Oil Rig Photos

What is the position (latitude and longitude) of Ekofisk?

Added by Dave Cox on 22 April 2007.

The picture is very fascinating to me as a Geologist. I developed interest in Philips Petroleum Company due to the fact that i intend to carry out graduate research in the university of Birmingham and my research proposal is titled Reservoir Characterization and two phase flow modelling of fractured reservoirs for optimal production-The Ekofisk Complex, Brent Field and the Niger Delta as case studies. I am a Nigerian with a masters dgree in Petroleum Geology /Sedimentology, i will be grateful if you can link me with the research/technical officers at Phillip Petroleum Company, having these contacts will assist me in my research work.Thanks.

Added by Mr Olajide Oyetunde on 12 September 2007.

Any one got information, pictures etc of the jack up operation that was carried out?

Added by Steve J on 16 November 2007.

I worked on this complex for Brown and Roote in 1976 as pipe fitter - how it's grown. It used to be just a straight line from stack to stack, the flare stack to the left used to be to the right of the large platform, you can just see the base of it in the middle of the bridge.

Added by Tony Easom on 01 November 2008.

The drilling platform was drilling water injection holes on Ekofisk W platform. This platform is now removed due to a ship's collision and is being replaced by a subsea platform.

NB! The name of the operator is ConocoPhillips.

Added by James Carlisle on 22 January 2010.

We must not forget eumech city on the tank.

Added by Carl Peter Wiig on 28 February 2011.

I remember EUMECH City myself, the Brown and Root Town! I worked for them out of Great Yarmouth, did a few boardings from the basket but lived on the Hendrik Hibson commuting by helicopter everyday. Crazy days!

Added by Tony Easom on 01 March 2011.

Yes, it was on the double, every day. It was many people crawling around everywhere. In the coffeebreak, if we were lucky to get one, we sit on the deck, in the gangway, all around, because the coffeebar was not more than a 10 feet container.

And hundreds of foremans, and americansgeneral formans swirring around us all. I remember my self, standing up at 5 in the morning, a fast breakfast, and wait for the shuttle to the complex. We was stby, for almost 2 hours every morning, and we were not back before 10 o clock in the evening, on our hotel platform, at that time was Aalexander Kielland. It was more hours in shuttling than working hours. and it was shuttling all over the Ekofisk area. I count 9 different destinations, flotels, crane barges.

Added by Carl Peter Wiig on 12 March 2011.

Was you on the Alex Kielland Carl? She met a tragic end along with many lives young and old, she was the sister rig to Hendrik Hibson which I was based on at Ekofisk Sad memories.

Added by Tony Easom on 18 March 2011.

I've been out there since 1976 and boy has it changed, even since this photo was taken.
Both flares have gone, S is gone and a new M is there.

Added by James Carlisle on 19 March 2011.

I worked on the pipelines going out to the flares, it was a serene experience with only the sound of the wind and the waves below, not forgetting the crackling of the welding arcs!

Added by Tony Easom on 20 March 2011.

I was on Alexander Kielland for about two years. At that time I was working for Brownaker Offshore as a rigger, crane assistent, and scaffolder. When Brownaker was finish contract, we was on Albuskjell Alpha and Foxtrot for de Groot, Grootcon UKk. A lot of English worker there. Many good memories.

Ekofisk today is another world, nothing reminds me of the good old days. They have take away a lot of platforms, and everything is changed. Today I am retired long time ago, but I am thinking of the pioneer time out in the North sea Every day. I wonder, there was a material man on Cod, I know he was there when I was there in 1986. His name was arlisle.

Added by Carl Peter Wiig on 01 April 2011.

Yes, big tragedy with Kielland. I was off the rig, on my 14 days off, and I lost many of my friends there. Many persons from UK, that was working for Grootcon UK, and many from Haugesund Shipyard HMV. After the disaster we were sent out to Henrik Ibsen, at that time a Tor Platform on Ekofisk. This year it is 30 years since Kielland tilted over. Let's hope it never happens again.

Added by Carl Peter Wiig on 09 April 2011.

Carl Peter, the materialsman on Cod was me.
It means a lot to me that you remembered me.

Best Regards

Added by James Carlisle on 26 April 2011.

Hello James, nice too see you again. I was working for Fjeldstad, on the mainten on Cod. I will like to stay on Cod, but they sent me over to Charlie to run the crane under the jacking.

Added by Carl Peter Wiig on 15 May 2011.

I worked there in the 80's for brown & root on barge 331, those were the days, I sure miss those days

Added by David Tumlin on 16 June 2011.

I remember a lot of different barges all around. They used them very often as accomodation for personal shuttling all around. In the late 70s we stayed on Berge Worker, I think the original name was Sea Troll. We also had Sarita came from Mexico to Ekofisk at that time. OK Dave I try to remember the best I can, many good memories, I do miss that time I was 18 year old in 75 and been a seaman for 3 years, started as a rigger rostabout and had to stop in the beginning of 90s as I am gone in my knees and back, early retired of been a busy man in the pioner times.

Added by Carl Peter Wiig on 26 June 2011.

Barge 331 was a pipe bury barge, also the Gordon, Hercules, and 347 were in the North Sea, does anyone remember these?

Added by David Tumlin on 28 June 2011.

I was a welder on the Ekofisc during the jack up in the 80s. Doing 2 on 3 off / 2 on 4 off. A good job and a great feat of engineering.

Added by John on 24 July 2011.

I remember the working on the 331 in the north sea and also on the Hercules in the Arabian gulf.
The 331 was brilliant. Do you remember "Waldo"?

Added by Alan Guyan on 30 July 2011.

I was a radio operator on the Henrik Ibsen from Feb. 1976 to June 1977. Sent off you guys on the shuttle (S61's) every morning over to Q-platform. My first job offshore and I'm still out there :)
Many Spanish, Mexicans and Portugese besides Americans on the rig then. Later Norwegians.


Added by Geir T Christiansen on 26 January 2012.

I remember Waldo, he was the foreman or superintendent. He was good friends with my parents.

Added by David Tumlin on 05 February 2012.

I remember having to learn the word 'flight' along with what number it was in Spanish, followed by oweste or este depending on which side of the helideck we went up!

This only happened for flights back to the Hibson though.

Happy days £££

Added by Tony Easom on 28 February 2012.

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