Hurricane Energy Share Discussion Threads

[fatnacker] 14/3/2019 08:08

The arguments for going nuclear are stacking up, cost being the prohibiter.

[steve73] 14/3/2019 07:58

Loads of Lithium around (relatively).. Cobalt is the limitation with the present battery technology... and of course the energy to recharge it.

[fatnacker] 14/3/2019 07:51

Lithium is another finite resource.

[bountyhunter] 14/3/2019 07:33

apologies for off topic but next Mon/Tue re swell etc still looking possible although could change either way



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[fatnacker] 14/3/2019 07:28

Filtered, filtered, filtered and filtered.

[pro_s2009] 14/3/2019 07:27

The ERG are also prepared to legally challenge May's Deal if she ever were to get it approved, such that legally the 29th of March Brexit occurs and we default to No Deal.

This is going to get really nasty ahead...... and really tasty.


Sorry about all the O/T Brexit stuff, its just its a bit more exciting that talking about rope and weather and ship locations whilst we wait for rope and weather and ships to move.

[pro_s2009] 14/3/2019 07:15

The ERG also have the "nuclear option" which is to side with Labour in a no-confidence vote and force a General Election.

That will be thrown at May in the coming days.

[francis55] 14/3/2019 07:06

Its a GE b4 a referendum defo. No point in extention as they wont agree. Democracy needs to be carried out and 75% of mp don't want to leave hence this fiasco to block it until a GE or referendum. Mp don't decide democracy decides and mp follow but this is a sham and a GE is needed to rid us of these chest mps.

[tournesol] 14/3/2019 07:01

Telbap

a new referendum would require a very significant lead time and a lot of preparation

what question would be posed? Parliament would struggle to reach any consensus and the Electoral Commission would have to determine that whatever it was, it was objectively clear and fair. It might take a year or more to bring to fruition.

what conditions would apply? would a majority of 1 vote be enough? or would we set a minimum threshold? who would vote? would it be advisory? or determinative?

would it be irrevocable? if it says "remain" could we see calls for a best of three? if there were a general election and a change of government, could it be abandoned - if still pending, or ignored if already run but with implementation pending?

if it said "brexit" would the Remain Resistance movement co-operate to implement it?

nightmare any way you look at it

[telbap] 14/3/2019 06:39

Only a law or another referendum. Would we need a law change to invoke a new referendum?

[soilderboy] 14/3/2019 06:38

Could'nt think of anything more satisfying than Saudi oil supply running low!

[pro_s2009] 14/3/2019 05:29

telbap......being managed ? USA increases and takes over from Saudi........... We are not talking its happening over night......but certainly in decades.


Brexit. The legal position is we leave on the 29th March. These motions are not binding. Only a law change can stop Brexit. Now, to change the law there could be serious legal challenges waiting in the wings which will prevent the law being changed and so we get a No Deal Brexit by default - the law is the law...... HoC motions are nothing more than indicators and carry no legal weight.

[telbap] 14/3/2019 05:20

Pro....do you seriously believe news like that would not have seeped out into the wider world? Maybe in decline means only another 100 years of oil? I do t know you time frame inference, I don't believe it's imminent no way they could keep something that big under wraps.

[telbap] 14/3/2019 05:17

So there we have it , there is a no deal on a no deal, so we kick the cab down the road and presto, another referendum.......

[steve73] 14/3/2019 03:13

malleye...

The AM was hooked to the previous buoy only once, on Nexen's Blackbird and Ettrick fields, in the (relatively) more sheltered outer Moray Firth, where it remained on location for just 7 years until it was disconnected and moth-balled in Gdansk until Hurricane agreed to lease it. I have no information of how easily it was connected "first-time around" in 2009, although I do recall someone on this BB knows someone who was involved in the previous commissioning contract. AM was converted to an FPSO in Singapore 2006-2008.

The existing turret was reused (although I'm sure totally refurbished), and the new buoy constructed with additional mooring chains for the harsher environment West of Shetland - previously 3x3, now 3x4. The previous buoy had 11 riser slots, and the turret would obviously have been designed to accommodate that. The new buoy also has 11 riser slots, although only 3 being used at this time (2x prod'n, 1x umbilical). During the Dubai refit, the entire turret was removed from the FPSO and trial fitted to the new buoy on the dockside... photo's on HUR's website.

In future, there are plans to add a 3rd Lancaster well, and a Lincoln well. These may require 2 flowlines each (to allow round-trip pigging) and an umbilical each (since they are in opposing directions). Also a future Gas Export riser, and a possible umbilical to a SSIV (sub-sea safety isolation valve). Hence up to 8 more riser slots. I'm not sure if a 3rd Lancaster well can be added close to the existing 2 and make use of existing infrastructure, which may eliminate the need for 2 of the future production risers.

Hopefully we'll get to find out over the coming years, rather than getting taken out for a song in the near term....

[pro_s2009] 14/3/2019 02:56

Oil prices continue to rise.



Look to Peak Supply issues, not the fake news of Peak Demand.......... The USA has been ramping up as the Saudi fields are into terminal decline. OPEC cuts are about maximizing remaining recovery rates :)

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