Nils
Blythe reported live from the middle of the North Sea last night...with the help of his producer Sandra.
Here's his despatch:
"It takes two and a half hours by helicopter from Aberdeen to the Alwyn North oil and gas platform. And after all that empty sea the scale of the place is breathtaking. There are currently around 250 people working out here, drawing the oil and gas up from deep beneath the seabed and pumping it through a network of pipelines to the mainland.
I was shown around by Bill Cardno, the installation manager for the French oil giant Total. He's been working offshore since 1978. In the early days oil workers spent two weeks on a platform and then a week at home. Now it's two weeks on and two weeks off. And they are moving to two weeks on and three weeks off. Now there's progress for you.
We broadcast from the helipad at the top of the platform and as you can see we were extremely lucky with the weather. It's not normally like this, they kept telling us. I'm e-mailing these snapshots from the platform. Can't write any more because it's almost time for dinner and I'm told the food is excellent.( It's a French owned platform). But even the French don't allow any alcohol offshore. 'Tant pis', as they say."
And here's Nils on air live from the Alwyn Platform:
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Like the suit Nils! Very fetching. International Distress Orange is this years colour I'm told.
Si.
Question for Nils: Now that Mr. Sarkozy is President Elect and talking of increasing hours of work from 35 per week, are the oil workers confident they will get their shore leave increased from two weeks in four to three weeks in five, or fearful that it may regress to one week in three as before?
Nils
re 'Tant pis', try the JETA-1, not as good as AVPIN but certainly a cheeky little brew!
I think you are right about JETA-1, Di. It looks very suspicious :-)
Oh yes, love the look. I missed the programme last night -- will I get to hear this tonight or has it already gone by? (Yes, yes I know -- the "Listen Again" feature...)
This is for the boys in blue of Norfolk Constabulary.....
....if you see me walking along Riverside in Norwich at lunchtime with a Cream Bun, soft boiled egg and a mixed salad, I am not ' tooled up' and about to commit an offence....I am having my lunch!
I have just sent ´óÏó´«Ã½ PM a photo of Miami Florida 15 of May 2007 at 6:00AM. A time when people normally go to work is at present with some exceptions an empty place since people are participating in a strike against Oil Companies and the Oligarchy that sustains it. Cheers. Roberto. PS: As I take more photos, I will be E Mailing ´óÏó´«Ã½ PM.
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Nils, any chance you can bring me back a Cod?
wots wrong with cod.....I think the public deserves to know..
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Nils, any chance you can bring me back a Cod?
wots wrong with cod.....I think the public deserves to know..
.....and has someone turned off the central heating in room 502?.....
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