Just what is Q5000? Saw it this morning departing from Kiewit, so went down to Roberts Point Park to watch her go by.
Q5000 has been in Ingleside getting some sprucing up I assume.
According to the brochure, Q5000 is a well intervention vehicle.
It was moving through the channel at about 3 knots and not on it's own power. The drawing in the brochure looks like there might be wheels on the bottom of the pontoons.
QIn the background of the middle photo is a well platform that's been brought in and shut down. (It's sitting on the bottom in the dockage.) Given the price of oil these days the drilling and refinery folks have been cutting back on expenses and say they don't need to be doing a lot of exploration. Q5000 can decommission wells, and maybe that's where she's headed.
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