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rdlangston13
07-15-2013, 12:50 PM
Well tomorrow morning I catch a flight to Tokyo, Japan and then swap planes for Busan, S Korea. Never been to South Korea before so it should be an interesting trip.


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wolfeman131
07-15-2013, 01:26 PM
safe travels!

hope it's a fun trip.

watch out for that crazy dude to the North.

kaneboats
07-15-2013, 01:26 PM
Safe travel indeed! Should be a very neat place to visit. Pics as usual?????

rdlangston13
07-15-2013, 01:57 PM
Of course there will be pictures haha. Gotta test this new iPhone 5 camera


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maxpower220
07-15-2013, 02:33 PM
Enjoy the time change. Changing days is tough on the body.

Have fun, you are going at the right time of year.

rdlangston13
07-16-2013, 11:47 AM
Just boarded the plane in Houston. Next stop....Tokyo, Japan!


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rdlangston13
07-21-2013, 02:21 AM
Now for some photos!

Here is a placard about the shipyard I have been working in all week. Its pretty amazing to see
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9169_zpsc24b999c.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9169_zpsc24b999c.jpg.html)

the beach
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9172_zps8d65a78f.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9172_zps8d65a78f.jpg.html)

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9175_zps2fc5764a.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9175_zps2fc5764a.jpg.html)

ship yard from the beach
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9167_zps98d2bbd6.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9167_zps98d2bbd6.jpg.html)

rdlangston13
07-21-2013, 02:26 AM
they were having some sort of swimming competition and had at least a couple thousand participants in a number of different heats. these tents were all over the beach
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9176_zpsa8199698.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9176_zpsa8199698.jpg.html)

ship yard again
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9177_zps2ce7f2c3.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9177_zps2ce7f2c3.jpg.html)

this is my new home away from home floating offshore so sea trials, we have been day tripping to the ship every day by boat
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9178_zpse07913f3.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9178_zpse07913f3.jpg.html)

alot of people cramped into a small area here
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9181_zpsfc1a2007.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9181_zpsfc1a2007.jpg.html)

rdlangston13
07-21-2013, 02:29 AM
A staircase we stumbled upon that went up into some awesome trails with great views
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9184_zpsbb23c0a4.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9184_zpsbb23c0a4.jpg.html)

another shot of my home away from home from some neat mountain trails we discovered
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9191_zps219c6370.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9191_zps219c6370.jpg.html)

ship yard from the mountain trails
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9187_zps9bd05394.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9187_zps9bd05394.jpg.html)

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9183_zps7467e2ae.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9183_zps7467e2ae.jpg.html)

rdlangston13
07-21-2013, 02:31 AM
the beach from the mountain trails
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9193_zps901f8f63.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9193_zps901f8f63.jpg.html)

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9182_zps64c4a8d4.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9182_zps64c4a8d4.jpg.html)

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9185_zps8213f888.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9185_zps8213f888.jpg.html)

proof i was there!
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9194_zpsdb7c6b27.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9194_zpsdb7c6b27.jpg.html)

rdlangston13
07-21-2013, 02:32 AM
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9198_zps4777369d.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9198_zps4777369d.jpg.html)

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9207_zps46265ccc.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9207_zps46265ccc.jpg.html)

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9210_zps9132821a.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9210_zps9132821a.jpg.html)

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9215_zps59774cc1.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9215_zps59774cc1.jpg.html)

rdlangston13
07-21-2013, 02:33 AM
our ship again
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9217_zps3a28b450.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9217_zps3a28b450.jpg.html)

the swimmers!
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9206_zps5c015e72.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9206_zps5c015e72.jpg.html)

