Vega Export Compressor.

Sunday afternoon and all is well. Finally going home tomorrow. Its about time. Cabin fever was starting to get the better of me. The weather at the moment looks pretty shite, hopefully it clears up for the chopper tomorrow though.

Last night was very cool though. I played a gig with some of my co-workers here on Gjøa for all our other co-workers. We are called Vega Export Compressor. Bit of an inside joke for those that work on Gjøa. Vega is the name of one the fields we produce from. And the Export Compressor part is, well... the bit on the platform that compresses and exports the oil/gas to land. Yeah.

Chances of getting a record deal with Sony or Virgin aren't looking that great right now. But hey, we actually played good  songs and had an awesome time doing it. Vega Export Compressor is comprised but not limited to:

Per - Rhythm Guitar.

Åge "Aleksandersen" Olsen - Lead guitar and vocals

Jan - Keyboard and Bass.

Me - hitting and kicking stuff.

We played some Pink Floyd, Clapton, and some other chilled tunes. What made it really cool was just thinking about what i was actually doing. Playing a show on a platform in the North Sea, the window behind my kit where we setup our stage was overlooking the North Atlantic. Pretty cool. I really enjoyed playing again as I havent played in over 3 years or something like that.  Hopefully when I get a bigger residence I will get a drum kit again. Here are some photo's courtesy of Edgaras Bira and some video footage courtesy of Pierre Lindberg. Cheers. N

Our official press release photo. Yip, should have brought the 5D with this time.
L-R: Åge, Per, TwoShoes, Jan.

Vega Export Compressor entertaining the masses.

Gjøa... 19days of gourmet food and shear boredom.

Hello people. I seemed to have lapsed a bit with finding cool things to put up here... Do not be afraid keen followers and random by passers (or bystanders if this blog has harmed you in anyway). I have been busy!
Alas it has not been my first preference of busy. Although this is a very close second.

Im at work on Gjøa again, if you remember, I was here last year for 14 days for the riser change out project. I love this place. I was just asked today to stay on the current project for an extra 5 days over Easter. On the one hand this is great for a few reasons. Im saving plenty money by not being on land for 3 weeks. Im also making good money, 3 days of holiday pay which is also overtime because of the tour extension. 200% O/T + 7,5 hours pay. Sweet. The food here is also mind-numbingly good. Tonight was mussels and pepper fillet with a dessert table the size of my apartment. (For those that dont know, I live in a box...). On the other hand, I might be going slightly befok. We have had one day climbing the last 9 days. The rest of the time we have been killing time with games, coffee, and plenty cigarettes. Hopefully there is a bit more in the next couple days. We have plenty to do, the weather just keeps on dashing our dreams of actually doing an honest days work.

The current job we are focused on and waiting for the weather to play ball on is an inspection and pre-build out plan for a replacement of a heatshield under the free-fall life boat station. The last one which weighed 760kg was ripped off during the big storm last year christmas time. The plan to replace it involves building scaffold, rope access, rigging and the north side deck crane. This is once again an awesome job on Gjøa.

Here are some pictures of the first days inspection. N.

Lifeboats 1-3. Notice the bottom left corner of the picture and you will see the lack of corrugated steel.

The original lux that held the frame for the heat-shield in place.