Offshore isn't that different, with a couple of exceptions.... Everything is substantially bigger.... The BOP stacks I worked on are on average 60-65 feet tall and 550,000 to 1,200,000 lbs... With a 21.25 ID.
In the photo of the BOP stack below, there is a man for reference....(not the one on the riser gantry bridge... but the one waving at me as I took the image... We move this stack over to the moonpool and lower it to the sea floor where we latch up to the wellhead. I've worked in water over 9,000 feet deep. These are designed for 12,000' sea water depth operations. The round tower next to the BOP stack is a crane pedestal base, one of 5 on this particular rig.
The next difference is that, if the guys on a land rig get pissed off, and quit, or get fired, they can walk over to their truck and drive away... There is nothing to stop them... This scenario offshore can create some humorous situations.... You can get on a chopper, if there is one in the area, and there is space available, and they actually have plans to land on your rig.... You can get on a water chopper (boat) but there is the issue of when the boat is headed in, and this can be from "now" to ten days or more from now... Then there is the question of is the boat actually headed in.... or is it going to another rig for a time... It gives you pause.... you think long and hard before doing something rash...
I was on a rig when two galley hands were fired.... They demanded to be put on a work boat next to the rig... This was discussed with the Co man, and the boat, and it was agreed they would be put off the rig for safety... (Their safety, as they were caught red handed stealing from guys and destroying personal clothing by tossing broken permanent markers into washing machines with travel clothes....) There were a couple of guys looking to stomp mud holes in their asses, and were perfectly capable of doing such.... So, they were loaded up in a transfer basket and put on the boat, where they were restricted to the galley, their assigned quarters and the smoking area.... Violate this and they could go to jail.... The boat wasn't to leave the rig for nine or so days.... They were fed and their clothing was taken care of, but they were stuck.... They could have called the coast guard but they were too stupid to realize this....
As took place with me, there is also the issue of illness and injuries on a rig... If an injury takes place early-ish in the day, they can get a chopper out for you, but say for a broken arm or smashed hand, you are still looking at hours minimum to arrive in a hospital. Night flights over water for a chopper are exceedingly dangerous, so unless it's critical, you will wait until the next morning.... The medic on board, of which I was for a while as a Paramedic/Flight Medic, will do what they can in the meantime...
Then there is illness, where the medic on board will do what they can and in cases like mine, I was very fortunate that there was both a medic, and also a doctor from Romania.... The company man was a good friend of mine who hired me by name for the project, and we had worked together many places around the world, and he was calling the shots... He ordered the Captain/OIM to turn the ship around and head towards Trinidad while at the same time calling for a chopper... Both the doctor and the medic flew in with me performing CPR and defibrillations for hours until we arrived....I was 12 hours from onset of the heart attack and having the stents placed...
As for the sale of my car, I have a stated buyer, but he does things on his schedule.... He's a good friend, so it's just a waiting game.... I'm fine with it for the simple reason that I had a goal, achieved that and I'm good with moving on.... I'll have another Camaro, just not right away....I just bought a new house and we are in the process of moving....
There is no timer in standing mile events, only a speed display. The speed would be seen on the display boards at the event, and on the speed ticket... He probably has that, even though it isn't displayed in the video.... The speed isn't seen in any of my videos either.... I don't have a display that goes above 167 and the needle only goes to 180 if I remember correctly.... So, it's on the boards, the speed ticket and on the certified copy of the run signed off by the sanctioning body... I have both, as he probably does as well... I can guess my speed at any point by knowing what gear I'm in and what RPM I'm at...
Here is mine from my record pass, and that's the sales rep from ERL, Andres, who flew down to be with us when we broke the record....
I apologize for the thread jack....