Oil Rig Photos

Typical Dundee unions, thats probably why Dundee lost so much business to the oil industry.

Added by John on 15 June 2008.

Semi submersible looks like the Treasure Hunter.

Added by Tony Easom on 01 November 2008.

I was on the Claymore construction, and the Barge that lay alongside was the "Viking Piper", (if that is the one in the picture) which was used as an accomodation vessel as well as being a pipelaying barge.

Added by Frank Mchugh on 30 April 2009.

The Barge in the photo was indeed the VIKING PIPER .I was the barge master at the time she came into the Tay river. The VIKING PIPER at the time was the largest pipelaying vessel in the world and the folk of Dundee was surprised to wake up and see her moored in the river. She was quite a large vessel to manouver into the Tay but we had very good tugs who know the vessel well and I had been barge master since March 1976 so I had good experience of handling her. I was master for the duration of the construction of the Claymore platform. An interesting time in the offshore construction phase of the project. Now retired but Ihave great memories of the time.

Added by Captain J P Lyons. on 25 February 2011.

Surely it wasnt Chevron? Wasn't it Occidental? They had Piper A and Thistle didnt they? Armand Hammer and all that.....
Mr Lyons, I believe that VP still holds the record for the quickest pipe layer AND to lay pipe in a force 8 - is that true???

Added by Mike Beck on 04 March 2011.

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