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Albi1

"Aduk, Imagine how Amaja felt, having trekked down to the port on an almost daily basis. Etc.."

Don't get me wrong, please.

I thank the poster for the genuine and straight-out way he gave us some info. Some of which turned out to be wrong. But so did mine, recently! It wasn't my fault, so no blame on him if he too got wrong info.

kaytom,

"Sure you enquired about the correct vessel as It would appear you information is somewhat flawed ?"

Yes. And spelled it out to the man on the phone.

And the information I received and posted here was not just 'flawed', but completely wrong.

But none of my fault, and all it cost me was a phone call and a bit of time.

So I apologise (though don't feel it's necessary) for a post which has turned out to be incorrect, but submitted in good faith.

The boat's on her way. That's what counts.

Huh?

This has all become crazy.

A few hours ago I posted (in all good faith, please believe me) about a phone call I made to Rotterdam Port Harbour Authority who said the boat would sail tomorrow.

But now, here she is, heading west making 7.7 knots, with posted destination Aberdeen!

Which of course is is incredibly good news, even if it's caught all of us on the hop.

Goes to show you can't believe anybody, believe me...

Albi1

"Aduk, Thanks for checking, let's see what tomorrow brings."

Thanks for your thanks, but it just seemed an easy thing to do, all of a sudden, the phone call costing peanuts.

Obviously, the sailing time isn't 'engraved in stone', but the fact that the Port Authority (rather than the agency) gives me a feeling that it means something.

As always, 'tomorrow is another day'. And the classic last line of the movie 'Gone With the Wind'.

I wish the boat and all crewing her Godspeed, and a safe voyage. And a Happy New Year to everyone here.

ifonly1

"adoubleuk why dp you feel the need to copy and paste everybody's comments before adding your sarcastic reply ?"

Good 'business practice'. So that the message remains in context for anyone who might have been occupied doing other things for a while, and can thus quickly backtrack to find out what they've missed.

It's called 'communication'.

Enjoy your 300 quid.

PS My replies are not always sarcastic. In fact they rarely are.

I have just telephoned the Rotterdam Port Harbour Authority, just to check things.

A polite young (I think) man on the phone, who spoke perfect English. I had to wait about a minute while he checked vessel name and curren informationt update.

It would appear that on the Captain's request, (no doubt in consultation with his company Bluewater, who own the boat), sailing out of port must be in daylight, and hopefully with good visibility.

I find this completely understandable, given the money involved, and the fact that the Aoka Mizu,is not a Riva speedboat.

So about 10 tomorrow. Maybe.

yuyus,

"I found Ricfle to be by far one of the most researched posters I’ve ever seen post"

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ifonly1,

"wellwell I'm not a fan of this bb."

In that case, stop posting on it and taking up space.

BNB,

"Let us also remember other absent posters at this time of year - Dierich and everyone's favourite - Carnegie ."

And not to forget PiJoe.

Personally I'll miss Ricfle's interventions like I miss severe malaria 'revisits', which used to happen to me, but touch wood, haven't for at least ten years now.

I do rather miss 'Carnegie', though.

dspp,

I note a recent post from you over on a different BB with the initials 'LF'. I don't post there myself, but hope you'll pick up this 'reply'.

Your supposition preceded by 'AFAIK' is correct. The two wells are 'bareback' all along the horizontal sections.

But equally the article referred to is of very dubious value, and is 'layman's science' at best, riddled with inaccuracies.

I liked your comment about 'natural proppant': it made me grin. However (sorry!) but it too is inaccurate. The fracture pore/perm matrix exhibited in the Rona Ridge Lewisian Gneiss doesn't need a proppant to keep the fractures open. And even if there's slight 'movement' of the rock in the near-wellbore vicinity, all it will result in is further fracturing, quite possibly leading to improvement of the available flowpaths rather than the opposite!

Imho, I don't see 'sand control' being an issue at all, and anyway it'll have been already calculated for. Imho. Nothing to worry about.

Wellwell,

"You must be nearly back to break even on RBD?"

Nope. Very 'blue' there, just like here! DYOR.

Odd. HUR down 3.4%. RBD up 20.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkAzMiEUUQ8

Sorry, got to be quick. 'Cos 'on pause' during an internet poker game. Got to get back. But BBC World has just run a documentaary about Carl Fabergé and his connections with the old Tzarist Russian families.

It's lovely.

Unfortunately haven't got a link.

And my game's reastarted, and now have 'The Grateful Dead Movie' (DVD version) rolling, instead.

ionly1,

My 'position' is very blue! And has been for a couple of years now.

ifonly1,

" made the right choice £300 is not bad for a few hours work"

Now you're showing your true colours.Though what 'work' was involved?

