company?
I thought that too. Initially I was like, this is not right. I am walking out onto a protruding network of pipes, in very windy conditions, above a choppy North Sea to fire a shotgun at a cloud of gas? Apparently they have had nothing but trouble with the igniter so decided to go this way. The gun is kept under lock and key and a special permit is required to take it out if the O.I.M's office (Offshore Installation Manager) A licensed person then had to accompany me to the flare stack whilst I took the shot. The cartridges are phosphorous. As one operator said to me "Yes I suppose they could fix the igniter, but this is WAY more fun
)Paying for your own offshore survival course is a step in the right direction.
The company that do the offshore survival training in Aberdeen are called Petrofac, they also recruit and provide operational staff to run the platforms. I work for a company called Woodgroup.
This is a fixed platform, and is secured to the sea bed.
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Any idea if this sort of work is something that i could get involved with over the summer before University starts again? 
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Any idea if this sort of work is something that i could get involved with over the summer before University starts again?
I have no idea SideWinder. Here are some company websites for you to look at.
http://www.petrofac.com/
http://portal.woodgroup.com/portal/page?_pageid=0,17510&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30
http://www.oilcareers.com/worldwide/
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My cabin seems bigger, and I am finding more space, just by knowing what times are busy and what times aren't. It's 05:00 now and nobody is in the computer room with me. (there are 6 internet connected pc's in this room,with 1 gaming machine) There are numerous lounges, both smoking and non. Some are sport lounges, some are movie only. I like nights best, because when you get up at say 2 in the afternoon, all the day staff are working so again, you aren't queuing to get on the pc's or make a phone call home. And when you are at work on nights it's usually just the core crew and an electrician or instrument mechanic working, not 800 riggers, scaffolders and engineers wandering about. All meals are free. As much as you can eat 3 times a day. You can also wander into the galley, any time, day or night and help yourself to fruit, tea, coffee, juice, ice cream, crackers ,cheese etc and a selection of cold sweets from the fridge.I saw a kestrel on the pipe track yesterday, not quite sure what he was doing 130 miles out from the beach, he may have been migratory? I haven't seen any whales yet, but apparently they are spotted from time to time.
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Not sure what they are paid. We have lab chemists onboard from Calebrett?? I'll try and ask about salary today. See my post above for meals info
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Seems all the vacancies require a lot of experience but i may send a few e-mails about summer work, thanks anyways.
OT: Tefal/Azza...do you guys EVER sleep?!
OT: Tefal/Azza...do you guys EVER sleep?!
Seems all the vacancies require a lot of experience but i may send a few e-mails about summer work, thanks anyways.
OT: Tefal/Azza...do you guys EVER sleep?!
Tefal is sleeping at the moment. He usually sleeps during the day. 7/8am to xxpm.
I go to bed between midnight and 2am and get up at 7:30.
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Im guessing if you want to work in that sort of work you could prolly do one of the safety courses over the summer or something Sidewinder, if they didnt have anything suitable for you to do over the summer, due to your lack of experiance. Then next year you say, ive done blah blah safety course and they may say that could work something out.
I know its a silly question.. I'm still in awe with the Lighting of the Gas thinngy with a Shot gun!!...
Anyhew!..
You say you've a DVD in you quarters!... Is it Region 8? (like its supposed to be... just like Cruise Ships, Airlines, Space Stations* etc...), Have you noticed any major cuts in any movies you've watched??...
* I like the Space Station bit in the Specification!!
Anyhew!..
You say you've a DVD in you quarters!... Is it Region 8? (like its supposed to be... just like Cruise Ships, Airlines, Space Stations* etc...), Have you noticed any major cuts in any movies you've watched??...
* I like the Space Station bit in the Specification!!
Aye.
Booo
Couldn't remember who had the contract for Montrose, I know PSN work on half of BP's assests as I was involved on Miller for a bit, but wasn't sure who has the other half (Wood Group?).
You can get apprenticeships with some of the oil companies to get trained up as techs, but they're like hen's teeth.
The likes of painters, scaffolders etc seem to do their training onshore and get some experience before getting offshore work (usually having paid for their own survival/medical certs I think).
Tefal is sleeping at the moment. He usually sleeps during the day. 7/8am to xxpm.
I go to bed between midnight and 2am and get up at 7:30.
yeah I feel more comfortable at night/in the dark so like to sleep through the day
