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[Dave Ed]

Treasure Finder


Pics from Kev Pickering.


During the late seventies and early eighties the North Sea oil fields were probably at their most active and this led Shell to instigate a Bell 212 shuttle service to serve the Brent oil field installations and surrounding rigs.
The Treasure Finder was to be found in the East Shetland basin and consisted of a fairly large hangar, with a heli-deck on either side, built as part of an accommodation platform and attached to a production platform typically the "Brent B"

The hangar had an average compliment of five Bell 212's fitted with a vast array of avionics and safety equipment to enable such tasks as search and rescue.The work rota was 2 weeks on / 2 weeks off.