Ensco 56 is back!!

Ensco 56 had been held up at Port Taranaki due to inconvenient weather. It had been towed from Tasman Bay/Nelson to a new drilling site off Awakino but the forecast held the rig in at Port. Ensco 56 was moved on the 26th August and has headed to Awakino to start drilling again.

Originally, Ensco 56 is the same rig that drilled the Pohokura production wells off Motunui and has been contracted to drill the Awakino South Exploration well for a Singapore based company STP Energy. Following this the rig will then move to another location in the Exploration licence area to drill another well (Kahu 1). Welcome back Ensco 56!

Scale Model Helicopter Competition

Engineer Craig Anderson has built a scale model helicopter 1:7.6 (1.5 meters long) scale of HNI Bell 412, powered by a methanol .67 cubic inch motor. The 4 - blade head makes it harder to fly but look very realistic. It has taken Craig almost three years to build and invested quite a bit of time and money into his hobby.

Craig's hard slog has paid off by enabling him to place first in a Scale Model Helicopter Competition in Rotorua on the 23rd & 24th August 2008. Congratulations Craig!! We are proud of you!!