Roundtable Discussion; The Future of Mineral Sands. Watch the video here.
SID - is keeping an eye out for incursions close to the NI.
10 points to anyone who can guess what SID stands for - oh happy days.
BFH
My sisters and I have a thought, which is not very often.
But maybe if all us PI's sold Unus at the same time we could irrumabo the market makers at what most punters believe these so called signals represent. Get real people these guys don't need to rely on dealing codes, like batman they have hot lines and other means of comm's that circumvent the market by miles.
Another good day on the hill, hot and sunny in the Cairngorms and not a sole in sight compared to the South.
Happy Days.
Looks like we have a slight delay in operations with vessels committed to other operators at the moment, unless the NV does a hard a port.
BFH
We can see the NI making way to Lancaster from the top of Beinn a Bhurid, that was a quick turn around - only joking as there's no Internet from the top. But she's on the move - tick tock.
A good day on the hill though not a sole about and clear as far as the eye could see.
Happy Days
BFH
My sisters and I have been following the OT on this board of late and we were almost were drawn into the gravitational pit. After a couple of hours out in the refreshing rain mulling over various responses we could have made, we have resisted the pull of the Super Massive Black Hole that seems to have been formed on this board.
So getting back OT, next RNS will confirm Buoy in place, SURF’s up and AM on trial - no need for three individual one’s - next week.
We expect they are pulling all the stops out to get the AM out of Dubai considering that Trumpton is bumping his gums and upping the anti.
The internet is a complete virtual refection of the reality of the human race - worts and all just better and faster connected. We are living in dangerous times where miss information can..... OFF’S gone off topic (one for the pub) that’s the effect of the SMBH.
Chocolate Orange off to the hills tomorrow - let’s hope the rider survives.
BFH
Ah!
Ever remember those days as a kid when your parents used to watch GW and you were bored out of your head. Skip forward 40+ yrs and some or most of us are doing the same thing that our parents did and our kids if you have them will be doing the same. Out in the garden / allotment and forgetting about the rat race, time seems to fly by and you end up with produce to boot. But that goes for anything you enjoy even truck racing (pictures please).
Talking about rats (CA), second one we have seen this year in the garden. Rosa got the first and boy did it squeal pity it was not our friend from CA, maybe we’ll better luck next time.
Lot’s of pears, apples on the tree’s but they are not very big we need more water - not something we need on Lancaster, which was the best Airfix model we every had and there's another story...
Oh my giddy aunt our son’s cooking dinner.....
Happy Days
The last time we were involved with a pipeline tie in we used Sat Divers from a barge, we won't say where but it was a first in the BS and low cost. So we assume the tech being used WOS is a bit more advanced as our more technical / astute posters have outlined, hat's off to you.
Not much SURF for the board at the moment in the NE, which bodes well for future op's. So it's back to surfing the net, Dudes of Hazard (If only this was us 40yrs ago) or Joe Cocker (Unchain My Heart 2013 Live), who's the bass player - hot to trott.
Rock on Tommy
BFH
If only our circumstances were slightly different and we'd be the Haute Savoie sitting on the veranda enjoying the fruits of the land both solid and liquid.
Just waiting for the storm to break and what storms they would be, ah happy days. That's not to say there are no happy day's yet to come.
FOIL November 5th - gunpowder, treason and plot, let's go out with a bang either way.
BFH
Well we have still have had little or nor rain for some time here in Deeside, could this be the summer to beat 1976. Hay is now £45/bail before it was £25/bail. Perhaps we need to plant some vines. Any advise Aduk, Escargot? We had snails once a little bit rubbery, nothing compared to eye of Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing,-- For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
When the weather breaks it will be with vengeance - but not before the AM is in place. Mark our words.
Thought's go out to the sat divers who we assume are needed to flog up the flow lines to the manifold etc or have things moved on since our day - Aduk?
BFH
This time next year Rodney we'll be Millionars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiIIkQO95z4
H
If only my sisters and I were living in the Haute Savoire life would be so much more, but circumstances do not allow.
On Topic or Off Topic.
We can see a distinct lack of news between first oil and the good Doctor's 6 mths of reservoir interpretation, so maybe the ship watchers can give us the heads up on the frequency of tanker movements during this phase of production to give us an insight as to the average daily production.
Not to sure what the NI is up to but the Union Bear has moved!
Rock on tommy.
H
Rumour has it the good Doctor went for his daily run with the AIS.
