Brent Charlie: End of an Era

[@thewatchman6074]

I had the privilege of working with many of Brent's OIM's as an Emergency Response and Crises Management instructor at RGIT. We did all the OIM assessments, plus Fire-team training for those guys. A great bunch of characters, and am still in touch with one or two them even today. The end of an era I guess.

[@georgewilton7398]

I was a Shell engineer in the commissioning team for Charlie's gas injection and compression system in 1978 and then went on to do the same on Bravo. Sad to see it all go - but a job well done by the Shell Projects guys who followed us almost fifty years back.

[@daveclarke6481]

I worked on 'C' as a diver getting it ready for tow out from Ardyne Point. Each of the internal conductor tubes in the tanks was NDT'd and video surveyed. Also installation the transponder system for final location, rigging for tow out by (if I remember correctly) the Smit Rotterdam and two control tugs astern.

[@briangrimmer8225]

I’ve hated my experience for over 30 years I was on the Charlie and Bravo over 30 years ago I’ll never forget climbing down the leg to the gas tight floor with a BA set to maintain the instruments…. Shitting my self coz if anything happened top side you were 15 mins up the vertical ladders fighting the deluge that would inevitably and automatically been set off… so we all knew in an emergency it was most likely a one way trip That’s why they sent us young daft youngsters down there😉 Watching this video was very cathartic and redeeming 😘

[@tonygoodchild1730]

Do you still love Shell?

[@PeterJones-sj3uw]

I was one of those young men all those years ago and, like yourself, who spent some time on the charlie. I was terrified at the prospect of anything going wrong on any of the levels above...from that gas tight floor was a canny climb to the top of the leg. In the video it's rather ironic that he toasted Brent for "all the production people" as I recall they were, to a man, mostly tossers, and when push came to shove, lacking the backbone to speak up on safety matters. But heyho they had their Shell pension to think about! Then there was the "black listing" of many of us after the strike action....but some good memories of the late 80's and early 90's of AMEC and Vauldale,some realy sound guys in the crew.

[@grobbler1]

​@@PeterJones-sj3uw Agree totally with the lack of backbone. Chancers who had a stroke of luck and lost all contact with reality. Wretches.

[@novaturbkkk]

I am just decommissioning the pipes on the sea bed. Few more weeks left on this Historical place . Stay blessed and grateful for what it provided

[@bagassatal7080]

It's an absolute privilege to have been part of this team

[@johntaggart1176]

whoare you?????

[@narayanrashinkar425]

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[@narayanrashinkar425]

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[@sanchitthkur4703]

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[@lisaaakriti9628]

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[@PeterJones-sj3uw]

I worked on the Charlie in the 80's and 90's, for various contractors, as I recall there was a sign as you came off the helideck announcing "Welcome to Shell..." underneath someone had written "we take the hair off a dead man's balls" that sums up Shell far better than any public relations video, impressive though this one is.

[@owenmccall632]

Remember you from cormorant alpha,I worked with asco in 80s.hope you are well

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

@@owenmccall632 my dad worked on that& the charlie( Sam armstrong)…rip faither

[@seankeltie5679]

Working at the bottom of column 4 wasn't particularly glamorous but will never forget the experience!!.shuttling wasn't that great either!!.some beast though and will never forget!!!.

[@Familyvoyagers]

Happy to have been part of Brent Charlie

[@johntaggart1176]

When and Where????

[@attentivefox8285]

So amazing. Happy that we did this and happy we don't need it anymore.

[@coffeeforAtr]

Thanks a lot for this informative and amazing video.@shell

[@gm4aff]

I visited Brent C a few times while it was being built. I remember it as an amazing hive of chaotic activity. To be frank, it wasn't the safest of places! I wonder if the aerials I put on the top of one of the modules were there at the end. Putting them up there was a frightening experience. Lying on my stomach on the roof in a howling gale, lashing rain and hail, a soldering iron in my hand on a massive extension cable (yes!) and limited time in case I was going to miss the helicopter!

[@garycraig4277]

I also work in the oil field ,but not on a platform It’s a very dangerous occupation sea or land I’ve had two very close calls because of other people not paying attention to the people around them and one very close call I should have been cut in half because of stupidity Just before all of that I got blown off of a Frac pump and cost me a total hip replacement I still work in the oil field as a field supervisor

[@jamesmedina2062]

Hello Gary. I don't mean to distract but my hip was injured in a cycling accident. I am wondering how your hip is doing and what limitations do you have now?

[@bubandlisa]

YOUR COMPANY HAS BLOOD ON ITS HANDS... hope your pay was worth it as YOU are an accomplice

[@tonygoodchild1730]

@@bubandlisa So, everyone in Shell, it's time to transition: a Just Transition to the post-oil age. If only the UK Tory govt wasn't fed by bribes and staffed by their toadies!

