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Oh bother. 2nd para. '...which leaves GLA and Whirlwind.'

Medre. Hit the send button too soon again!

Although you've already done some good research, the story's a lot more complicated. Some people seem to be of the opinion that Hurricane may be subject to a takeover. Personally I disagree with that, and the evidence points to such a thing being unlikely to happen. The join-up with Spirit makes it yet more unlikely.

From the word go, Hurricane has made it clear that its Rona Ridge assets will be up for sale when it comes to FFD. And the assets is what a major will want to buy. They don't want to buy Alistair Stobie, the Hurricane logo, or the photocopying machines. Essentially Spirit (aka Centrica) has 'grabbed' the GWA, as money is not just simply available for initial drilling, but further future sums have been mentioned for GWA FFD, subject to FID's. So a major has missed the boat there. Which leaves GWA and Whirlwind. Still up for grabs.

In other words, I personally think takeover talk is just that. Talk: without foundation.

The fact that Hurricane hasn't yet mentioned a CPR for Warwick doesn't mean they won't commission one. In fact as I posted early, I believe it's inconceivable that they won't do that.

Blueclyde,

"on the other hand saying that Hurricane wont be around to produce another CPR. As such how to you possibly agree to any sort of take over without knowing the true potential?"

You're new here, so although you've alrea

Some interesting points being raised in this thread.

Ricfle,

'As Hurricane have not indicated that they will commission a further CPR'

Maybe not indicated such so far. However it is inconceivable that Warwick will not be the subject of a CPR once the two wells there have been drilled. In fact I feel it is most likely that this will be compiled once the three (including Lincoln) have been drilled, becouse it's probable that with sensors down one well while another is being DST tested, the GWA 'all one field' hypothesis may go some way to being proved or otherwise.

However, that may very possibly be the last CPR we'll see for quite a long time. There will come a point where updated reserve / resource figures will come from the company's own figures without recourse to a third party. In other words, the company becomes considered its own 'competent person'. A CPR is not a requirement for every new field discovered, let alone for each further appraisal which may result in the figures increasing or otherwise. If thet were the case, the oil industry would only progress at snail's-pace. Instead a CPR is simply an 'informational tool' directly related to attracting investment.

I tend to agree with our new poster 'Blueclyde' that we'll see changes in reserves figures as more wells are drilled. Remember the phrase Dr T used? "Big fields have a habit of getting bigget!"

Wellwell,

" Would you use words like “espoused” and “obfuscation” in every day speech? "

Dunno about SiPP, but for information, I do. When speaking English, that is.

In French, the word 'obfusquer' is far more commonly used than in English, but 'épouser' has a different meaning than the English derivative.

Articulately yrs, etc....

Bother. iInadvertently hit send.

I haven't sailed those particular waters, but have taken a number of jackup rig tows off W.Africa, which are similarly known for skulduggery on the high seas. And the name of the game was to stay out of trouble. Keep away from the coast and other traffic. Even if it meant adding an extra couple of hundred miles to the route. The AM isn't a freighter or a tanker with a cargo to deliver to a deadline. The object is to get her home safely. Of course at some point she'll be joining the queue to get into the Red Sea, but those pinch points are well guarded.

SXX,

"I was surprised that AM wasn't taking the "Racing Line" also. Might the direction of the ocean currents be a factor?"

No.

Personally she's on exactly the sort of track I'd be expecting. I've never actually sailed tha

"I see no issue with her track."

Me neither. Just taking a wide swing round the 'corner', staying well out of the way of other traffic and away from the coast. Last year during the tow to Dubai she (or rather Salvangard) came back up on the AIS in very much the same position as the boat's at now, but heading north, of course.

And this chatter about Mumbai is nonsense. Imho. There's no reason to go there, and it'd be flagged as destination if they wanted to go stock up on curry.

MatrixObserver,

Fantastic link. Thanks!

MatrixObserver,

You're an odd beast, recently turned up here.

But...

"The plug is usually dropped away from any SURF, pipelines etc, then retrieved later with a beacon attached..."

