Life in Alaska

[AKwelder]

27 minutes ago, mader656 said:

I got reeaaally lucky, but it was a 21 mile hike in 2 days

21 miles? You earned it

[bitty]

24 minutes ago, AKwelder said:

21 miles? You earned it

X2

[Brady Boy]

On 9/15/2016 at 8:55 PM, AKwelder said:

At the light today

 

 

Steve is in the GTO, retired, late 60's. He's the young guy talking smack to the gentlemen in the Porche.  They left 4 black lines from the light

And the year is 1970?, lol.  Takes me back. BK

[AKwelder]

In Prudhoe, saw quad tracks on the line

 

 

not often you see 10 in a herd

[Baradium]

On ‎9‎/‎17‎/‎2016 at 9:19 PM, AKwelder said:

You got that right, just spent the day boning it out and getting it ready to process this week

Congratulations!   You're the only one I know who got a moose this year.  

[AKwelder]

4 hours ago, Baradium said:

Congratulations!   You're the only one I know who got a moose this year.  

Thank you. Only one, Really?   I would have thought someone would have been out to your field and gotten one, nothing hanging around the end of the field?

[Baradium]

33 minutes ago, AKwelder said:

Thank you. Only one, Really?   I would have thought someone would have been out to your field and gotten one, nothing hanging around the end of the field?

Nothing in the field,   maybe it's because it's warm, but coyotes and wolves being around definitely aren't helping. 

[AKwelder]

Borrowed uncles mini excavator and worked on the driveway, oldest boy dug some

 

 

he has grown up a lot this year, time for hunter Ed class

[poor farmer/logger]

Cool always nice to see the younger ones get involved and pull a few leavers. Never now maybe he's found his lifelong career.

Looks like the new trailer is being put to good use.

[TroyDairy]

On 9/25/2016 at 10:32 AM, AKwelder said:

Borrowed uncles mini excavator and worked on the driveway, oldest boy dug some

 

 

he has grown up a lot this year, time for hunter Ed class

Cool, let them try everything.  Are scissors a rare thing in AK?

[Dave McCallister]

Got his legs crossed and taking it easy isn't he!

 

D

[AKwelder]

10 hours ago, TroyDairy said:

Cool, let them try everything.  Are scissors a rare thing in AK?

Yeah, it drives me a bit nuts, but my wife has always been shy about the haircuts since I sheared them one summer, and I have to say "NO!" About  enough other stuff so what the heck.

 

 

[AKwelder]

2 hours ago, Dave McCallister said:

Got his legs crossed and taking it easy isn't he!

 

D

Oh yeah, he was Cool.  I came back and he was doing a Jurassic Park re-enactment. 

 

He is definafly not intimidated by the equipment. 

[mader656]

8 minutes ago, AKwelder said:

Yeah, it drives me a bit nuts, but my wife has always been shy about the haircuts since I sheared them one summer, and I have to say "NO!" About  enough other stuff so what the heck.

 

 

Forgiveness vs, permission vs. Angry wife paradigm

[AKwelder]

Just now, mader656 said:

Forgiveness vs, permission vs. Angry wife paradigm

I figure it will sort itself out, and low and behold, she wants to go see her extended family in Florida during the holidays, the proper southern aunts and uncles, she is all about clean cloths and yes ma'am and no sir.

 

Wanna bet those boys are getting a tune up like they are going to court?

[AKwelder]

Been on the road for a bit over a week, stopped in at the local store

 

 

Then a storm passed through

we got a 1/4 inch, most of the ponds and potholes froze.  Nearly winter here

[BOBSIH856]

Just read an article this morning about a large oil discovery in Alaska (smith bay?). Said it will be a couple years before they develop the field. Can you keep the white dust up north for a while longer?

[AKwelder]

Inline inspection pig for small bore lines

 

 

it inspects and records the pipe so they can confirm the condition of the buried pipe, every inch of it

[Kevingweq]

7 hours ago, AKwelder said:

it inspects and records the pipe

What ,where ,how, please ?      I need a "Inline inspection pig " for dummies tutorial

[Baradium]

45 minutes ago, Kevingweq said:

What ,where ,how, please ?      I need a "Inline inspection pig " for dummies tutorial

It is put in the pipeline and the oil pushes it along and it has sensors that scan the pipe walls while it's moving.   I don't know the process for getting them in and out, but I imagine it involves diverters and specific points in the pipeline. 

[bitty]

10 minutes ago, Baradium said:

It is put in the pipeline and the oil pushes it along and it has sensors that scan the pipe walls while it's moving.   I don't know the process for getting them in and out, but I imagine it involves diverters and specific points in the pipeline. 

I believe where the pipes come up out of the ground they call that the pig catcher and that's where you catch the pig . Similar to what we do when draglining when we send a nerf Pig through to clean the line out.  

My question is on the brand new pipelines that they installed around here they sent one of these things through to inspect it after it was built. Do they chase it through with water then or do they just chase it through with air?

[AKwelder]

1 hour ago, Kevingweq said:

What ,where ,how, please ?      I need a "Inline inspection pig " for dummies tutorial

 

if it is the begining or end of the line they only have one or the other, so they bypass the launcher and load the pig, then close it up tight and send the product thru the launcher, reverse to catch it.  The product pushes the pig on in-service lines, for inspection they use magnetism or other methods to produce a 3D picture of the steel and record the results, then they download the data at the other end.

 

on new pipe they launch pigs with compressed air to ensure the pipe is clean and then they push a sizing disc thru that shows there is no restrictions or issues.  They may also push a batch pig to fill the line or switch products

[AKwelder]

9 hours ago, BOBSIH856 said:

Just read an article this morning about a large oil discovery in Alaska (smith bay?). Said it will be a couple years before they develop the field. Can you keep the white dust up north for a while longer?

Yeah, off to the west from here, time will tell, 1 to 4 billion barrels of recoverable crude they think, maybe, if the data is right

[New Englander]

9 hours ago, AKwelder said:

Yeah, off to the west from here, time will tell, 1 to 4 billion barrels of recoverable crude they think, maybe, if the data is right

Amazing that the administration has not declared it a "National Monument"!

[AKwelder]

2 hours ago, New Englander said:

Amazing that the administration has not declared it a "National Monument"!

What's more likely to happen is they will declare the walrus endangered like the polar bear. Then all kinds of hurdles will get in thier way.

The big point from the article is it said "shallow sea" 

up up hear if it's shallow enough they get a permit and build an island (or find a natural one) to drill from, much better than a platform. 

 

If they have to put 125 miles of line in to get to the Alpine fields there is some very serious work to bring this to market. Alpine was 20 some miles and on land and they claimed well over 10 million man hours to bring oil into the pipeline