the blue dolphin looks more like a siezmegraph boat. they use them to look for oil in the gulf. i still remember testing out the air cannons on them .we would have them at the dock and set that thing in the water and every few seconds a huge kaboom would rattle the boat and make a huge mushroom in the water kinda reminded me of watching them old ww2 war videos when they would drop them dept charges overboard to sink them subs.
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Nope Peanut, it's a well stimulation vessel, pumping mud and fracking, owned by Baker Hughes.
See: http://www.bakerhughes.com/products...rol-pumping-services/well-stimulation-vessels
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See: http://www.bakerhughes.com/products...rol-pumping-services/well-stimulation-vessels
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Yes, the Blue Dolphin, along with her sistership the Blue Tarpon, are the two largest "frac" boats in the Gulf. 300' X 60' and lots of legroom. It's actually owned and operated by Edison Chouest Offshore and on charter for Baker Hughes.
My college pal and fellow captain is one of the captains. He's in the photo of the stern controls. The b/w photo is the helm. The wheelhouse is outfitted like an Airbus 380 cockpit. Using dynamic positioning and thrusters it can hold its position within one foot in a 50 knot crosswind.
Now you know one of the reasons oil costs so much...
Personally, these days, I like Two Gun's pirogue. And windsurfing...
My college pal and fellow captain is one of the captains. He's in the photo of the stern controls. The b/w photo is the helm. The wheelhouse is outfitted like an Airbus 380 cockpit. Using dynamic positioning and thrusters it can hold its position within one foot in a 50 knot crosswind.
Now you know one of the reasons oil costs so much...
Personally, these days, I like Two Gun's pirogue. And windsurfing...
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i knew that cabin design looked familiar .i worked at north american shipyard in laros for about a year . we built a ice breaker that place was state of the art they had their own dr office in the building so if you got hurt or something you got attention right away. it was like 4 or 5 huge buildings i worked in the last one installing the engines and connecting the hull sections together before they would slide it into the water. they was a nice company to work for but the day i decided to leave the main man called me into his office and had me sit down for a 30 minute chat . he was asking me if they had done anything wrong for me to want to leave and asked if there was anything they could do to get me to stay i told them it was just too long or a ride for me everyday and it was . i needed to find something closer it was a little over an hour in the morning and almost 2 hours home in the afternoon because of traffic. i thought the guy was just trying to get me to stay when all of a sudden there was a knock on his door and a guy stuck his head through the door and said his bucket is clean . i was like what the hell??? when i went into the guys office he said oh you can just put your bucket down right there and come in so we can talk. while i was in there talking to the guy they had security going through the tools in my bucket checking to make sure i wasn't walking off with none of their stuff. i thought that was really rude they could have just asked to see my stuff like the guards did every afternoon .they would do a full search of your stuff when you walked through the gate to leave thats what would take so long when knocking off just think of 300 people going through two gates getting checked that took forever. i will say one thing good about that yard though it was clean all during the day they had ladies driving these vacumes around and if you cut some iron on the ground within 5 minutes of finishing the ladies would come over and vacume up the slag and pickup the extra pieces if iron. at night they would crawl all over in the boat and sweep and vacume up the rooms and holes. and nicely pickup and place your stuff right back where it was .
my dad retired from baker hughes about 6 years ago he worked for them for over 30 years. when he retired they gave him a huge diamond ring and gave my moms one too along with a gold watch with diamonds in it. he started out working for them as a tool pusher . he would go offshore with their tools and run them down the wells. he worked in alaska back in the late 70's for them i still have his suit they gave him to wear up there to this day i still haven't had a cold enough day to wear it more than 30 minutes i might take it out and snap a few pictures off it for as old as it is i have managed to keep it in mint condition along with the hood . he's been to france alot of times and africa too.i remember one time when they was sending him to africa he got stuck in some other country for a week because they was fighting in africa and it was to dangerous for him to go so they ended up flying him home that was in the beginging of the 80's. he made alot of money with that company. back then it was called baker packers and baker oil lift tools. then old howard hughes empire decided to buy into it and it was then called baker hughes. by the time he retired he was drawing up blueprints for new tools and building them after he retired he then started working for them as a consultant and to this day he still does the work they pay him to go to different machine shops to check measurements and make sure the tools are built right. it's funny how people post a picture and it starts memories going. another thing thats funny is how many people work offshore and live up north i met a guy the otherday who was from indiana. people fly or drive down here every other month and work 30 days on and 14 off or some other kinda shift. i always tell people on the internet that if they need a job come on down here and you'll find something even when the economy is bad there is work to be done down here. most times when the economy drops the oils prices go up and the drilling picks up down here but when oil prices are low it's easy going down here.
