NORTH SEA OIL - COLOUR

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(9 Nov 1975) At Dyce near Aberdeen, Her Majesty the Queen presses the button that sends the first North Sea Oil flowing into the Grangemouth Refinery. ® ® It marks the fruition of years of research, technology, hard work and grim determination. ® ® From the Forties Field by under sea pipeline, a marvel itself in engineering, the oil comes ashore at Cruden Bay. It travels then by underground pipes to the BP Refinery at Grangemouth. ® ® To the people of Aberdeen oil has already meant a change in their life style, could it also be the turning point in Britain's economy.
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@justinneill5003 2 года назад

This takes me back. I was a roughneck on Piper Alpha 1979-1980 (Bawden Drilling UK Ltd as it was then.) I missed the disaster by 8 years; one of my old crewmates was still there. One of the lucky ones… he jumped, and made it to the Silver Pit. RIP those that didn’t. Years later I was working in aviation & was sent on a disaster management course where they thought it was beneficial to show us some graphic images of the aftermath of various disasters, and the first picture that came up was what they found in the accommodation module of the Piper when it was raised to the surface after 3 months. I walked out, and I remember the looks from others on the course who had no clue about my personal history and association with that photo, how many times I’d slept and eaten meals with my crewmates in that block.

@justinneill5003 2 года назад

@Lucky sleven You’re irrelevant.

@justinneill5003 Год назад

@@Jamie71q I was on the Piper when Dean first joined as a roustabout on our crew, he moved on to the drill floor pretty quick. We used to get the night train together from Manchester to Aberdeen via York before each trip. I still remember when the platform was evacuated after an extreme weather warning, they put us in a hotel in Aberdeen till the storm blew over so 5 of our crew decided to hit the town, where Dean & the derrickman (Dave Burns) had a disagreement with some nightclub bouncers. By the time we got out of the cells at the police station, everyone else was already back offshore; they had replaced us for the rest of the trip, and we got dragged in for a roasting by the boss Evert Hicks & had our wages docked. When we finally got back offshore we expected the driller (Jim Cudmore) to be mad at us, but he saw the funny side & said he wished he’d been there as well. I made contact again with Dean a few years ago and we were reminiscing about those early days.

@justinneill5003 Год назад

@@Jamie71q Ha ha yes, they definitely came off worst. They didn’t want to let us in so he jumped them, pushed them down the stairs and he and the derrickman gave them a hiding. Then they called for support and we had to fight our way out of the club, but the police were outside waiting for us! If you’re ever in trouble he is the guy you need on your side. When we were in court 2 days later, one of the bouncers had a broken nose. One of my early memories was of Dean throwing a sledgehammer at a roustabout-pusher who got a bit too pushy 😄Happy days 😄

@justinneill5003 Год назад

@@Jamie71q You too, bud 👍

@Highland_Moo Год назад

I’ve got a wee glass vial pendant that’s got some of the first crude oil brought ashore in Scotland. It was my mums. It’s awesome, only a wee thing with a gold top but the oil still moves about when you warm it in your hands. I live in the Scottish highlands and have friends who work offshore on the rigs and on safety boats.

@HereIsMyOffer 7 лет назад

''The quality is as good as in most top hotels'' 5:00 lol must have been talking about Fawlty Towers.

@PrimeJive 7 лет назад

Agree ... when i was out there (the Dutch sector 1985) I learned to eat raw meat but there was always the greasiest English breakfast to look forward to :-)

@pattykitchens4149 Год назад

I love these videos

@PrimeJive 7 лет назад

"Black Gold" 7:53 "Britain's struck it rich" .. LOL

@ToilerOnTheSea 2 года назад

I've met the guy that was the operator of the Bucket Pump(out of shot) that pushed the oil through the plastic tubing wrapped around an actual pipe for this Video opportunity effect @ 7:20.

@GCStalker 6 лет назад

BP sold the Forties pipeline to INEOS and shortly after it sprung a leak. I wonder how many other leaks are going to occur in the 42 year old pipeline?

@inwestvalinorbornandraised Год назад

We just had one the other day. Nae even joking lol.

@sullyman72 6 лет назад

Obviously before piper alpha....

@callummcleish5281 3 года назад

too bad england syphoned all the money into london and offshore bank accounts, scotland hasn't seen a penny. 06:48 "I'm going to make so much money off of this button"