Offshore at the moment?

[scotty_d]

We have no work in the north sea at all now! have got a 4 week trip in Congo over x mas and new year however.

[Ug_lee]

Off to the John Shaw on Friday.

It's been quite a while since I did North Sea, least it should be decent food Xmas day!

[slf2012]

rossybee said:

C997 said:

rossybee said:

Landed on this when on Maersk B...
http://gcaptain.com/jack-up-collapses-at-maersk-op...

That's not B location. One of the other locations in Al Shaheen but not B location. Could be part of B centre but that is made up of B,C,E,H and I locations.

Edited by C997 on Sunday 19th July 04:51

Was definitely the Rumaillah we landed on...

That's Maersk's A-location, the platform you see is the accommodation module. They regularly use jack-ups for accommodation alongside the main platform.

Interestingly enough, the main accommodation module had a fire about 3 years ago. A diesel day tank had overflowed and the diesel ignited, and the resultant fire was directly below the exit to the accommodation (just under the bridge).

Safe to say that got the fire teams attention when they opened the door!

[rossybee]

Back on the Alder...for Christmas....

[dunmac25]

Stuck on ENSCO DS-8 till mid Jan, offshore Angola - Still beats being stuck onshore Angola

[awooga]

craig2003 said:

M888SXY said:

Been on DWG in the Caspian for the last week.

Neighbours!
I was on the West Chirag a couple of weeks back and just came off the Chirag on Saturday.
Heard it's a decent bit of food on the DWG

Howdy dowdy! I'm on the seismic survey ship around Shah Deniz at the moment and heading out to the Azeri / Chirag area in January, give us a wave as we do our close passes.

[psk]

Im heading out to the Ensco 5004 in the new year, anyone have any experience of it?

[focrs]

psk said:

Im heading out to the Ensco 5004 in the new year, anyone have any experience of it?

I was on it 2 year ago working on the drilling equipment. Not sure what's it's like now tho.

[Corpulent Tosser]

dunmac25 said:

Stuck on ENSCO DS-8 till mid Jan, offshore Angola - Still beats being stuck onshore Angola

I don't know, being onshore Luanda at least I can go for a beer after work

[MidnightXR6]

Out to Baku on wednesday

Suppose worse places to be over new year.

[eck c]

Corpulent Tosser said:

dunmac25 said:

Stuck on ENSCO DS-8 till mid Jan, offshore Angola - Still beats being stuck onshore Angola

I don't know, being onshore Luanda at least I can go for a beer after work

You staying anywhere nice?

I'm currently in the Tropico, 2 weeks down & only another 6 to go

[awooga]

MidnightXR6 said:

Out to Baku on wednesday

Suppose worse places to be over new year.

There will be pubs open! Get yourself up to the London Bar just off Bul Bul, maybe 4 blocks up from Sahil metro station or to the Tequila Bar just behind McDonalds in Fountain Square. Or Shakespeare's - bound to be a live band on and you can get yourself a decent curry upstairs before the bells. I'm hoping NOT to be able to see the lights of Baku on New Year's Eve as it just makes things worse - I'd rather pretend I was in the absolute middle of nowhere.

[Corpulent Tosser]

eck c said:

Corpulent Tosser said:

dunmac25 said:

Stuck on ENSCO DS-8 till mid Jan, offshore Angola - Still beats being stuck onshore Angola

I don't know, being onshore Luanda at least I can go for a beer after work

You staying anywhere nice?

I'm currently in the Tropico, 2 weeks down & only another 6 to go

Not particularly nice, Palm Beach Hotel, but it is on Ilha so plenty beach bars to choose from

[Corpulent Tosser]

awooga said:

MidnightXR6 said:

Out to Baku on wednesday

Suppose worse places to be over new year.

There will be pubs open! Get yourself up to the London Bar just off Bul Bul, maybe 4 blocks up from Sahil metro station or to the Tequila Bar just behind McDonalds in Fountain Square. Or Shakespeare's - bound to be a live band on and you can get yourself a decent curry upstairs before the bells. I'm hoping NOT to be able to see the lights of Baku on New Year's Eve as it just makes things worse - I'd rather pretend I was in the absolute middle of nowhere.

Aye, not a bad place to be, certainly better than Luanda.

Its five years since I was there but spent four years working there and would go back in a heartbeat.

[MidnightXR6]

Ive been many times here. Still not interested in it as a place.

Will be heading out to East Azeri

[craig2003]

Having a beer in Schipol on route to Atyrau for a little over three weeks

[Corpulent Tosser]

dunmac25 said:

Stuck on ENSCO DS-8 till mid Jan, offshore Angola - Still beats being stuck onshore Angola

What are you doing on DS-8

I am a subsea base supervisor for Total and DS-8 is one of my rigs.

[der1]

First time in Baku next week for me looking forward to it

[dunmac25]

Doing major equipment installation, it's a busy old rig just now

Corpulent Tosser said:

dunmac25 said:

Stuck on ENSCO DS-8 till mid Jan, offshore Angola - Still beats being stuck onshore Angola

What are you doing on DS-8

I am a subsea base supervisor for Total and DS-8 is one of my rigs.

[craig2003]

Its gone a little quiet here recently.

Spending my time now between onshore Karabatan and offshore on Kashagan D Island, Kazakhstan