The Northern Producer
Having seen this oil platform anchored off the coast of Applecross in the Scottish Highlands for the past few months, we finally took the perfect opportunity of dead flat calm conditions to kayak the more than three miles to get a closer look.
This is the Northern Producer, originally built as a drilling rig in Norway in 1976 before conversion to a floating production facility in 1991. It was formerly in the North Sea, north of the Shetland Islands - and has recently arrived in Loch Kishorn for decommissioning.
I was very glad to have my little waterproof Olympus TG-4, that handles RAW files! My next uploads will give more of a sense of scale of this massive structure.
The Northern Producer
Having seen this oil platform anchored off the coast of Applecross in the Scottish Highlands for the past few months, we finally took the perfect opportunity of dead flat calm conditions to kayak the more than three miles to get a closer look.
This is the Northern Producer, originally built as a drilling rig in Norway in 1976 before conversion to a floating production facility in 1991. It was formerly in the North Sea, north of the Shetland Islands - and has recently arrived in Loch Kishorn for decommissioning.
I was very glad to have my little waterproof Olympus TG-4, that handles RAW files! My next uploads will give more of a sense of scale of this massive structure.