Wot a bag o shugga! I joined the Magnus Hook-Up on the "Polycastle" flotel in Peterhead and sailed out to the "Magnus" Field on the Polycastle in 1982. We arrived there and it was bedlam right up to and even after "First Oil-In". Some gents in that film claim there was no difference between BP personnel and contractors! There was even a difference between the two kinds of BP Staff! Those solely on the hook-up project phase and those belonging to BP "staff" and I remember that this was most definitely emphasised by one certain Scouse OME who shall remain nameless . (Contractors of any description came a very distant third in life's ranks.) There were great days, there were bad days; happy days and sad days; good workmates from all disciplines *and* the very *small* minority of certain BP Staff who attempted to lord it over everyone else. Just like most other North Sea projects in those days ... The people interviewed in this interesting documentary seem to have worked there long *after* the hook-up when the "Magnus" eventually came on-stream. I was there onboard that day when Maggie, by satellite, was the star of the show. It was a grand day and I did like the souvenirs passed out to everyone, *including contractors* which my grandkids now have. Great days indeed - but not the halcyon days that some of the participants in this film claim - unless of course, they are only speaking of their own latter years experiences, long *AFTER* the "Magnus" was famous for being the "Magnus". The "Magnus" hook-up was long, hard, sometimes dangerous, but I would not have missed it for all the tea in China - or all of the oil in the North Sea!
Best 7 years of my offshore life on Magnus.(87-95) Great cater crew,- Bob Fraser ,fergie, gus, Alan Gove and others. Alex Smith -storeman and jim seivewright also from Dundee
Went on board during the hook-up and stayed something like 12 years. It wasn't special, just like any other project I'd been on, a bit of a mess to start with. As ever the push was to get oil up a hole in the ground. I was on board the night the turbine stack disappeared into the sea, I was called out, I'd slept through the worst of it. I helped when the new one came on board. My wife Marie was on the first of the wives flights, we drew lots for that. One year we were promised a production bonus if an unrealistic target was reached. A well came on stream that flowed at 35k/day and didn't slow down. The target was reached and we all got the same £4k. I bought an FJ12. That's when we heard "contractors shouldn't get it" from some of the BP guys, not all by any means. I don't recognise any of the people in the video but I know all the names mentioned by Davy Duff. The last Magnus pal I was in touch with, Ralph Watson, deck foreman, died 2 or 3 years ago.
08:16 Gordon Park (red/grey jacket and blue shirt), he was my instructor at ASET oil&gas training in Aberdeen, in 2008 After our last day at the course Gordon took us to a pub for some fine Whiskey
Was Alan originally operations managers on-shore in Sullom Voe control room? I was briefly a cargo surveyor 84/85 and recall him being a consummate professional.
i know Im randomly asking but does someone know a tool to log back into an Instagram account..? I was stupid forgot the account password. I love any tricks you can give me
@Maxwell Lucas thanks for your reply. I found the site on google and im in the hacking process atm. Seems to take a while so I will reply here later with my results.
At 5:05 one of the guys says it was an extremely rough night. 100 knot winds. 💨 🌬 27 meter waves 🌊 I had to go look this up because we don’t use the metric system in America. 27 meter waves = 88 FEET HIGH!!!!!!!! DEAR LORD!!! Coupled with 100 knot winds!!! Which is Hurricane 🌀 Strength!!!!!!
At 3:08 Is a LADY!! By God, one of the “FINEST BRITISH LADIES!!” That our LORD ever! Ever!! Created!! What we here in America called her out of our heart felt affection for her. “LADY MARGARET!! MARGARET THATCHER!!!! Dear God if she could have ran for President here, she would have won 🏅 by A MASSIVE LANDSLIDE!!!!
The gentleman at 9:26 his accent, his brogue is so thick, I can barely, Just barely understand even a word, he says!! I’m dead-seriously serious. I need sub-titles at the bottom!!
Worked on Magnus a few times with ian found it a good platform to work on my offshore life started in 1977 and i just retired two years ago twenty years north sea and twenty two in the southern north sea enjoyed every minute of it Al Harper
Wot a bag o shugga! I joined the Magnus Hook-Up on the "Polycastle" flotel in Peterhead and sailed out to the "Magnus" Field on the Polycastle in 1982. We arrived there and it was bedlam right up to and even after "First Oil-In".
