The Lights at play on 01/1/25
Prudhoe Bay oilfield in background, nice Arctic evening at -28 F.
Rear view of 2.2 million pounds moving at 2.3 to 2.5 mph. The two large tires you can see are steerable boosters, you can’t see the four steerable prime mover tires in the wheel well. For scale, that’s a Ford Expedition following. Lights of the eastern side of the Kuparuk oilfield in the foreground.
Mule
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Wow. That's a monster. Awesome pics of the dancing lights.
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Thank you for posting
Great photos
This was the first year in our lifes wife and I got to see the northern lights ( we live in Ohio )
The weather and conditions were just right for a rare chance For us to se them
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Amazing pictures, Mr. Mule! Just one question… What is the huge machine that's being moved?
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Beautiful. I wish you could see them around here.
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Great pics Mule, thanks for sharing. I talked to Tom N. the other day. I thought I called him on his BD, but I was a day off. Oh well, we had a nice chat.
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Horse Plains Drifter: 33163720093083/comments/33163720372379
Great pics Mule, thanks for sharing. I talked to Tom N. the other day. I thought I called him on his BD, but I was a day off. Oh well, we had a nice chat.
that’s cool, hope he doing well? And tell him I said hello next time you chat.
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NeoBlackdog: 33163720093083/comments/33163720311963
Amazing pictures, Mr. Mule! Just one question… What is the huge machine that's being moved?
This is actually the fat baby of the family,
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Rig 16 – Oil Drilling Operations in Alaska's North Slope
DDI Rig 16 is capable of working efficiently in extreme arctic conditions. It is a fully integrated, single- module unit that measures 119 feet long by 42 feet wide, and is capable of drilling on ten-foot wellhead spacings. The rig layout consists of three enclosed levels to provide maximum operational and heating efficiency.0 -
119 feet by 42 feet. I was going to ask if it could drill me a new water well since mine may disappear into a sink hole. At that size it would create a sink hole. So, nevermind.
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Susie, my favorite is this one
https://www.doyondrilling.com/our-rigs/rig-25/
I was part of the supervisory staff watching over it years ago when I was with BP Alaska in Prudhoe, and was with the operation when the photographs were taken on Juliet pad in western operating area of Prudhoe Bay.
Biggest part of my fond memories were the crews, they were flawless and treated their rig with the respect and maintenance she deserved.
Mule
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dpmule: 33163720093083/comments/33163769485211
Susie, my favorite is this one
https://www.doyondrilling.com/our-rigs/rig-25/
I was part of the supervisory staff watching over it years ago when I was with BP Alaska in Prudhoe, and was with the operation when the photographs were taken on Juliet pad in western operating area of Prudhoe Bay.
Biggest part of my fond memories were the crews, they were flawless and treated their rig with the respect and maintenance she deserved.
Mule
Thats a tad bigger than the rigs I worked around in Kansas. Don
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Little larger than a Failing 1500 i used to work on.
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Nice pictures.
My father used to work as a merchant marine out of Seattle on a tanker and he would see the lights when he was in Alaska loading oil that was going to Japan.
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Coo-O! But the weather, no spank you. I still wanna see that for myself. Maybe they'll have heated suits by then?
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