VR-287 Gone Forever
 

Well, VR 287 was removed today. Another fishing hole lost forever in the GOM.

are they leaving the bottom half of it?

More than likely they will go down and cut that too.

VR 284 was a good spot but was knocked down for Rita

Just got the evening report and they will be finished cutting the 4 pile beliw mudline by morning.

I use to test the gas sales meter there. Only platform I had seen with the well heads in the legs.

Was that for Petroquest?

Yep

Had that place on one of my loops for a few hitches after they unmanned it waiting for pipeline repairs. Couldn't recognize it from the pics, but the wells in the legs was a giveaway.

Who's doing the removal work?

Are they cutting them off? Not blowing them up?

Guess if its going to happen, that cutting them kills less fish bout the only good thing I can think of:(

Just doesn't make any sense... These things should be cut off 20-30 ft below surface (whatever makes the most sense from a safety standpoint, then have a marker placed there so shrimp boats know there is something there...

And they should then be allowed to remain as valuable reefs..

Yea but that makes too much sense.

Bisso is contractor. I got management/consulting.

Anything that makes sense does not happen when the gobment is involved. We are jetting down 20' below mudline and cutting for removal. 3 of 4 have been cut as of 7pm tonight. It will be on a deck tomorrow.

Dang triple F... how many jobs do you have?

I've got 2.
One that pays the bills, and one that has my heart.

Was that wives, or jobs?

:work::work::work::work::work:

I think this may be the first time I've ever seen you post something not scientific! Did you smoke some of that illegal plant?!:spineyes::rotfl:

No wacky toebacky here. Age and life's hard knocks may have dampened my sense of humor a bit, but occasionally I still take a swing at a hanging curve.

And that one cleared the fence!!!! Good one sir, good one!!

More reason's why we are in sore need of a like button and / or reputation points.. :P

When they cut them and remove them NOTHING remains as a debris field or reef. Several times I have gone over one they removed a few years ago and still can not even find a hump or dip on mi bottom finders with either of my boats. The area is marked well on my machines. I fished it a lot.

Once the jackets are removed, a boat drags sonar equipment across a designated grid path. After that, a big trawl is drug to collect anything on the bottom. Junk that can not be picked up by net gets a diver to go down and hook on to it. Last year, we had one in East Cameron that kept having the trawl get hung up on and tear. We sent dive crew down to get it and it was an anchor from a WWII ship. I forget how much it weighed, but it was as big as a Z71, plus had 25 tons of chain connected to it. Pretty neat once we got it topside.

Man, I bet somebody got yelled at over losing that anchor!:work:

No Habitat = No Fish. Idle Iron is just stupid policy from there feds. Lay them down in place or in a marked field. Maritime hazard, etc reasons are also BS. The trawlers & other vessels know to stay away from these rigs now. P&A the well and lay the iron down right there. Each state can mark the reefs.

Got the chance to do some fishing with MG and his family. A great family man with some great kiddos. He's a cool dude to talk with (as long as you dont mind a guy that blows your IQ out the water) and his kiddos are a great group and they catch some fish. He's an easy going guy in person. I hope our families paths cross again.

HAHA! Yeah, I fished with MG and, his son. I felt intellectually inferior the whole day! Felt heck, I was!:rotfl::work:

Great couple of guys though!;)