The many legged thing is a 3000 tonne Jack-up-platform called Excalibur and is the largest owned by Fugro-Seacore
The Structure is an LQ or Living Quarters module and is in effect a floating hotel for oil workers in the Valhall oilfield and is the product of over 3 million man hours by workers from Lowestoft based SLP.
The LQ provides offshore accommodation for 180 people and includes an atrium, gym, 'town hall', saunas and heli-deck. The Atrium is required to ensure that all of the bedrooms have natural light as that is a Norwegian legal requirement, seems they treat their oil workers than we treat ours
Unfortunately SLP went into administration in November 2009 and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) are looking for a buyer for the business. For the sake of the 1400 people who worked on the LQ lets hope that they find a buyer soon. And of course it would be nice to have some new interesting clients with interesting products to work with too
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very interesting stuff! I wasn't aware of all this news.
I hope the platform finds a buyer as so much local investment has been put into it.
PS hope you keep the image as your profile pic ;)
The Platform is being delivered to it's owner in Valhall oil field (a well know British oil company). SLP was able to complete the construction while it was in administration
Hello Paul
Thanks for stopping by Peek at My Paper and linking up! I love photography as well. Of course, I just do it for fun and not as business - but sites like yours are a great inspiration.
Have a great weekend.
Brenda
As one pedant to another, let us or let's hope that a buyer is soon found for LQ......
Actually being a pedant back again, the LQ has always had an owner (I believe an UK oil company with a green and yellow logo)
It was the maker of the LQ that needs a buyer
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