| Description | Reference file on MCP-01 and the Frigg Field for use by the publicity department. Includes an annotated Heliport Safety Brief checklist (with helicopter flight and safety vessel facts and statistics on reverse); brief timeline of the Frigg System 1964 - 1987 with two maps torn from an unknown brochure showing the fields and blocks in the North Sea. The plastic wallet was annotated "Claymore 45km away Piper was 52km away" and "Ivanhoe & Rob Roy hooked up via Tartan on 22/8/89. Operator Amerada Hess."; French and English language diagrams and tables displaying the location and division of owners/operators of the field glued to paper, some of which may have been cut out of the booklet 'The Frigg Gas Story'; field production data 1990-1991; information on the installation and function of MCP-01with photocopies of general arrangement drawings showing the platform; large poster 'Bringing Ashore the Gas' about the Frigg Field, pipelines and St Fergus Terminal (for fuller description please see MS 3801/2/4/20); facts and statistics about the pipeline and compression project; and information taken from trainees' documents giving basic location details about MCP-01, summary of telecommunications systems, nearby platforms and fields, and pipeline tie-in diagrams to the base of the platforms with handwritten annotations in French.
Photographs, all colour and approximately 10" x 8" or 8" x 8", undated but probably late 1970s-early 1980s unless otherwise specified.
#1: Aerial photograph of the Frigg Field showing all the platforms, and several boats, under a grey sky.
#2: MCP-01 in the sunshine, in the background at sea-level, with a wave in the foreground (1976).
#3: Aerial shot of a crate being lifted by a crane on MCP-01 in the dark.
#4: Aerial close-up of MCP-01 in the sunshine entitled "MCP-01 before the compressor modules were installed (1976-1981).
#5: Aerial view of the almost-completed St Fergus Terminal, accompanied by notes reading "Nominations to British Gas. Average about 50mm3/day - currently. Max + 80mm3/day. Decline of Frigg + Phase III".
#6: Aerial view of St Fergus terminal dated September 1989.
#7: Supply vessel lifting the compression modules onto MCP-01 by crane. Taken at sea-level and shows the whole platform that gives an impression of the scale of the modules. Dated 18 May 1981.
#8: Prefabricated, two-storey occupation module being lifted onto MCP-01 taken from the deck of the vessel, looking up. Dated 10 July 1981.
#9: Aerial view of MCP-01 after compression module installed, dated 11 July 1982.
#10: Close-up of the separator module being lowered onto the deck of MCP-01. Dated 25 December 1982. Annotated on reverse "[?Either use?] this or separator module. 8 Will be a shot from display brought from St.F. 9 - - - -".
#11: Aerial close-up of MCP-01, not quite with the whole topside in shot. Dated 30 December 1982.
#12: Module being lowered into place on MCP-01, taken at dusk from the platform. Sea and boat in the background. Probably dated 1982.
#13: MCP-01 and crane barge lit up at night with reflections in the water. Taken at sea level. Dated 13 February 1983.
#14: Aerial view of MCP-01with flare lit in relatively rough seas, probably dated 1983.
#15: Aerial view of MCP-01 with the flotel Safe Helvia in the foreground and a smaller vessel in the distance. Dated 17 July 1983.
#16: MCP-01 with the flotel Safe Petrolia. Dated between 17 July - 16 August 1983.
#17: Filmstrip of 8 images, 5 close-ups of a platform (not MCP-01) lit up at night and two of equipment on board.
#18: Alwyn North platforms in low light, with flare.
#19: Aerial view of MCP-01 and a supply boat during the installation of the topsides, dated 1976/77.
#20: MCP-01 during topside installation, taken from sea level, with setting sun behind it and two vessels in the vicinity, dated 1976/77.
#21: Daytime, calm weather shot of MCP-01 in the mid-ground with the deck of the vessel from which the photo was taken in the foreground, and another barge just in front of the platform, dated 1976-1981.
#22: Equipment being lowered onto MCP-01's deck with the central core in the background and workmen around three sides. Taken from the deck.
#23: Picture taken from the deck of a boat of three men on a personnel transfer net suspended over the sea, carrying out welding work on the hook of the vessel's crane. Part of MCP-01 visible in background.
#24: Aerial view of MCP-01 and the semi-submersible Sindbad in dull, but calm seas.
#25: Aerial shot of MCP-01 in very calm but grey weather, taken after the installation of compression modules in 1981. At some stage the photo has been glued to a sheet of paper and where the glue was applied the paper remains.
#26: Aerial view of the Pentod platform in calm seas, with the helipad nearest the camera. At the top is a dim reflection of the photographer from the helicopter's window. |