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Old 12-04-2007, 05:53 PM
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hearing on the news that an anchor handler/supply boat has capsiszed up north west of shetland near a rig


apparently it was this boat....

http://bourbon-online.com/+Bourbon-D...HTS-vessel-of+

hopefully they find the six folk missing
Old 12-04-2007, 06:16 PM
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Shit the bed

Wonder what the weather is like up there because its beautiful here
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dont think the weather is that bad m8 as it says the have rescued 8 of the 14 crew

have to wonder with the line of work she does if it was a lift or tow that went wrong


either way its not a good thing,cant remeber a spell of accidents this bad since i got into the industry when i was a young pup,2 dead at a asco in as many months too
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Savage if it was on tow

BP have a couple up there i think?
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yeah the schehallion/foinavon (west of shetland field) is up that area
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oh dear,i wiki'ed north sea oil fields coz its been a while since i dealt with the west of shetland stuff and im nae 100% what rigs aree round there and i found this


Magnus oilfield- Big BP rust bucket. Crane is good at dropping logging units.



must be a bit fooked by now tho because my dad was forman at the magnus project yard in phd when they were building it.....and that was a while ago now
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