I try to keep count of my 'euros per hour' playing poker. If it's less than 90 I'm having a bad night.

And don't get me onto the subject of 'food' in KLM business Class, please.

I'd prefer to eat the seat-cushion.

Amaja,

I'm sorry, I appreciate that I'm appearing rather insulting to your homecountry's cooking skills. But nevertheless:

"A Double UK: how often did you dine in Dutch restaurants to substantiate that Dutch cookery is rubbish?"

Dunno, didn't count. But quickly learned that the best restaurants in Holland (the same applies in Germany) are run by Chinese, Vietnamese, Indian, or Thai people. Serving up their own national foods, except one usually has to ask them to add an extra bit of spice, otherwise it's a sort of bland version to suit the local palates.

And don't get me onto scatalogical subjects about German cooking, and a seemingly national habit inbuilt from childhood about examining their stool before pulling the chain.

Rubbish in, rubbish out. But if they appear similar, seemingly that's OK.

Wellwell,

".a quote from Local Hero."

Great! On an O&G shareholders' BB!

Won't you and Nigwit please get back on your horses and ride out of here please?

The Local Hero was a Zero. And 'our' oilfield is in his backyard.

Another quote: "Make my Day, Punk".

(Continued)

Sorry, 'topteam', I left a bit of my copy/paste at the bottom of my previous page.

But maybe (inadvertently) rightly, so I'll re-copy it.

"If the weather was going to be out of the mooring line safety limits they would un latch and head for shelter. "

I suppose that in some respects that's true. But the whole point is, the mooring-line safety limits aren't the critical thing. Any 'uncontolled' movement of the boat getting anywhere near to such limits would probably rip the vessel apart, with catastrophic results.

(And if any 'regulars' reading this start thinking adoubleuk's suddenly gone mad and become a deramper, it's not true. But facts are facts. And if you don't like 'em, sell tomorrow and don't look at O&G again.)

No, the FPSO will (during rough weather) have to use its thrusters and propulsion to keep itself over the 'mooring system'. 'Unlatch and head for shelter' is an option, of course, but would involve considerable foresight and result in costs and sudden lack of revenue. That's why they've 'beefed-up' the boat: to avoid such a manoever having to be made. The new 'greenwater protection' hasn't been put on just to make the thing look pretty.

There are some people who have put more than hald a billion pounds into ensuring this thing goes ahead. And people with that amount of money can't be idiots. And my guess is that (like myself, a small-time PI), they trust the Management to have done their homework regarding the technical stuff.

So don't worry about it. Only a few more weeks to go!

And again, 'topteam', maybe my initial reply to your post was harsh, but I meant no harm.

topteam,

"I not posted to insult you or anybody else just added information i am aware of due to working in the industry. Anyway enjoy the remainder of your xmas."

Sorry, I didn't mean to be insulting to you. And thank you for your Xmas wishes!

"I see you put up Newbie why does that matter ? I assume you mean newbie to be posting on the board as i have been invested and read the board for the last three or four years."

Glad to hear you've been invested here for so long. And also reading stuff posted here for that long. But as you'll have noticed, it's quite a 'chatboard'. And I'm one of the worst 'culprits', because I write frequently, and usually longwindedly. But there are quite a few of the 'regulars' here who get a bit suspicious when new names crop up just when things start to begin to get exciting!

Forgive me please, I meant no offence.

However, and for factual and informational purposes, and to explain my earlier rather hasty a²nd thus apparently rude post:

"Which part do you think is not correct for what i have posted?"

All of your opening paragraph, which I'll copy again, though breaking it down a bit.

""The mooring lines are the same as the mooring lines on a Semi Submersible rig."

No, they are not. Check out the specifications. They are a lot bigger than those carried by any 'semi' which I know of. Furthermore, they are attatched to seabed-driven piles, not anchors, so the mooring-system is not comparable to that of a semisub MODU.

" So will be more than capable of holding the vessel in relative position without using the Thrusters."

Yes, in a way, and in theory. The piles, chains and lines could certainly hold the boat in place. Their strength cannot be doubted. However, in rough weather such as which the FPSO will be certainly subjected to WoS, being 'held in place' is not the 'be-all and end-all'. The boat is just part of a highly dynamic system, with volatile and potentially environmentally-damaging hydrocarbons running through it, which if anything went wrong could cause considerable harm of all sorts. So if the 'mooring system' (via the buoy) keeps it 'roughly' in place, that's not enough. We can't have the boat 'pulling against the mooring' like a dog trying to get off it's leash and pull its owner along, maybe causeing the dog-owner to fall over and be hurt. (Going to a new page now, because wordcount here is limited.)

If the weather was going to be out of the mooring line safety limits they would un latch and head for shelter. "