[@whatnext9106]

Why is this so entraining to watch

[@RajaahPandian]

Well Done offshore guyz..Amazing project...Fact no more crude...

[@gunjanbajoria5148]

Really amazing to see the history behind the Brent fields and the sentiments attached to the rigs.

[@justinf1343]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@Bigeinla]

Great video. Amazing engineering feat

[@phillipjknight]

I served on all 4 as a medic but mostly on the Delta sad to see them gone.

[@emeraldpetersnordic881]

@gary Craig Sorry darling,thank you engineers for all you do to give humanity a good life.i wish you a speedy recovery.love you😘😘

[@johntaggart1176]

Worked on Charlie from first export till retirement as Shell staffer, lost a few pals over the years, probably for me the worst year was 1986 in November with the Chinook tragedy which is engrained on my heart for ever, sad to see the end of the Charlie, really miss all the people, but that's life. pity we ex Brent Shell staff were not given some memento to remind us of our effort on the Charlie.

[@magumba1000]

I've got a small drop of crude encapsulated in a perspex dome that were given out as trinkets from the delta i think....yer welcome to it !

[@tonygoodchild1730]

@@magumba1000 For the Chamber of Horrors?

[@3niknicholson]

2:10 is that the P82 getting launched? Peter Ball still around? Mike Miskimming?

[@ecotech35]

"All great things do have to come to a natural end." for sure sir, for sure ..

[@geomodelrailroader]

Now the moment you all been waiting for time to scrap Charlie. Charlie like Delta and Bravo is made of concrete so removing it will be easy compared to Alpha where they scrapped the whole rig including the jacket. For this lift the Pioneer Spirit will come under it and cut the legs then 32 hydraulic rams will close and lift the rig off its legs. Once the rig is removed the boat will do a 180 turn and four stainless steel covers will be placed over the legs and a hose will be attached to fill them with sand and concrete while pumping out any oil that remains inside. Once the legs are secure the Pioneer Spirit departs for Glasgow Scotland where the rig is transferred to the Iron Lady. the Iron Lady then heads down the Forth River to Harpole and the rig is sold for scrap bringing an end to 4 decades of oil production on the North Sea.

[@magumba1000]

They can scrap the steel and cap the concrete...but they can't do anything about the ten years i spent on them ...my memories are sacred....no recycling here ma loon

[@SunilYadav-nj8fp]

।

[@alfiembra]

I have commented already on how little you know about this project. I don’t know if it’s attention seeking but you really need to get your facts straight. Charlie will not be going to Glasgow and the Forth river does not end up in Hartlepool. The legs do not get filled with anything other than seawater and are capped with concrete covers not steel.

[@taffyboy1978]

Went to see this rig in Teesside today, getting dismantled. Walked nearly right up to it, humongous!

[@SyamsulArifinK3LH]

Marvelous engineering Shell 👍🏻👍🏻

[@keturunankusuma]

thanks so much

[@oliversparks1459]

Many Times i Worked around there Followed the Semac Laying Pipelines

[@scottishsuzuki8132]

Proud to say I worked on the Brent C. I was involved in installing the H2s line from under deck up to the flare stack and installing the caisson riser slip tube. Fantastic rope access jobs.

[@kimberleypex]

Now they make an other sort Waterstoffabrieken ! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@tonygoodchild1730]

But where do they get the electricity from, which is needed to hydrolyse water? Prove they're using wind power and I'll give them 6 stars 😲

[@santoshpatnaik1988]

Installing these massive platforms and producing hydrocarbons is a mighty impressive engineering feat..

[@bubandlisa]

It also wrecks the water and the pollution

[@sqr2024]

Are these wells dry?

[@nizamuddinkhalid2956]

Best oil supermajor. 👍

[@owenmccall632]

20 lives lost in work related accidents??? What about Chinook tragedy.wasnt that work related?? I spent several years on Charlie,and was very close to this incident,never be forgotten. Also the way some shell employees treated contract workforce was nothing short of disgracefull,the n.r.b.(not required back)culture was very much alive,people losing their livelihoods because the face didn't fit.

[@PeterJones-sj3uw]

Hi Owen a lot of people look back through rose tinted glasses and forget about the NRB, the anti trade union mindset, remember the early days of the OILC!! The strikes, the intimidation, the blacklisting of people like Jimmy Byrne and others. John Hendy QC and the case in the High Court....many of the "company men" looking after themselves and not giving a jot about their fellow workers. Strange that none of this and more is not mentioned in this video. Not sure what de Leeuw or Deidre Mitchie had to do with the Brent field but my goodness they seem to be important now.

