Saturday 24 February 2007

1968

Splendid, excellent, magnificent, eyecatching, modern, industrial, metal, glass, shapes, spacious, curved, straight, light, dark, ...

If you like architecture, visit the oil museum in Stavanger...
If you do not like architecture, visit the oil museum in Stavanger...

I will once go back to create a decent image of this wonderfull building. For now, i'll just focus on the content.

Oil is what made Stavanger wealthy. Oil is what makes Stavanger wealthy today.

This amazing structure showcases it all:

-History of earth
-Use of energy
-alternative sources of energy
-Positives and negatives regarding energy use and oil
-Where to find oil
-How to find oil
-How to drill for oil
-Safety and disaster
-Oil products
-technology
-3D-movie
-...

Grandma, grandpa, mum, dad, son, daughter,...

Entertainment for all. Both in English and Norwegian. Did I mention the excellent support by the museum staff?

Visiting a museum in Belgium, you're sometimes considered to be an intruder in a world of piece and quiet. "My chair is comfortable, my coffee is close, so bugger off..."

Not so here... A question, any question, staff will answer before even asking.
Unlocking the door to an interactive exhibit? No problem, sorry to keep you waiting...

Clown is a boy. Clown likes technology. Clown likes big things. Clown likes big things in small.
Clown is happy. Clown sees plenty.

Scale models provided by major oil companies. Boats, oil rigs,...
Amazingly detailed, even interiors are completely visible.


Why use scale models if you can have the real thing?
Drilling heads anywhere between 90 and 22 (?) cm.

Me like, Me feel, Me take picture...

1968

This is it, the first drilling head ever to smell oil beneath the Northsea in 1968.
A modern dinosaur.


alexander kielland

Major disaster. All about it throughyour favourite search engine.
Wanna learn? Put some effort into it ;-)


The platform was recovered. The faulty part is on display in the museum.
The tv-screen is of normal size, so this is definitly not a scale model...

A black picture about a black day in oil history...

The disaster was the starting point for extensive safety regulations.
A lot of rescueing materials are showcased in the museum. SUV's are common things, even on national geographic channel, but ever heard of an underwater helicopter?

Come to Stavanger, it is right here !



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