Also my sisters and I can confirm that the good Doctor had a word with those in high places regarding the weather this year.
On another topic we now have re-homed Mikey a 4 yr old sight hound (grey) and buoy is he big, which means I don't have to bend down to stroke him. 0 to 42 MPH in 4 strides and does he have attitude, never looks at any other mutts and just struts his stuff as if his royalty.
Mind you we have to muzzle him as he'll go for anything small and fury......
Hot and over cast in Deeside once again, bumper crop of red currents, which should go well in the cauldron.
H
If the PBLJ keeps going we might have two wells completed?
This reminds us of the past tracks a month or so ago, not sure anyone else clocked it. But the track reminded us of the Cerne Giant. Was the captain taking the hiss or what. Maybe it's just one of those things or is our Doctor giving the big boys the finger......
Hot and sunny in Aberdeenshire again.
BFH
Ah well looks like we have been sucked into social media and the new form of communication. What ever happened to going down the pub and talking face to face over a pint of Six X, life was a lot slower then and you could form an opinion at your leisure.
Hopefully the new dog has no skcollob!
BFH
Dubliner
We have always been behind the curve, finding music 2/3 years after it came out but in some ways that's a good thing. Oh boy we used to deliver papers for £5 a week and on a Thursday when the local rag came out we had to go back and forth to the paper shop many times as you could not fit all the papers in the bag. Happy days.
We used to ride a Raleigh and go to a place called the hills and hollows, if only we could have known how MTB would take off but that was 1977. We now have full suspension bikes and are going down tracks that require BOS. As and old fart we get burnt off by the youths who are fearless, and boy do these guy's have guts. If only we had bikes like this 40 yrs ago.
Congratulations Dubliner you have made me achieved the magic 13.
Oh the wife has just come home from work and is now cutting the grass. The boy's have been working as carpark attendants at the Antiques Road Show this weekend. So figure out where we live.
BFH
Where is SI when you need it, just think what the could do with party pants. Oh they were the days....
By the way we are going for the magic number only one to go!
BFH
Just spent a few hours hand mixing cement in the roasting Aberdeenshire sunshine, if only we had a Halliburton cement unit it would have been a lot quicker. The Cairngorm hills are beckoning us to get out on the hill but we have decided to re-home a grey hound to keep Rosa company, which means we have to secure the garden. Happy days.
Looks like we'll get a good run of weather next week for the buoy installation, however there's a storm coming captain and we don't mean offshore.
The biggest threat to the good old US of A is internal (domestic) as Billy Joel said 'We did not start the fire'. Some one or something will ignite the touch paper and with the speed of the internet things can get out of control very quickly. It's very hard to scotch the rumours once they are out there. We live in a very fast and dangerous world that none of us have control over.
On a lighter note looks like I'll be sleeping in the hammock tonight - that's right outside in Aberdeenshire, whoopie do
BFH
If only it was a bit cooler here in the Tweed Valley we could have got a lot more tracks done, no rigs, vessels or buoys in sight.
IF is a small but significant word in what ever context you use it - let's see how the reservoir performs! In our opinion the biggest risk is still how the reservoir performs and no matter what your opinion it's still a black box - does anyone really know what the WOS FB is really like? The rock doctor's were not around when the FB was being formed and at the end of the day it's their best guess even with the technical data from a few points (wells) as to what things look like and how things interconnect.
A positive interview but know one would expect otherwise, a bit like politicians no one tells you the down side which we are sure the company are well aware internally.
Oh well back to listening to the cure live...
Toil and trouble.
My sisters and I.....
Ah well with the storm passing through the west coast, we did not manage to see the JK from Skye. But what's more important is I forgot to buy flowers or a prezzie for our wedding anniversary tomorrow. I could cut an paste a picture of the bouy on the JK on hand made card if someone can get one. We have never completed a well without having a clean up flow period no matter how short it was. It's your last chance to sort things out downhole before handing over to the production guy's. This company does not do short cuts unless the risk is very small (ie: installing the subsea xmas tree's with the NI). Ah a patch of blue sky enough to make a ducth boy a pair of trousers - looks like it's going to be a good day.
Nice to see lot's of good posts today but when it's this good in May we've been out climbing big routes in the cairngorms - WOS not visible as it's to far but we could see the Ben. Another good day tomorrow and we are out again, forced retirement is not all that bad so long as the knee holdsup. Looks like other folks are getting a taste of good old scottish weather. A copy of the completion programme would be handy anyone got one?