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9208_zps46c1dec1.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9208_zps46c1dec1.jpg.html)

lots of awesome looking rock formations out here
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9218_zps48c319af.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9218_zps48c319af.jpg.html)

rdlangston13
07-21-2013, 02:36 AM
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9219_zps4430d8b9.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9219_zps4430d8b9.jpg.html)

alot of locals were out fishing
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9220_zps6f00241e.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9220_zps6f00241e.jpg.html)

a cool looking bridge that went out to a rock that houses a dragon that protects the area
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9233_zps1e8f4308.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9233_zps1e8f4308.jpg.html)

i got off the marked trail to do some exploring a little closer to the water
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9227_zps5ccbe3f7.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9227_zps5ccbe3f7.jpg.html)

rdlangston13
07-21-2013, 02:38 AM
lighthouse
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9234_zps8c6813cf.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9234_zps8c6813cf.jpg.html)

the walking path
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9235_zpsce1769ad.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9235_zpsce1769ad.jpg.html)

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9223_zps273d171c.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9223_zps273d171c.jpg.html)

my coworker i am with likes to try different foods so we stopped here down by the water where locals were serving up fresh caught raw oysters, urchins, sea squirters, and other weird creatures...
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9237_zps3fab9100.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9237_zps3fab9100.jpg.html)

rdlangston13
07-21-2013, 02:40 AM
the buffet of food
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9239_zpsca9989a1.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9239_zpsca9989a1.jpg.html)

by the light house
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9241_zpsa17dded5.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9241_zpsa17dded5.jpg.html)

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/DSCF9232_zps6f3d3807.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/DSCF9232_zps6f3d3807.jpg.html)

kaneboats
07-21-2013, 08:55 AM
Great pics. Keep 'em coming. What are you guys doing there?

rdlangston13
07-21-2013, 05:03 PM
Great pics. Keep 'em coming. What are you guys doing there?

They are putting the finishing touches on a new drill ship in the HHI shipyard and I got assigned to it so they sent me and my future relief down here to get familiar with the equipment and layout before it heads to New Zealand in Oct to go to work. So I will go home in a couple weeks and probably come back one more time or so.

deerfield
07-21-2013, 05:44 PM
Great pictures! Thanks for posting. How is the food on the rig?

KG's Supra24
07-22-2013, 10:41 PM
Great pictures! Thanks for posting.

X2 ... Enjoy the pics

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rdlangston13
07-29-2013, 07:40 AM
Ok so I used my ninja skills to shoot some spy photos for the largest ship yard in the world for your guys. 15% of the ships worldwide are built right here...

Here are some of the ship currently under construction in the ship yard
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/IMG_1546-Copy_zpsb24a9177.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/IMG_1546-Copy_zpsb24a9177.jpg.html)

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/IMG_1620-Copy_zps1ae79da3.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/IMG_1620-Copy_zps1ae79da3.jpg.html)

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/IMG_1621-Copy_zps40d9de70.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/IMG_1621-Copy_zps40d9de70.jpg.html)

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/IMG_1623-Copy_zps92e6b5e0.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/IMG_1623-Copy_zps92e6b5e0.jpg.html)

rdlangston13
07-29-2013, 07:41 AM
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/IMG_1622-Copy_zps7930a8f8.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/IMG_1622-Copy_zps7930a8f8.jpg.html)

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/IMG_1624-Copy_zps82bf1dcf.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/IMG_1624-Copy_zps82bf1dcf.jpg.html)

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/IMG_1625-Copy_zpse3c2b2e9.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/IMG_1625-Copy_zpse3c2b2e9.jpg.html)

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/IMG_1626-Copy_zpsc2f31f25.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/IMG_1626-Copy_zpsc2f31f25.jpg.html)

rdlangston13
07-29-2013, 07:43 AM
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/IMG_1628-Copy_zps7c6d3dec.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/IMG_1628-Copy_zps7c6d3dec.jpg.html)

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/IMG_1629-Copy_zps97fa3f84.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/IMG_1629-Copy_zps97fa3f84.jpg.html)

and everyday here would put daytona or sturgis to shame...if they rode scooters are daytona and sturgis
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/IMG_1630-Copy_zpsa19d40d6.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/IMG_1630-Copy_zpsa19d40d6.jpg.html)

