When Charlie was born David was working for ATS Drilling rebuilding oil rigs and Charlie always asked to go to work with his dad. Although for safety issues he couldn’t go. So as soon as I found this new Virtual Field Trip I knew it would be something both Charlie and David would enjoy a lot. So come with us and let’s check out Discover Petroleum – Fawley Tour & Captain Tour.
It’s Friday, May 4, 2018, and time for a Virtual Field Trip at ClickSchooling!
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Age Range: All (All grades; children with parental supervision)
Part of the larger Discover Petroleum site from ExxonMobil, take virtual tours of an oil refinery and drilling platform in the UK.
Our first stop is the oil refinery. Select the “The Fawley tour” link. After reading through the introduction, begin the tour by either clicking the arrow at the top of the page to “start tour” or selecting the text link in the introduction box. Use your mouse to zoom around the 360° image and learn about the location and the refining process with the informational text to the left of the image. Locations visitors will see include:
- Jetty – south end
- Jetty control
- Saltmarsh
- South trestle
- View from the admin block roof
- Storage tank
- Perimeter tank
- Fawley village
- COGEN – COmbined heat and power GENeration
- Bund by SP4
- Gate 1
- Hythe Terminal
- View from the fire station roof
- Pipe farm
After finishing your tour, return to the homepage by selecting the “part of the Discover Petroleum site” link at the top of the page. Select “The Captain tour.” With this tour of a drilling platform located on the edge of the Moray Firth 68 miles north of Aberdeen, visitors will see:
- The helicopter deck
- Mess and galley
- Drill deck
- Drill control room
- Wellheads
- Chemistry lab
- Walkway to the bridge
- Middle of the bridge
- Top of the Bridge Linked Platform (BLP)
- Control room
Use the tools under the informational blocks in each tour to learn more about oil drilling, the refinery process, and much more. There is a lot of interesting information provided, so don’t hesitate to check out the other links provided.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie, and David Cates
