this rig ended up a total loss
no one hurt but all due to some twat not checking his equipment.

 

theirs ALWAYS one!!

 

That near you Bob?

 

Nah this rig was run by a buch of rag heads down in the med

 

Ooops That recent? Would have imagine that;d have been on the news. Bad drills!

 

Did they sack him?

 

reminds me of "Piper Alpha" that does,some of you wont remember that but there was a lot of good peeps killed on that rig,

 

I remember that shit on the news, i was only young, but still remember it.

 

the company i work for were doing the drilling on the piper at the time we lost 38 guys just from our company. there is a guy on the rig just now that was on the piper he has some horror storys to tell.he had to jump from the helideck ( 28 m ) into the sea his boots were melting to the deck which is why he jumped
not good

 

alright bob thats a scary picture to see as i'm currntly sitting on the shell brent bravo platform! who do you work for? what platform you on?

 

Bob im on the forties bravo working for noble drilling

 

hats off to you guys

 

what r the forties like now with talisan? i've never been to them yet! what specs your cossie?looks good!

 

Its not talisman its apache i wont say what i think of these platforms on an open forum
The cossie has a harvey gibbs engine, newly built this year.runs greys gt28 roller bearing turbo , head work and cams L8 etc = 400 bhp all in a 2wd hubaduba dooooooooooo

 

i was away to build similar engine for my 2wd until i gave my mate a shot of my car a couple of weeks ago,he thought he could drive! ended up putting it into the central reservation at bridge of don in aberdeen! now got a nice armoco railing imprint from the front wing to back quarter! And 2 of my 17 inch diamond cut rs 7 spokes that had only been on my car acouple of weeks were totally buckled!

 

Oh dear!. Hope you gave him a good Gave one of my mates a shot of my 2WD once and he thrashed it so much it burnt a hole in one of the valves. Still whooped his scooby though.

 

i was to gutted to even think!never mind he'll learn a lessen buy the time he pays for my new car! ha ha ha!

 

FUCK

Bob - that's some scary shit

sod working on a explosive device

 

cheers smit at least i'm got my s2 to run about in when i get home! hopefully end up with a better cossie anyway! some thing to show next year hopefully! i've got plenty of time to prepair!

 

You n Bob should be working not using the Satalite web link to view forums

weather alright out here? starting the brighten up here after about 10 days of fookin rain

 

after the living quarters of the piper alpha were lifted off the seabed,
they were taken to seaforth docks in liverpool to be put through the metal shredder at sheppards scrap yard.
me and 2 of my brothers where given a job working on cutting it up.it was huge,everything was upside down(thats how they put it on the quayside)
very eiree inside,nobody would go in on their own.
we had to clear out everything that was in it and then make runs so the burners could get to bare metal.
found a few personal effects(wallets etc..)all had to be given to the police to be handed back to relatives.
hats off to you guys who work out there in the middle of nowhere,i've got the greatest respect for you.

dug a paperwieght out of the mud and the boss said i could keep it.
it's got oil in it from a billionth barrel of oil.you can see the spade marks on the top of the back of it where i hit it.

 

How do you get into this line of work?

Do you really need to get into it from an early(ish) age ?
Is there loads of tests and exams to pass first?

would realy like to do some thing like this

 

yeah i would like to know also, how do you get in to this line of work?

do you wanna sell the paper weight?

 

From what I've read 21-28 is the age to get into it unless you have relevant experience.

 

pfffft well thats me out im fookin 34

 

Dunno mate I'd ring some recruitment agencys before ruling it out.

 

you have to pass a offshore test ie water fire tests . upside down
helecopter in large cold deep pool
in gravesend still i think may be wrong,,
then be very lucky...but its hard work 12 on 12 off
not called roughnecks for nothing
"no offence intended to the rig workers"
they will no what i mean

 

rough neckss are only a small part off an offshore work force! yes to work offshore you need to complete an offshore survival which is a 3 day course! piece off piss if you like water! i think the average age of people offshore now is in there 40's i'm 22 and theres hardly any one my age out here!

 

got 2 mates working the rigs one does contract work
one was doing the wind farms down sw coast ..
did you hear bout that the rig sinking ..cos the
crane was top heavy. there was 2 rigs working that area

 

sorry steve,
it's not for sale m8