years ago when the oil work was really booming i worked for pride offshore building their new total electric drilling rigs. one thing i still remember is this new guys comeing in one day and the same day he came in they was unloading a boat and the guy on the otherside of the load couldn't see the new guy and threw the tag line over to him .it wrapped around the guys neck and the signal man gave the crane operator the signal to pickup. they hung the guy off the deck about 6 feet before they seen what was happening. he lived through that and worked in the yard as a trainie for a few weeks while the rope burn healed around his neck. after he was healed and trained he was ready to go offshore. they would have a huge charter bus come to the yard to pickup and drop off the crews the last time i seen the guy was about 5ockock in the morning getting on the bus about a week later i found out that a few days after he was on the rig that the tongs broke loose on the rig floor and went straight through him. they said they was trying to give him cpr and that everytime they did chest compressions that the blood would just pump out his chest. the guy bled out in a few seconds and died on the rig floor that day he might have been maybe 18 or 19 years old. i remember a big fuss about how the company man told the rig floor guys to get back to work after they got him clear of the rig i thought it was kinda cold to make them guys try to just forget about what just happened and get back to work but thats what the oil does to people it's not about how safe or if you get hurt it's about the number of barrels you get at the end of the day all about the all mighty dollar and your just a number in the pay role to them. back in 1999 when i got hurt a few days after the dr said i would never be able to do my old job anymore they layed me off while i was under dr's care it took the insurance company 11 moths to finally approve the surgery but by then the nerve damage was done and i would never heal. my spine was so compressed it looked like the chevron logo it was almost a perfect v shape instead of being round. nowadays i get by taking lots of pain meds i tried finding work at just about every store or company they have around here only to be told that they can't hire me because of iether the meds i take or the condition of my neck and back so now i just have it as a hobby. over the years i have gotten a few welding machines and i have a little shop where i build or repair just about anything i can fit into it. my dad got me a few joints of drill pipe from the machine shop and i made me two big a frames with it so i can lift big stuff with them well thats enough from peanuts history channel please tune in next time when i or we take a trip down memory lane.lol oh i almost forgot they have a new show they filmed called cajun justice on a&e they played two episodes so far and man it's a stupid show kinda comical if you ask me.
my dad retired from baker hughes about 6 years ago he worked for them for over 30 years. when he retired they gave him a huge diamond ring and gave my moms one too along with a gold watch with diamonds in it. he started out working for them as a tool pusher . he would go offshore with their tools and run them down the wells. he worked in alaska back in the late 70's for them i still have his suit they gave him to wear up there to this day i still haven't had a cold enough day to wear it more than 30 minutes i might take it out and snap a few pictures off it for as old as it is i have managed to keep it in mint condition along with the hood . he's been to france alot of times and africa too.i remember one time when they was sending him to africa he got stuck in some other country for a week because they was fighting in africa and it was to dangerous for him to go so they ended up flying him home that was in the beginging of the 80's. he made alot of money with that company. back then it was called baker packers and baker oil lift tools. then old howard hughes empire decided to buy into it and it was then called baker hughes. by the time he retired he was drawing up blueprints for new tools and building them after he retired he then started working for them as a consultant and to this day he still does the work they pay him to go to different machine shops to check measurements and make sure the tools are built right. it's funny how people post a picture and it starts memories going. another thing thats funny is how many people work offshore and live up north i met a guy the otherday who was from indiana. people fly or drive down here every other month and work 30 days on and 14 off or some other kinda shift. i always tell people on the internet that if they need a job come on down here and you'll find something even when the economy is bad there is work to be done down here. most times when the economy drops the oils prices go up and the drilling picks up down here but when oil prices are low it's easy going down here.
years ago when the oil work was really booming i worked for pride offshore building their new total electric drilling rigs. one thing i still remember is this new guys comeing in one day and the same day he came in they was unloading a boat and the guy on the otherside of the load couldn't see the new guy and threw the tag line over to him .it wrapped around the guys neck and the signal man gave the crane operator the signal to pickup. they hung the guy off the deck about 6 feet before they seen what was happening. he lived through that and worked in the yard as a trainie for a few weeks while the rope burn healed around his neck. after he was healed and trained he was ready to go offshore. they would have a huge charter bus come to the yard to pickup and drop off the crews the last time i seen the guy was about 5ockock in the morning getting on the bus about a week later i found out that a few days after he was on the rig that the tongs broke loose on the rig floor and went straight through him. they said they was trying to give him cpr and that everytime they did chest compressions that the blood would just pump out his chest. the guy bled out in a few seconds and died on the rig floor that day he might have been maybe 18 or 19 years old. i remember a big fuss about how the company man told the rig floor guys to get back to work after they got him clear of the rig i thought it was kinda cold to make them guys try to just forget about what just happened and get back to work but thats what the oil does to people it's not about how safe or if you get hurt it's about the number of barrels you get at the end of the day all about the all mighty dollar and your just a number in the pay role to them. back in 1999 when i got hurt a few days after the dr said i would never be able to do my old job anymore they layed me off while i was under dr's care it took the insurance company 11 moths to finally approve the surgery but by then the nerve damage was done and i would never heal. my spine was so compressed it looked like the chevron logo it was almost a perfect v shape instead of being round. nowadays i get by taking lots of pain meds i tried finding work at just about every store or company they have around here only to be told that they can't hire me because of iether the meds i take or the condition of my neck and back so now i just have it as a hobby. over the years i have gotten a few welding machines and i have a little shop where i build or repair just about anything i can fit into it. my dad got me a few joints of drill pipe from the machine shop and i made me two big a frames with it so i can lift big stuff with them well thats enough from peanuts history channel please tune in next time when i or we take a trip down memory lane.lol oh i almost forgot they have a new show they filmed called cajun justice on a&e they played two episodes so far and man it's a stupid show kinda comical if you ask me.
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