Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: oil

A view across the Cromarty Firth from the village of Cromarty on the Black Isle. The North Sea jack-up drilling rig is unidentified but has been stacked here in the Firth waiting for another contract to drill for oil and gas. HWW to everyone. Enjoy the day.

An early morning view of the three semi-submersibles and one jack-up drilling rigs stacked in the Cromarty Firth seen from near the ferry in Nigg. The closest is the Noble Endeavor which was built in 1976 so is pretty old and has been here since 9th December 2024.

The view across the river Tees to the Conoco-Philips oil refinery at Seal Sands. Taken from Paddy's Hole on South Gare.

Waiting to board a Pilatus in the Sahara desert south of Hassi Massouad. We were en route to a seismic crew shooting a survey in the Lasmo-operated El Ouar drilling permit, Algeria. It was pretty cramped for the first stage of the journey from Hassi with a full complement of passengers in the small aircraft but after dropping off most of them at this wellsite the two of us flying on to El Ouar could spread out. It was said that El Ouar meant "the worst" in Arabic referring to the the sand dunes being the most impassable. They had a relief of up to 1000ft and were so dense that it was impossible to drive/walk around them. This meant some serious climbing was needed to progress through the area. While the dunes gradually increase in size & density from the north to the south the dune belt stops very abruptly along a southwest-northeast line. I have flown over the area since on the way to West Africa & from 30,000ft this change from sand to rocky desert is very clear & hence it is easy to locate yourself.