[@basilguts1786]

Worked on the Dunlin,some bad characters on there.

[@icarus_ap]

it was built to solve the energy crisis, but now dismantle we are now in another energy crisis

[@raichu2649]

Amazing Story

[@justvoteconservativedontth6812]

My dad worked on the Brent Charlie as a spark.

[@okerechukwuemekajustice1914]

really

[@justvoteconservativedontth6812]

@@okerechukwuemekajustice1914 Aye, really.

[@heisenberg6142]

My dads in this vid

[@justvoteconservativedontth6812]

@@heisenberg6142 I was looking for mine, but couldn’t see him.

[@gthirupathi3945]

@@okerechukwuemekajustice1914 tttttttttttttt5ttt55tt Yun

[@евгенийиванов-т1г]

Простым рабочим можно у вас устроится работать на платформу ?

[@gauravgaurav7869]

First to check video 😃

[@subutai4705]

Good film

[@devonlommerin4630]

pick me up shell ill edit out the rubber snappers for you at 5:52 , otherwise i love the video!

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

My wee dad worked on this for a long time( Sam Armstrong)

[@rodolfotaxisantos2245]

Boa noite por favor qual tipo de óleo do câmbio do gol geração 5 motor 1.0 obrigado Rodolfo

[@jimenezfrankestein2692]

Shell si exelent.i like me.

[@magumba1000]

I remember Deek....you saw it through to the end mate.....had some of the best laughs of my life on Charlie...it wasnt just a job....it was an exclusive lifestyle....you were lucky to be on there...Brent C ....the platform that spawned a 1000 characters....(pssst i was always known as Dino then)

[@hilarymorrison8211]

Yep remember this one.

[@justvoteconservativedontth6812]

I remember I was working on a hook-up on the Tiffany. On the Borgland Dolphin I was get getting rocked head to foot in my bunk. Good times.

[@marcusfuentes8641]

Call Companyman to tap the well

[@muratyasar8337]

Antalya da otogaz fiyatınız 6.41 tl olmuş neden bu kadar pahalı. Uçakmı kullanıyoruz

[@sohrabamiri7114]

could you guys make a video on the attrocities you guys have caused? Let's say, Nigeria 1950s?

[@delacruzfruitst.v.elizar9616]

I want to work this company as a pipe welder smaw..

[@Nick_papagiorgio_]

Good luck.. no chance

[@mackcullison6316]

Nevermind building a nuclear power plant. Let’s build a drilling rig on the moon!

[@bellomarcelloribeirodonasc3637]

Eu sou um cliente da shell que estou muito triste e aborrecido com a shell e se tiver alguma pessoa responsável favor entrar em contato comigo…

[@WireShark-]

I will always have more respect for the old timer than this generation.

[@Denis-iv2qs]

Boa tarde pessoal. Não possuo mais o número de telefone que fiz o cadastro no aplicativo do Shell Box e não consigo recuperar minha conta. Como posso acessar as configurações da conta e mudar o telefone cadastrado? Atenciosamente, Denis

[@royalansari7158]

Sir i need this job

[@GmoneyW-lq3yk]

Thank god it’s over

[@MrBobbystyles]

Record profits this quarter . Imagine that …

[@dave55ides]

Great movie. I was lucky enough to be part of the installation team at Stord Fjord and then offshore in 1978. Fantastic experience.

[@tonygoodchild1730]

Now it's time for a new challenge. C'mon, UK government, join the new Post-Oil economy!

[@ben_yelir1647]

i was just watching the other 1

[@beautifulpeople6568]

Fourth to check video

[@jumpingjeffflash9946]

Not gonna lie....Genevieve is a babe!

[@informediatech-bruno5766]

so whats next? no more brent? or this is just the platform?

[@dongrandmaster3787]

No more oil, the field is depleted.

[@baronvonteuchter1412]

Correct, no more Brent. I wonder if they’ll rename the commodity benchmark? 🤔😂

[@dongrandmaster3787]

@@baronvonteuchter1412 No, because there are 3 fields besides Brent collectively establish the price benchmark for the crude grade (light and sweet) named Brent. There is Dubai price benchmark still in use although Dubai single offshore field output dropped from 400,000 barrels per day to latest 80,000 per day (and expected to seize production by 2025-2030).

[@baronvonteuchter1412]

@@dongrandmaster3787 interesting, thanks!!

[@mohammednaseruddin5724]

1eZx,

[@jla1875]

end of era!?!? hahahah! we still need that petrol for decades!

[@MultiPorkpie]

Third to check video

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

Best thing about shell was the Christmas parties for us kids at the offices in Aberdeen

[@rajithfernando7450]

If you fall Sri Lanka

[@marcusfuentes8641]

I'll be back

[@shnboardman1]

Personally I think the Charlie was the least enjoyable, the platform core crew seemed really clicky and not as welcoming as the other three rigs. I enjoyed the Bravo the most, some great lads on there that would go out their way to assist a vendor.

