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Posted on 9/11/24 at 9:16 pm to aib799
My brothers out there right now on a drill ship, an hour helicopter ride south of Houma, so on the bad side of storm just east of where it made landfall. He stopped working offshore and drove trucks for the last few years after suffering a bad heatstroke in W Texas, and just hired on to work offshore again a few weeks ago.
Takes 5 days to shut down the ship to move it, and they waited too late, so are just riding it out.
Here’s a pic he sent me yesterday:
Heard from him an hour or so ago, they’re doing fine.
Way back in the day my grandpa rode out a hurricane with one other co-worker on a wooden platform.
Takes 5 days to shut down the ship to move it, and they waited too late, so are just riding it out.
Here’s a pic he sent me yesterday:
Heard from him an hour or so ago, they’re doing fine.
Way back in the day my grandpa rode out a hurricane with one other co-worker on a wooden platform.
This post was edited on 9/11/24 at 9:53 pm
Posted on 9/11/24 at 9:17 pm to aib799
Running the EG doesn't use as much fuel and only powering living quarters and essential lights so yes a couple of weeks
Posted on 9/11/24 at 9:20 pm to JackieSonnier
13 on the rig. PHI was unable to get them off the rig. Spoke to one of them around 6:45 this evening and it wasn’t too bad. Said they’ve been through worse storms in the winter.
Posted on 9/11/24 at 9:20 pm to aib799
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You work offshore?
Yes I’m here now. Been here since last Thursday. We evacuated half of the crew Monday and Tuesday. No flights until Friday most likely.
We were in maintain mode today. It wasn’t bad. I took a few safety naps.
Everything else was normal as far as food etc. we didn’t have steak or lobster like some of the folks were saying, but it wasn’t Viennas either
ETA: we didn’t shut it either. Deepwater and drilling didn’t stop either. shut down scaffolding crews and crane activity. That’s all
This post was edited on 9/11/24 at 9:27 pm
Posted on 9/11/24 at 9:22 pm to magildachunks
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Too late.
I wrote a Halloween treatment with this setup for a screenwriting class back in college
Michael Myers on a rig in a Hurricane.
That would be a 22 minute episode of TV, not feature length.
Please share your work though, I beg.
Michael Myers /Halloween is my favorite horror franchise. I'd love to read it.
You can email it to my trash address emaildawgrant at gmail if you don't want it public.
Posted on 9/11/24 at 9:23 pm to deeprig9
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I hereby copyright this movie idea.
Posted on 9/11/24 at 9:24 pm to JackieSonnier
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Just saw a couple guys stuck on an oil rig that the company waited too late to go get them.
Are they stuck or did the company decide to just wait out the storm? All the rigs I know of decided to stay on location but get off the wells.
Posted on 9/11/24 at 9:27 pm to deeprig9
The Rig. Steaming on Amazon I think. Very close.
Posted on 9/11/24 at 9:27 pm to deeprig9
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I hereby copyright this movie idea.
Can't copyright an idea, baw.
Posted on 9/11/24 at 9:29 pm to adavis
“Rig” is about as vague as it gets. Has it been verified what kind of facility this crew got stuck on? Shelf? Deepwater?
If it’s a floater or a drill ship, at worst they unlatched and got out of the way of the storm. The assets nowadays can go at least a week without needing to take on fuel. I just spent 2 weeks on a drill ship and they didn’t take on fuel the whole time. The reason I know this is because they didn’t shut down the smoke deck.
Eta and it’s not like Fourchon got wrecked. Boats that were docked will be back at it in the next couple days.
If it’s a floater or a drill ship, at worst they unlatched and got out of the way of the storm. The assets nowadays can go at least a week without needing to take on fuel. I just spent 2 weeks on a drill ship and they didn’t take on fuel the whole time. The reason I know this is because they didn’t shut down the smoke deck.
Eta and it’s not like Fourchon got wrecked. Boats that were docked will be back at it in the next couple days.
This post was edited on 9/11/24 at 9:31 pm
Posted on 9/11/24 at 9:31 pm to dkreller
Sure seems like there a few here that know about offshore and how it works.
Posted on 9/11/24 at 9:33 pm to Cosmo
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Im sure they are fine.
Probably will for this one.
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Those rigs are designed to survive a cat 5
Rigs vary so much that this isn't close to true. But most people call everything a rig. Production platforms are designed to withstand hurricanes but they age quickly out there and all bets are off for a cat 5.
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Just wont be much fun
It would be miserable and one long butt clenching ride
Posted on 9/11/24 at 9:34 pm to adavis
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That’s not how any of that works. Where do you think they get power? Power lines or something?
Please try to dig yourself out of this hole
Posted on 9/11/24 at 9:36 pm to TDTOM
One thing about this place, there's at least one legitimate expert on Basically anything who posts here.
Posted on 9/11/24 at 9:38 pm to TDTOM
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Sure seems like there a few here that know about offshore and how it works.
12 years so far for me
Posted on 9/11/24 at 9:39 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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One thing about this place, there's at least one legitimate expert on Basically anything who posts here
The tough part is figuring out who the "expert" is and who's talking out their arse
Posted on 9/11/24 at 9:42 pm to FAP SAM
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The tough part is figuring out who the "expert" is and who's talking out their arse
Holiday Inn Express gets a lot of business from the OT.
Posted on 9/11/24 at 9:46 pm to JackieSonnier
It's understandable for a crew being stuck, but not just two people.
Back in the late 70's, a hurricane was coming so they sent everyone home except the the company man, pusher, driller, crane operator, derrick hand, a cook, and a hand that could spot weld. We tied or welded everything to the platform, sat around playing cards and ate steaks
We were getting time and a half so all was good until that big double prop helicopter arrived to pick us up.
Back in the late 70's, a hurricane was coming so they sent everyone home except the the company man, pusher, driller, crane operator, derrick hand, a cook, and a hand that could spot weld. We tied or welded everything to the platform, sat around playing cards and ate steaks
We were getting time and a half so all was good until that big double prop helicopter arrived to pick us up.
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