Thread: Random offshore pics

Passport?

Some coos stopped by to enjoy a wee heaty up by the flare this morning.

Up in the clouds. Home for the next 6-8 weeks.

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

Home for the next 6-8 weeks.

Time to knock back the cold ones, then?

Originally Posted by bsnub

Time to knock back the cold ones, then?

I took it as dry time coming up while he is working on that rig.

[QUOTE=dirk diggler;4432300]Up in the clouds. Home for the next 6-8 weeks.

Location, Drlg 12 1/4", looks like 9 5/8 Csg on the "deck"?

^or 7"? Elite Drilling?

Is that an archaic rig ?

I thought they all used top drives now ?

^ I would say it has Top Drive, a lot of loops to the right of Drk? Land rigs usually built cheap, old designs probably fairly new?

Yes , I think you are correct

Looking again to the right of the tripped strings it does look like cables servicing a top drive

Originally Posted by aging one

I took it as dry time coming up while he is working on that rig.

Opps! Ya I miss read that.

Originally Posted by bsnub

Time to knock back the cold ones, then?

Originally Posted by aging one

I took it as dry time coming up while he is working on that rig.

We stay in a resort at the bottom of the mountain and we can drink as much piss as we want. I don't though, I work hard, work out and eat as best as I can while I'm up here.

Originally Posted by Airportwo

Location, Drlg 12 1/4", looks like 9 5/8 Csg on the "deck"?

Originally Posted by Shy Guava

^or 7"? Elite Drilling?

7" Casing, Great Wall Drilling Company. We were on an Elite Drilling rig for a while and I believe they are actually the same bunch of cowboys.

Originally Posted by baldrick

Is that an archaic rig ?

I thought they all used top drives now ?

Originally Posted by Airportwo

^ I would say it has Top Drive, a lot of loops to the right of Drk? Land rigs usually built cheap, old designs probably fairly new?

Top Drive. GW 221.

I'll post pics from my phone

Would love a go on the GERONIMO! line, but that's a once in a lifetime deal and there's no training for that.

Maybe this is why:

Watch

Anyone?

Brutal

do you still use the retractable safety lines ?

Pretty impressive back somersault, bet his head hurt in the morning.

Originally Posted by baldrick

do you still use the retractable safety lines ?

Do you mean the yo-yo style harnesses? I’ve not seen those in a while.

yes - I used to climb around the top drive and then give the line s sharp tug to lock it so I would have 2 hands free to fault find in the sensor junction box or on the sensors

it connected to another jbox on the drawworks side of the derrick which had a 6 inch folding platform to stand on while I poked around inside - same deal , lock off the retractable cable so I could have both hands free

when you finished with them you would lock them around the handrail outside the dog box , but if you let it go , you had to climb to the top of the derrick to retrieve it - I used to have to go up top every now and again to sort out the aircraft light

When we were working in the shipyards in S.Korea during construction phase we asked for the yo-yo type since we had to wear a harness at all times but Halli’s said they were banned, which basically means they were more expensive. As you say they were great for leaning over and edge to work on something with both hands.

Well, guess what I'll be doing today...

This is my 9th course, 8th refresher.

And I still hate doing it. I'm too old for this shit.

^Not even joking mate, just looking at that photo made my stomach flutter.

Never again.

Have fun!

^^^is that the test where the vessel (with you inside) are submerged in water and you have to get out & swim to the surface?

Good luck!