Ninian Central – Glowing at Twilight
The Ninian Central Platform is located in the North Sea. It was built in Loch Kishorn, Scotland in 1978. At a colossal 600,000 tonnes the platform was the world’s largest man-made movable object before being towed to its current position and fixed to the sea floor.
It is a circular concrete gravity structure, 140 m in diameter at its base, with seven concentric walls of stepped heights intersected by radial walls at 45-degree angles. A 14 m wide central shaft is surrounded by a breakwater wall (“Jarlin Wall”) 45 m in diameter and 1.6 m thick pierced with 15m diameter holes. Between these two walls drill slots are arranged for drilling up to 42 wells.
Originally, Ninian Central was operated by Chevron Petroleum (UK), a division of Chevron, it is currently operated by CNR International.
In this rendition the platform is bathed in orange and yellow light. It represents the rig seen at twilight on a calm summers evening.
Forties Alpha Oil Platform in a Forties Gale
Forties Alpha Oil Rig in a Forties Gale, is a large 120cm x 120cm acrylic painting on canvas, with a complex mount and name plate.
Draugen Platform seen through the Eye of a Fish
Draugen Platform seen through the Eye of a Fish
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‘Draugen Platform seen through the Eye of a Fish’ is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea with a sea depth of 250 metres (800 ft). It is operated by AS Norske Shell. The field has been developed with a concrete fixed facility and integrated topside. Stabilized oil is stored in tanks in the base of the facility. Two flowlines connect the facility to a floating loading buoy.
The Garn Vest and Rogn Sør deposits have been developed with a total of five subsea wells connected to the main facility at Draugen. The field has six subsea water injection wells. Additional resources in the Garn Vest structure came on stream in December 2001, while development of additional resources at the Rogn Sør structure were approved in the spring of 2001, coming on stream in January 2003.
Cormorant Alpha with spuming seas
Cormorant Alpha with spuming seas This is a fantasy view of the Cormorant Alpha platform during high seas on a crisp Winters day. It measures 1 x 1m and is painted in acrylic on canvas. The waves lap, the wind howls and throws up spume from the waves. Cormorant Alpha with spuming seas is a large and imposing painting, ideal for a large room in a house or in an office space. This depiction was painted … Read More
Oil Platform in a Squall – A Fantasy of Engineering
Oil Platform in a Squall is a fantasy view of a fictitious platform during high seas. It measures 120 x 120cm and is painted in acrylic on canvas.
A large and imposing painting, ideal for a large room in a house or in some office space.