oilman

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by oilman 1y ago
In 99.99% of real-world scenarios, the rig would have other options to bootstrap a black start—like fully charged air tanks, backup power from a support vessel, or even emergency battery systems. The hand-cranked air compressor is really a
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by oilman 1y ago
In another life I worked as an engineer commissioning oil rigs and I’ve seen how tricky even a small-scale black start can be. On a rig, we simulate total power loss and have to hand-crank a tiny air compressor just to start a small emergen
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by oilman 4y ago
As an engineer who has spent time commissioning electrical systems on oil rigs, I've had the opportunity to witness some truly fascinating tests. However, out of all the tests I've seen, the black start test is by far the most int
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by oilman 6y ago
This seems like great advice, and it resonates with me. I've seen people make a big impact by following this path. > It’s ok to spend some of your time on snacks to keep yourself motivated between bigger accomplishments, but you hav
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by oilman 6y ago
I was once working for a small company building electrical equipment. We mostly worked on "medium voltage" equipment, you know 2400 to 69000 VAC. For one project we had large banks of ultracapacitor in a cabinet. Fully charged it
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by oilman 7y ago
Perhaps the solution is more reporting instead of less reporting. Some sort of real time (or hourly, daily, whatever) metrics about a company instead of quarterly reports. I feel like a certain frequency makes it harder to game, and much mo
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by oilman 7y ago
If there are any of the moderators reading this, I would love to know what this post did wrong to get shuffled to the very bottom of the conversation so I don't do it again. There must be some mod magic involved as it has a number of u
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by oilman 7y ago
A quote from a letter from Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy during the Cuban missile crisis. I see, Mr. President, that you too are not devoid of a sense of anxiety for the fate of the world understanding, and of what war entails.
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by oilman 7y ago
In a lot of industrial sites software security is a joke. Embedded systems tend to use very old, well proven technology, which in itself isn't a problem, it fits the market well, but the side effect is that security isn't always p
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by oilman 7y ago
The attitude of those in the oil industry does not help this at all. I work in oil and talking politics to those I work with just makes me sad. There is a lot of anti-government hate. People are still resentful about the National Energy Pro
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by oilman 8y ago
I must be a bit dense today, what irony?
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by oilman 11y ago
This sounds A LOT like myself. I've never really considered going to a psychiatrist or neurologist, I thought my experience was somewhat normal. Do you mind elaborating some about what sort of medication/condition are you talking
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by oilman 11y ago
I have personal experience with (4). I work for a company that creates systems that are used on oil rigs. I came about this job in a round about way. I used to work in SF at a big name tech company, but I'm from a small town with no te