01 Sep - A brief update
Position @ 1200 (UTC): 59°16'N 001°30'E
Wind: SW'ly x 15kts
Barometric pressure: 1029 mb.
Sea state:. Rough
Air temperature: 14.1°C.
Sea temperature: 15.7°C.
Cloudy and clear, moderate NW'ly swell
No Ship's Position reports are available during our stay in the N.Sea since we cease doing Met.observations.
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The Ernest Shackleton has continued to carry out various General Visual Inspections of subsea pipes and structures during the past week.
On Tuesday a brief call was made into Peterhead, departing in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
On Saturday the vessel arrived in the vicinity of the Harding Platform, and due to a decrease in weather conditions had to wait on an improvement before the survey work could commence again.
The shuttle tanker Futura loading oil from a Submerged Turret Loading point,
adjacent the Harding Platform.
From the Harding Field the vessel will move steadily northwards towards the Magnus Field , the most northerly field in the UK Sector, and upon completion of this work the vessel will return to Aberdeen for a planned demobilisation, towards the middle of September.
MEPG
1st September 2002