And here is my new ship.
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/null_zps2e757c6a.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/null_zps2e757c6a.jpg.html)

Currently the ship yard is building the following drill ships
Noble Sam Croft
Noble Bob Douglas
Diamond Blackhawk
Diamond Black Rhino
Diamond Black Hornet
Rowan Renaissance
Bolette Dolphin
and there are like 2 more that I can't remember

There are also 2 more ship yards in S Korea currently pumping out Drill Ships...Job Security haha

rdlangston13
07-29-2013, 07:46 AM
Here are some shots of my equipment on the ship. Took them about a year to install all of this.

Twin GE Electric motors make 1250 hp EACH!
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/IMG_1646-Copy_zpsf4e40cb1.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/IMG_1646-Copy_zpsf4e40cb1.jpg.html)

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/IMG_1647-Copy_zps9e4c1aad.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/IMG_1647-Copy_zps9e4c1aad.jpg.html)

The white lines are sea water cooling lines to cool the transmissions, pumps, and 1250 hp electric motors
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/IMG_1648_zpscf329496.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/IMG_1648_zpscf329496.jpg.html)

15,000 psi high pressure pump
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/IMG_1649_zps180232be.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/IMG_1649_zps180232be.jpg.html)

rdlangston13
07-29-2013, 07:51 AM
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/IMG_1650_zps66ea4a5b.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/IMG_1650_zps66ea4a5b.jpg.html)

these two big cans get dry bulk cement blown to them, from there is falls into a recirculating water jet where it is mixed to the proper density and then we pump it down the hole
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/IMG_1652_zps43530906.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/IMG_1652_zps43530906.jpg.html)

The two tubs on the left and right are where the cement mixes, those then overflow into the big tub in the middle which is then recirculated and pumped down hole
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m523/rdlangston13/IMG_1653_zpsc9688d46.jpg (http://s1130.photobucket.com/user/rdlangston13/media/IMG_1653_zpsc9688d46.jpg.html)

With this set up we can mix and pump cement at over 15 bpm. which is equal to 630 gallons a minute and we can do this at pressure in excess of 5,000 psi.

maxpower220
07-29-2013, 10:20 AM
[QUOTE=rdlangston13;2239. Took them about a year to install all of this.[/QUOTE]

Must be unions.

kaneboats
07-29-2013, 11:46 AM
All great but let's see the wake!

rdlangston13
07-29-2013, 04:07 PM
All great but let's see the wake!

Not much of a wake at 11 knots


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kaneboats
07-29-2013, 04:11 PM
Well, tell them to row faster.

rdlangston13
07-29-2013, 07:47 PM
Well, tell them to row faster.

we only have 64,368 hp (10,728 hp per engine x 6 engines). But even with all that engine power, we only have 40,230 hp of thrusts with 6 thrusters at 6,705 hp each. We just need more power!

So here are some more fun drill ship facts!
752 ft long x 118 ft wide
36 ft draft!
we have 4 deck cranes, three with a 100 ton capacity and one with a 165 ton capacity
we have a 42,848 bbl fuel tank (roughly 1.8 million gallons)
we are capable of drilling wells in 10,000 ft of water with a rough well total depth of 40,000 ft.
The 210 ft tall derrick is actually two derricks in one, the main one has a lifting capacity of 1,250,000 lbs while the aux one can lift 750,000 lbs.
We can accommodate up to 210 workers out here at a time.

kaneboats
07-29-2013, 09:35 PM
That sounds awesome. Except for one thing. No beer on board, right?

rdlangston13
07-29-2013, 09:46 PM
That sounds awesome. Except for one thing. No beer on board, right?

No beer, but thats the good thing about day tripping...The corner store by my hotel has 1 liter Hites for 2 bucks!

rdlangston13
08-04-2013, 06:04 PM
Last day in Ulsan today. Headed home tomorrow just in time for the Jam!

kaneboats
08-05-2013, 05:47 PM
Safe travel!!!!