Hi everyone – this is an adult failing miserably to be cool. A great big thanks to those of you who had a go at the R is for ROV competition though sadly there can only be one winner.
But there’s always the next time perhaps so have another go.
The topic for November is Shale about which there has been loads and loads of stuff in the media of late. Shale gas has certainly been controversial.
I’d love to get your take on shale – what it is and why shale gas and oil have suddenly become hugely important.
A little known fact for you all: Scotland once had a shale oil industry and it lasted for more than 100 years.
Don’t forget, there’s a terrific prize every month in the shape of an iPad thanks to the generosity of Shell, which has a big presence in the North Sea. We want you to win them!
To enter S is for Shale all you have to do is tell us in not more than 250 of your own words just what you think it is all about.
Please send your entries to us by Friday, November 22, and we shall publish the winning entry on December 2.
Don’t forget to include your name, age and what school you are at.
If you’re at all worried about how to do all this, just ask your teacher for help. Or, if you belong to a Young Engineer’s Club (YEC), ask your club leader.
E-mail entries to: Jeremy.Cresswell@ajl.co.uk
Meanwhile, if you want to discover more about the amazing world of energy, Shell’s Inside Energy app is stuffed with masses of good stuff through videos, animations and photo galleries.
The winner of R is for ROV is Zoe Low, aged 7, of Robert Gordon College, Aberdeen
An ROV, remotely operated vehicle is a super-robot that can go 10,000 metres deep in the ocean.
It’s a big robot and it has some arms and with its arms it can do different jobs.
The ROV has special flotation and thrusters so it can’t sink into the sand at the bottom and so that the ROV doesn’t float back to the surface.
More vehicle flotation is used when you’ve more tools to carry. But when the ROV has just a camera then the ROV doesn’t need that much.
The ROV has cameras which are its eyes and they can take videos and then send it to the person on the boat who can see what the ROV can see. Its like a TV screen of what’s going on under the water.
A flying tether is a special cable that gives it the power from the boat to the ROV.
The fluid intervention skid is a cage that can carry two or four fluid tanks to inject fluid; for example fluid to clear or stop blockages.
The ROV has very strong lights for the cameras for good pictures because it is dark under the water.
The ROV case is used to put the ROV into the water and at the same time to keep the ROV safe.
The first ROV’s name is Toodle, which is a funny name but at the same time an interesting name.
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