Unfortunately MEXICO lost a heli like this one last November 11 2011 after a tragic air fall. NO SURVIVORS. One victim was Internal Relationships Minister Josefrancisco Blake.
Great to see it from an inside view. I have just uploaded a vid I made of the riggers taking off from Donegal Airport and heading to an offshore rigg, don't know how far off the coast it is. I noticed the heli crew and riggers arrive in a Jetstream 41 from Aberdeen and fly out to the rig.
@irishrover63 i diddnt know they had rigs off ireland, it must be a chartered flight from aberdeen to get the workers there, i fly up to aberdeen in a jetstreem 41 from teesside, then onto a saab2000 up to the shetland islands then onto a sikorsky s92!
@parmo4life Yes the Jetstream is Eastern Airways and it stays there until the crews have been changed. There is also a survival training centre in Fallcaragh, Donegal so you don't have to go to Aberdeen. I have tried on google to find a chart for offshore rigs, but yet have found none. I heard work is scarce on the rigs these days.
@irishrover63 there is plenty of work in the north sea at present, i have been kept busy the last 18 months, i t was bad during the recession, but things are more or less back to normal. there is a chart of were all the rigs are on the dti oil and gas site
@irishrover63 Hi mate, the offshore workers you mention leaving from Donegal are working in the Corrib gas field about 60miles off the west coast of Ireland. Shell is running a 10 year project to bring gas to Irelands shores. The rig the guys are flying out to is a semi-sub named Sedco711 operated by Transocean. Due to Irelands tight regulations on drilling offshore we are the only rig operating in these waters during the summer months. We are due back to this field late March early April 2011
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Unfortunately MEXICO lost a heli like this one last November 11 2011 after a tragic air fall. NO SURVIVORS. One victim was Internal Relationships Minister Josefrancisco Blake.
lailasalas 3 months ago
how did u film this mate if ur not allowed any electricals?
123Breed 6 months ago
Thanks for the info mate
cb1300fan 7 months ago
Could have been the Sedco 711 (a transocean rig), Ive been on it. Its a few miles off the coast of County Mayo
cb1300fan 7 months ago
@cb1300fan it was an ENSCO jack up
parmo4life 7 months ago
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cb1300fan 7 months ago
is that brae alpha?
123Breed 9 months ago
@123Breed no its the Dan Foxtrot in the danish sector
parmo4life 7 months ago
Thanks for the info mate, good to know where the rig is.
irishrover63 1 year ago
Great to see it from an inside view. I have just uploaded a vid I made of the riggers taking off from Donegal Airport and heading to an offshore rigg, don't know how far off the coast it is. I noticed the heli crew and riggers arrive in a Jetstream 41 from Aberdeen and fly out to the rig.
irishrover63 1 year ago
@irishrover63 i diddnt know they had rigs off ireland, it must be a chartered flight from aberdeen to get the workers there, i fly up to aberdeen in a jetstreem 41 from teesside, then onto a saab2000 up to the shetland islands then onto a sikorsky s92!
parmo4life 1 year ago
@parmo4life Yes the Jetstream is Eastern Airways and it stays there until the crews have been changed. There is also a survival training centre in Fallcaragh, Donegal so you don't have to go to Aberdeen. I have tried on google to find a chart for offshore rigs, but yet have found none. I heard work is scarce on the rigs these days.
irishrover63 1 year ago
@irishrover63 there is plenty of work in the north sea at present, i have been kept busy the last 18 months, i t was bad during the recession, but things are more or less back to normal. there is a chart of were all the rigs are on the dti oil and gas site
parmo4life 1 year ago
@irishrover63 Hi mate, the offshore workers you mention leaving from Donegal are working in the Corrib gas field about 60miles off the west coast of Ireland. Shell is running a 10 year project to bring gas to Irelands shores. The rig the guys are flying out to is a semi-sub named Sedco711 operated by Transocean. Due to Irelands tight regulations on drilling offshore we are the only rig operating in these waters during the summer months. We are due back to this field late March early April 2011
TheDevilsLeftNut 1 year ago