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Offline cLAY

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I'm going to the Mac!
« on: March 14, 2011, 09:39:58 PM »
I'm going to work in Fort McMurray! Got the call last Friday and put my notice in at the airport today. Lots of long faces there! It was nice to see I'll be missed but after 10.5 years it was time for a change.

Anyone from here working up there? Particularly the CNRL/Horizon site?
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Re: I'm going to the Mac!
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2011, 09:57:09 PM »
congrats Clay. you got on with a great company.

my sis is an audit accountant and is up there on occassion......  the perks of CNRL are well worth the travel and stuff. 


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Re: I'm going to the Mac!
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Re: I'm going to the Mac!
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2011, 05:11:09 AM »
not a fan of CNRL...standards are a bit on the low side,but spent a few years welding for Suncor at both Voyageur and Firebag...interesting to say the least..the scale of operations is amazing..good luck, and stay safe up there.
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Offline w squared

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Re: I'm going to the Mac!
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2011, 09:01:51 PM »
I spent the last three weeks on the CNRL Horizon site.

It's currently much smaller than the other Fort Mac "base plant" sites, but it's still a big operation, and they just finished signing off on 1.2 billion worth of expansion (in addition to the 400 million that they're spending on the rebuild and opportune maintenance after the coker fire)

Are you headed there working directly for CNRL, or for a contractor? If a contractor, which one?

Hopefully they offered you a rotation that makes sense and crew changes via flights from the Horizon airstrip. They fly 737's in and out of there for crew changes  :)

Just make sure that you bring shower sandals and your own towel and laundry detergent. The camps up there are something less than luxurious.
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Re: I'm going to the Mac!
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2011, 11:16:33 PM »
Take your own pillow too. The one thing you want from home is a nice pillow... aside from all the other things from home.
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Re: I'm going to the Mac!
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2011, 10:20:14 AM »
I will be working for a contractor, Alcor. My bro-in-law in there now working for the same company. We'll be on teh same shift, same camp, same flights, etc. Yes they pay for the flights, 7 up, 7 down, fly both ways directly to the site.

I figured about the shower sandels and pillow but didn't think of the laundry detergent, thanks. M brother-in-law is coming over tonight so I'll grill him then.
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Re: I'm going to the Mac!
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2011, 02:56:36 PM »
Quote from: cLAY on March 16, 2011, 10:20:14 AM
I will be working for a contractor, Alcor. My bro-in-law in there now working for the same company. We'll be on teh same shift, same camp, same flights, etc. Yes they pay for the flights, 7 up, 7 down, fly both ways directly to the site.

I figured about the shower sandels and pillow but didn't think of the laundry detergent, thanks. M brother-in-law is coming over tonight so I'll grill him then.

Sounds good. Alcor seems to be the facility (camp/shack/building) maintenance contractor. I saw a lot of their folks while I was up there.

Just don't forget your towel...the store in camp will charge you $10 for the world's crappiest little blue towel.
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Quote from: TL-Iguana on December 08, 2011, 09:55:33 PM
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Re: I'm going to the Mac!
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2011, 12:12:31 AM »
Good luck with the new job Clay, we'll have to get out for a run one of these times when you're back.
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Offline Marco

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Re: I'm going to the Mac!
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2011, 08:50:09 AM »
Im in the area but on drilling site ,not plant work. i wish i could have 7 and 7!  have fun you will love the mac  ::)
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Re: I'm going to the Mac!
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2011, 10:57:53 AM »
I just found the CNRL site on a map and realized how funny it is for me to say that I'm going to the Mac. The site is an hour north of Fort McMurray and since I'll being flying in and out of the CNRL airfield I probably won't even get into Fort McMurray!
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Re: I'm going to the Mac!
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2011, 08:29:48 PM »
Quote from: cLAY on March 19, 2011, 10:57:53 AM
I just found the CNRL site on a map and realized how funny it is for me to say that I'm going to the Mac. The site is an hour north of Fort McMurray and since I'll being flying in and out of the CNRL airfield I probably won't even get into Fort McMurray!

You're not missing much, Clay. Fort Mac's infrastructure, gas stations, restaurants, coffee shops...and everything else....lags so far behind it's transient population level that it's not even funny. I'd much rather be out in camp on site.

I'll actually be up at the Horizon site again through until Wednesday. When do you fly up?
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Quote from: TL-Iguana on December 08, 2011, 09:55:33 PM
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Offline cLAY

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Re: I'm going to the Mac!
« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2011, 09:21:53 PM »
Not till April 5th.
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Re: I'm going to the Mac!
« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2011, 11:53:23 AM »
 ;D
Quote from: cLAY on March 19, 2011, 09:21:53 PM
Not till April 5th.

April? Up here? Bring yer gum boots!
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Quote from: TL-Iguana on December 08, 2011, 09:55:33 PM
I followed a rainbow out to a garage and found a leprichaun. The rainbow ended in a potted cactus on his porch, but there was no gold :(

Offline Matt4x4

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Re: I'm going to the Mac!
« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2011, 06:31:22 PM »
I've always wanted to work up in Ft Mac.

How does a good hard worker/laborer get on with a company up there?
I do not have a trade, but they seem to hire tons of foreign workers.

Thanks
Matt
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