That's exactly what I was thinking of myself, but then thought maybe Lerwick and 'make a run for it' instead.

Hmmmmmmmm............

Wellwell,

"Some habits are bad habits......."

Most of mine are.

yuyus,

"ADUK in August I posted that certain trades ( rope inspection) where on standby to be mobilised to go to Rotterdam ."

Yeah. Maybe I missed that. But what's that got to do with anything? Sure, the upper section of the flare-stack will be popped back on in Rotterdam. We know that. And of course inspection of the work will be 'vertical access'. (Otherwise known as cavers making money out of their strange hobby! It's what I'd be doing if I were 30 years younger than I am!)

No, DiveCentre, Wessex, and I are wasting keyboard time wondering about the protection-plate. It's pretty futile, and not price-sensitive. Just an adjunct to our weird 'shipwatching' habits. Don't mean nothing.

Arbitrader,

Thanks. This could be a 'black swan'. The outcome of which is unknown yet. It's top story ongoing on CNN. Glad I've got some gold...

:-)))

No, the heck with it. I'll email Bluewater...

:-)))

DiveCentre,

"Anyway it's all academic as we know it will be done at Rotterdam."

No we don't!

I might email Lower Easham about this. Because I don't think it's 'price-sensitive' stuff. Just we bored engineering people rabbitting on while our ship's at sea...

Mario,

" She sailed from Gdansk to Rotterdam without one, so the short trip from Rotterdam to Lancaster shouldn't be a problem either."

Yes, she did that, but the plate was being rapidly built in Rotterdam while she was sailing from Gdansk! And it really is just a dumb bit of steel, with no moving parts.

Sure, this is just talking in the wind, but I just suggested Lewick as a sort of internal 'engineering exercise', and how I might do things. Because (a) a dock in Rotterdam costs money, lots of it. (b) installation of the flare-stack and plate drop-off almost certainly couldn't be safely done as a SIMOP. (c) the plate might continue serving its 'protection' role to good effect on the way to Shetland.

Essentially, shucking the thing off is quite simple. It's held in place by the same latches as serve to hold the buoy into the turret. So do it all last-minute, just before going out to latch with the buoy. Instead of having that 'latch-deck' open to the sea during the Rotterdam-WoS transit.

It must be remembered that the journey Ettrick-Gdansk was done when Bluewater didn't know whether the boat would ever work again, and Gdansk-Rotterdam the plate was being constructed. I've no doubt there was a plate in place for the original Singapore-Rotterdam trip, but it was probably turned into a fridge or someone's car as soon as it had served its purpose.

It was just a thought. But mind you, the Dutch are notorious for being almost as tight as Scotsmen, and maybe they'll just want their hunk of steel back! :-))

SotB,

Whee na?

Oh yeah, forgot. Might make the fish go rusty...

DiveCentre,

"Regarding you comment on dropping the plate WoS I guess that Nigg is the nearest place they could do that."

Why not just outside Lerwick? It's not a complicated operation. Drop it off last-minute, pick it up from shallow seabed onto the back of a supply boat, to be taken back to Rotterdam or maybe cut up for scrap. Easy-peasy.

yuyus,

"So let’s say FOIL for simple fag packet calcs is January 1st 2019 , 01/01/2019 , Oil is at $80 and we produce ‘ on average ‘ 20k bopd ."

The company is 'guiding' an average 17,000 bbl/day including downtime. So why make up different figures for your fag packet calcs? If it turns out to be 17K, that's great. Everything else above that is gravy.

https://twitter.com/hurricomms/status/1051731876698832896

Thanks, Missdosh!

A good photo of the FPSO accompanying that tweet. I can now see the upper part of the flare-stack: it's sitting (upright) on deck, just behind the stack itself. So I'm now beginning to think that Well well was right a couple of weeks ago. Time spent in Rotterdam shouldn't be too long. So long as everything's ready when the boat arrives, it won't take much to lift the upper stack section and bolt it up to the rest. And then there's the turret protection-plate to be removed, but they might even leave that in place until arrival WoS. Who knows? It'd make sense.