Some gents in that film claim there was no difference between BP personnel and contractors! There was even a difference between the two kinds of BP Staff! Those solely on the hook-up project phase and those belonging to BP "staff" and I remember that this was most definitely emphasised by one certain Scouse OME who shall remain nameless . (Contractors of any description came a very distant third in life's ranks.)
There were great days, there were bad days; happy days and sad days; good workmates from all disciplines *and* the very *small* minority of certain BP Staff who attempted to lord it over everyone else. Just like most other North Sea projects in those days ...
The people interviewed in this interesting documentary seem to have worked there long *after* the hook-up when the "Magnus" eventually came on-stream. I was there onboard that day when Maggie, by satellite, was the star of the show. It was a grand day and I did like the souvenirs passed out to everyone, *including contractors* which my grandkids now have.
Great days indeed - but not the halcyon days that some of the participants in this film claim - unless of course, they are only speaking of their own latter years experiences, long *AFTER* the "Magnus" was famous for being the "Magnus".
The "Magnus" hook-up was long, hard, sometimes dangerous, but I would not have missed it for all the tea in China - or all of the oil in the North Sea!
Best 7 years of my offshore life on Magnus.(87-95) Great cater crew,- Bob Fraser ,fergie, gus, Alan Gove and others. Alex Smith -storeman and jim seivewright also from Dundee
Bob Fraser... what a decent guy 😀
Went on board during the hook-up and stayed something like 12 years. It wasn't special, just like any other project I'd been on, a bit of a mess to start with. As ever the push was to get oil up a hole in the ground. I was on board the night the turbine stack disappeared into the sea, I was called out, I'd slept through the worst of it. I helped when the new one came on board. My wife Marie was on the first of the wives flights, we drew lots for that. One year we were promised a production bonus if an unrealistic target was reached. A well came on stream that flowed at 35k/day and didn't slow down. The target was reached and we all got the same £4k. I bought an FJ12. That's when we heard "contractors shouldn't get it" from some of the BP guys, not all by any means. I don't recognise any of the people in the video but I know all the names mentioned by Davy Duff. The last Magnus pal I was in touch with, Ralph Watson, deck foreman, died 2 or 3 years ago.
The Magnus Platform is still up and running!!!
03.58 My old mate Frankie Fromson R.I.P🙏🏻
Should re title …..click bait hot blonde sitting on table “
lol she's at the end of the vid.
08:16 Gordon Park (red/grey jacket and blue shirt), he was my instructor at ASET oil&gas training in Aberdeen, in 2008
After our last day at the course Gordon took us to a pub for some fine Whiskey
Was Alan originally operations managers on-shore in Sullom Voe control room? I was briefly a cargo surveyor 84/85 and recall him being a consummate professional.
Highly impressive! Just shows what we can achieve in the UK.
i know Im randomly asking but does someone know a tool to log back into an Instagram account..?
I was stupid forgot the account password. I love any tricks you can give me
@Sean John Instablaster :)
@Maxwell Lucas thanks for your reply. I found the site on google and im in the hacking process atm.
Seems to take a while so I will reply here later with my results.
@Maxwell Lucas It worked and I finally got access to my account again. Im so happy:D
Thank you so much you saved my account !
@Sean John no problem xD
At 5:05 one of the guys says it was an extremely rough night. 100 knot winds. 💨 🌬 27 meter waves 🌊 I had to go look this up because we don’t use the metric system in America. 27 meter waves = 88 FEET HIGH!!!!!!!! DEAR LORD!!! Coupled with 100 knot winds!!! Which is Hurricane 🌀 Strength!!!!!!
At 3:08 Is a LADY!! By God, one of the “FINEST BRITISH LADIES!!” That our LORD ever! Ever!! Created!! What we here in America called her out of our heart felt affection for her. “LADY MARGARET!! MARGARET THATCHER!!!! Dear God if she could have ran for President here, she would have won 🏅 by A MASSIVE LANDSLIDE!!!!
NEVER WANTED TO WORKOUT AFTER TRIPPING PIPE FOR TWELVE HOURS.
The gentleman at 9:26 his accent, his brogue is so thick, I can barely, Just barely understand even a word, he says!! I’m dead-seriously serious. I need sub-titles at the bottom!!
I worked on the Magnus
in 1997.
First trip offshore on the magnus
Bp one big polluter
The Regalia along side
Worked on Magnus a few times with ian found it a good platform to work on my offshore life started in 1977 and i just retired two years ago twenty years north sea and twenty two in the southern north sea enjoyed every minute of it Al Harper
What I learned for a few of these videos, proficiency in business English is not really going to help in this industry :-)