What is a platform used for? Who does the oil at sea belong to? When there IS no longer any oil, will we be able to make some? The pupils of the Saint-Germain-en-Laye High School have no shortage of questions when their biology teachers, Antoine and Yannick, tell them that they are leaving shortly for an offshore oil platform.
After a two-hour flight, the helicopter lands on the Alwyn North helideck. Situated in the North Sea, 400 km off the Scottish coast, it stands on steel pillars in the British territorial waters. On one side can be seen the living quarters and the production platform where the hydrocarbons are extracted from their reservoirs, 4000 m under the sea. On the other, the processing platform where the oil, gas and water are separated before being despatched to dry land.
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