Deep Panuke

As most people know I still work for Dredging International, even though I live in Canada. And I am lucky there is a project going on in Eastern Canada. So I only stayed 1 week in Calgary and on the 26th of January I left to Halifax, Nova Scotia. After a 7 hour flight and a hell of ride I finally arrived in Isaac’s Harbour. The village is in the middle of nowhere… Really! I have to drive 70km to buy some groceries. There is no bar, no restaurant, only houses and old people. I share a beautiful guesthouse in Drumhead (with oceanview!) with a dutch colleague.
When I first arrived here it was -25… Yesterday it snowed all day. But the past 2 weeks we had some beautiful days.
Here is some information about the project. So I am a surveyor on the Deep Panuke pipeline project. The Deep Panuke Pipeline Project involves the installation of facilities required to produce natural gas from the Deep Panuke field, located about 175 kilometres offshore Nova Scotia. Produced gas will be transported by subsea pipeline to Goldboro, N.S., where it will be transported via the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline (M&NP) to markets in Eastern Canada and the north-eastern United States. First gas from the project is expected in 2010.
And my part of the job involves the subsea pipeline to Goldboro. With a pontoon (Canadian Argosy) equiped with an excavator they are dredging a trench to put in the pipeline. I survey the trench on regular basis with a multibeam and make crossprofiles and lengthprofiles to show results to the client. Probably Chinese for most people ;)
And of course some pictures. Not that much but it gives you an idea of where I am currently living. More pictures coming soon!

My 4WD

















Canadian Argosy











Landfall site