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North Sea, Norwegian Ocean and Irish Sea oil/gas offshore installations. Placement of all Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, Irish, Russian, Polish and British oilrigs in the North Sea/Norwegian Ocean/Irish Sea/Baltic Sea/Celtic Sea. Version 2.2 pinpoints about 500 rigs, FPOS and loading bouys in the Norwegian Ocean, the North Sea,the west coast of United Kingdom and the Baltic Sea. I do not have accurate 3D models of the platforms, so the default MS Flightsim oilrig and oil tanker is used in all the locations. FPOS are made by merging the default platform and the default tanker. I have also added some oil tankers in the location of some of the loading buoys. The placement should be pretty accurate - source of positions are pulled from the Norwegian map autority's (Kartverket) electronic nautical charts (Norgeskart nautical charts),from Avinor IPPC service, from EMODmet and from a KML file found on the internet.... I'm pretty certain that all of the installations are covered - if you miss some, please let me know. There have been a lot of decommissioning and removal/clean up in the last years. I've tried to place only the installations still out there, but the cleanup is ongoing, so there will be some errors. Please let me know if you find some..... This package was downloaded 11 161 times before it was removed from flightsim.to Installation: Just drop in your community folder. Requirement: The free World update USA have to be installed - The MS Flightsim oilrig and tanker is a part of this package. Ver 3.4.1 - Compiled with SDK 0.20.50 - The content in this package is identical to the one removed from flightsim.to Ver 3.4 - Added rigs Petrobaltic and Petro Giant of coast of Poland in the Baltic Sea - Buildt with SDK 0.15.0 for Sim update 1.20.6 compatibility. Ver 3.3 - Buildt with SDK 0.14.0 for Sim update 1.18.15 compatibility. Ver 3.1 - Added 106 POI positions. You can now start your flight in air, close to the oil/gas rigs, from the world map. You will also have POI markers on those positions. Ver 3.0 - Finally - added landable helipads on all rigs and FPOS's (merged tankers/rigs with helipads). The oiltankers are not landable. Ver 2.2 - Added 38 Dutch rigs and a tanker (loading bouy). - Added 1 German rig - Added 2 Irish rigs - Added 2 Russian rigs in the Baltic Sea - Added 1 Polish rig in the Baltic Sea. Ver 2.1 - Added 20 Danish platforms. Ver 2.0 - All British offshore oil/gas covered Ver 1.0 - All Norwegian oil platforms/rigs in correct positions - Some oil tankers in positions of loading buoys Issuses: You will still not crash when when hitting the rigs/tankers outside the helipads...... Credits: Big thanks to GBZH35 and his helpers to make the landable helipads making this update possible. -
/images/notams/notams22/nsea0405/aerosoft-north-sea-1.jpgThe North Sea is not a stretch of water. It is an incredibly productive fishery where over 2,5 millionmetric tons of fish are caught every year. Close to 7000 fishingvessels, ranging from small trawlers to absolutely massive factoryships, provide food for millions of Europeans. Because of the climate, geographical conditions, and currentdemands make it a prime location for wind farms. The average depth isaround 60 meters meaning it is relatively cheap to place windturbines, and as any seamen can tell you, the wind is a constant inthe North Sea. Around 25% of the total North Sea is now scheduled tobe used for wind farms. Many tens of thousands of turbines willprovide the countries around the North Sea with renewable energy. Manywind farms are being built at this moment. If all reserved areas ofthe North Sea are used, there will be close to 100.000 windturbines. These will be able to provide 80% of the electricity needsof the countries bordering the North Sea. Underneath the North Sea is another treasure. Oil and gas. In hugequantities, not as easy to get to as in the Middle East, but due tothe depth of the sea, technically very feasible with current energyprices. Close to 200 oil structures, often made up of multipleplatforms, are placed on the most productive fields. /images/notams/notams22/nsea0405/aerosoft-north-sea-2.jpgIn between these structures, tens of thousands of vessels have to findtheir way. The absolutely massive oil tankers, container ships andbulk carriers seek the load and unload their goods in the harbours ofRotterdam and dozens of others. Huge ships lay cables andpipelines. Ferries link countries (I long back to the bighoovercrafts!).While the number of people working on the North Sea is limited(estimated at around 8000 people), the money involved isstaggering. Billions of euros are invested every year. Even a smalloil platform will run into the 500 millions of euros. A modern supportvessel can easily cost 100 million. This DLC can be merged with any of the other add-ons coveringshipping or other offshore elements. /images/notams/notams22/nsea0405/aerosoft-north-sea-3.jpgSo what can you see? Let me make a list; it is not complete. Fishing IndustryTrawlersFactory ShipsSeinersShipping IndustryContainer shipsBulk carriersLNG tankersOil tankersChemical tankersFruit juice tankers (I did not even know these existed)Life stock carriersOther ShipsFerriesCruise shipsWind IndustryMonopile wind turbinesJacket wind turbinesFloating structure wind turbinesFast crew boatsSubstationsWind Industry ConstructionSurvey vesselsHeavy lift vesselsOffshore support vesselsCrane vesselsCrane platformsFloatelsTug boatsOil/Gas IndustryProduction rigs (spar, jack-up, compliant)Normally Unmanned Installations (NUI)Conductor Support Systems (satellite stations)ToadstoolsFast crew boatsSupport vesselsAnchor vesselsPatrol vesselsFloating production systems shipsFloating production systems monocolumnFloatelsSingle buoy mooring stationsFast Resque BoatsOil/Gas ConstructionDrilling rigsSeismic survey vesselsCrane vesselsTug boatsAnchor vesselsThis product is intended to be released in late summer at between10 and 15 Euro. It will run on PC and Xbox. We have a team of veteranexperts assisting us to make sure what we show is realistic. Source