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So here's us, on the raggedy edge.
Sunset is an angel weeping / Holding out a bloody sword — Bruce Cockburn, Pacing the Cage |
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Everybody knows that weather all about windchill. Outside right now it’s “only” -7 degrees. Farenheit, of course.
The windchill makes it -57, thank you very much.
There is a lot of waiting around for people and things to be in the right place here.
The facility up here produces about 160,000 barrels of oil a day. For fire suppression, most areas are protected by the world’s largest fine water mist system installed by Dooley Tackaberry. The control room for that system is impressive.
I will be testing a new stabilizer module which is protected by Sapphire (or Novec 1230). The principle is similar to an alcohol still: a large, tall column separates the oil by temperature into different types. This module, when it comes online, will increase production by 6,000 barrels a day, or — expressed in more direct terms — US$360,000 of revenue a day. This makes my flight seem…cheap.
Posted by skooter at 9:38 AM
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This entry is tagged: Alaska, Alpine, ConocoPhillips, Oil