[@liubomyrroshko2266]

Does Russian oil smell like Ukrainian blood?

[@MrMartinpierucci]

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba hit out at the energy company, asking on Twitter: "Doesn't Russian oil smell Ukrainian blood for you?"

[@catofcatamunca5231]

Shell could save itself all stupid advertising if their gas stations were just a little more customer-friendly. Unfortunately, there are always annoyances at your petrol station chain. It is not a company that deserves the sympathy of motorists. It is noticeable that other companies such as OMV, Esso, BP, Agip etc. are much more customer-friendly, as everyone can easily see for themselves.

[@rajithfernando7450]

If you find out what the news

[@redmans26mw]

How about having air for tyre inflation! Not leaving me with a flat. You can do this but can't have reliable air pumps.

[@igustiadyaniputra2428]

Gaji gak sama padahal CO

[@manes8215]

⛔the blood of Ukrainians is on your hands!⛔

[@김철호-v6s]

To be honest, wouldn't it be better for energy companies to directly produce eco-friendly gasoline rather than electric vehicles? I think you can make it. Even if the charging time of an electric vehicle is reduced, it is likely to break down, the electricity may be cut off, and even if a driverless car is made, the computer is not secure, but it is a car security problem..

[@justvoteconservativedontth6812]

lol

[@johnty1]

Do you have any scientific ideas for this eco-friendly gasoline?

[@magumba1000]

Possibly the best thing you could do for climate awareness is stop thinking...yer heads a mess

[@enakentui]

Управляющая АЗС Шелл судимая за распространение наркотиков Макеева Наталья Викторовна почему работает на такой должности учит людей как работать не удаляйте сообщения удалите такого сотрудника МКАД 103 КИЛОМЕТР ВЛ 10, ГОЛЬЯНОВО РАЙОН.

[@jaylordsucro]

😭😭

[@rabbanirabbani4659]

D

[@sureshkadam95]

ण

[@rajithfernando7450]

Sri Lankan you systems not work like a bom

[@VEERLE98]

💕😂😇💕

[@ekahamidhamid7514]

Wrong not just food but massage to

[@dwayneday6439]

Your proven safe oil off shore an your oil is Georgia oil field the four platform of new Orleans move to Georgia oil field as future oil line 🎉

[@goachingoulding3926]

สวัสดีครับ 《《satanic ointments 》》

[@АндрійТихонов-й2ь]

doesn’t Russian oil smell Ukrainian blood for you?

[@Cathcatkate]

PROPAGANDA

[@rodrigocruz7891]

La aplicación de Shell box es una porquería no funciona

[@RyanDaGamer]

Nice job wasting metal to pollute the plant

[@jamesmedina2062]

basically heating up our atmosphere to set everything on fire. It was a huge contributor to modification of the entire Earth's climate and melting of ice caps

[@tbo2120]

Bla bla bla bla boys. Keep talking off your iPhones and androids that contain materials that are literally depleting our planet. Your opinion is null and void.

[@djodysseus7851]

Thanks for ruining the planet!

[@blurtbum]

😂😂

[@baronvonteuchter1412]

I hope you don’t use gas to heat your house or cook your food. I hope you don’t drive a car or use buses/trains/ships/aircraft. I hope you don’t buy anything made of plastic or wear fabrics that aren’t 100% natural.

[@okerechukwuemekajustice1914]

that was absurd

[@justvoteconservativedontth6812]

@@baronvonteuchter1412 Yeah, lefties are too stupid for words. Haha

[@jamesmedina2062]

@@baronvonteuchter1412 Yeah we don't need to do all that if we produce what we need locally. I am sure you can enjoy eating plastic as a food source. Good luck with the nutrition from that

[@mrmeow2297]

You guys should be trialed for crimes against humanity

[@jamesmedina2062]

The consequences being felt today were not really clearly in sight back when they did this.

[@tbo2120]

Says you off your iphone or laptop? Oh Connor, you pathetic excuse for a human being.

[@jamieduff1981]

How far back do you want to go? People have been burning oil for light and heat since prehistoric times - only then much of the oil burned was from whales caught and slaughtered. It requires no intelligence whatsoever to sit in 2021 surrounded by technology and wealth that you yourself are enjoying to access the internet and post your inflammatory remarks without the feintest idea whatsoever what facilitated that technological development. The holier-than-thou want us all to return to living in caves and foraging for berries, but don't seem to realise that people with such ideological mentality would last weeks if not days in the wild competing with others who will do whatever is necessary to survive.