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..........Bristow Base: Treasure Finder, North Sea, U.K.

During the late seventies and early eighties the North Sea
oil fields were probably at their most active and this led
Shell to instigate a Bell 212 shuttle service to serve the
Brent oil field installations and surrounding rigs.
The Treasure Finder was to be found in the East Shetland
basin and consisted of a fairly large hanger built as part of
an accommodation platform and attatched to a production
platform typically the "Brent B".

The hanger had an average compliment of five Bell
212's fitted with a vast array of avionics and safety
equipment to enable such tasks as search and rescue.
The work rota was 2 weeks on / 2 weeks off.



There were two heli-decks, one either side of the
hanger, and the photo was taken from one heli-deck
looking through the hanger out to the other. The 212
on the left ( G-BGMI ) is fitted with a " Nightsun "
high power searchlight as part of the S.A.R.
commitment.

A good night shot showing the two heli-decks with a
212 stationed on the right hand one.




Note the tow cart still has the BEAS logo.