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Dl-ARDAOIN, 9 LATHA DE'N IUCHAR 1970 THURSDAY, 9th JULY 1970 No. 86 Sixpence
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OIL OR GAS IN THE
MINCH?
jgRITISH Petroleum, which
has a joint concession with
the Gas Council to search for
gas and oil in the Minch,
will shortly begin seismic
survey work in the area.
The contractors for the
survey are Delta Exploration
Inc., who will be using their
155' vessel “Carib Tide” for
the work.
Depending on the weather,
the survey should take some
ten days.
The survey metlhod used,
which has been in service for
some three to four years in
the North Sea and elsewhere
in the world,. has been
specially designed to avoid
harm to marine life. Basically
it consists of eight rubber
cylinders, towed four on each
side of the survey ship from
a boom which contains an
oxygen/propane mixture. This
mixture is fired electrically on
all cylinders simultaneously,
and the resulting sound ‘echo’
is then picked up by detectors
on a receiver cable towed
behind the survey ship. These
reflected waves are then con
verted into an electrical sig¬
nal which is relayed to the
instruments on the survey
vessel. The receiver cables
about a mile long and is
fitted with a tail buoy and
radar reflector.
Under normal conditions,
the mixture in the cylinder
can be fired at 8-10 second
intervals. Exhaust gases from
the cylinders are vented into
the air and a fresh mixture
supplied via a hose running
along the boom which tows
the cylinders on each side of
the survey vessel.
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leavers to start their careers
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been sef at three craft ajxpren-
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The apprentices will nor¬
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mechanical engineering and
will work for Higher National
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Both categories of entrants
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in August after the end of
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