Mozart From Luxembourg, joined Aug 2003, 2014 posts, RR: 14 Posted (8 years 2 weeks 3 days ago) and read 2163 times:
I know that there are a number of airports that have siginificant contribution to their O&D traffic thanks to the fact that there is a strong presence of the oil industry. Some of them are in rather "exotic" places, and others at least generate some surprising routings (like Aberdeen-Stavanger).
My question: which airports are "oil destinations"? Which routes are flown primarily to cater to the oil industry?
Cities that I can think of:
Aberdeen
Stavanger
Norwich (?)
Houston
Bakersfield (?)
Anchorage (?)
Veracruz
Maracaraibo
Port Harcourt
Malabo
Libreville
Kuwait
Abu Dhabi
Jeddah
Doha (?)
Basra
Kish Island
Which others?
Also, I think Air France's Dedicate service caters primarily to "oil passengers".
2travel2know From Panama, joined Apr 2005, 3580 posts, RR: 4 Reply 4, posted (8 years 2 weeks 3 days ago) and read 2128 times:
More cities with "some" Oil business in or around:
YYC
YEG
DFW
MTY
GDL
Minatitlán, México
Barrancabermeja, Colombia
Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
POS
Piura, Perú
Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
Bakú, Azerbarjian
Almaty, Kazastan
LAD
LOS
ABJ
BananaBoY From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2004, 1558 posts, RR: 26 Reply 7, posted (8 years 2 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 2027 times:
I visited Norwich the other day and saw on the departures screen helicopter flights out to the gas fields in the North Sea. Not high volumes like some of the other airports mentioned, but I was surprised.. never realised that.
Mark
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Lono From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 1321 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (8 years 2 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 2036 times:
Back in day Western had DC10 "Spaceship" service that linked "oil cities"
flight went IAH-YEG-ANC-YEG-IAH... damn thing was always full of "oil field workers".... so yes let us not forget that ANC is one of the most important oil cities in the USA..... Western also had ANC-FAI-SCC-FAI-ANC 727 service for a time... that linked with this flight...
KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11708 posts, RR: 52 Reply 11, posted (8 years 2 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 1962 times:
What about Siberia? Hunan Island (China)? North Slope Alaska? Anwar, Alaska? Don't forget Baghdad was a big oil destination for the UN "oil for money, opps I mean food program" in the 1990s.
KEno From Malaysia, joined Feb 2004, 1841 posts, RR: 31 Reply 12, posted (8 years 2 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 1966 times:
What about the cities valid for Air France's "Petroleum Club" FFP? I wonder if they'd still have such a program under the new "Flying Blue".
Membership of the Petroleum Club is reserved to persons aged 18 years who are employed by oil or gas production or exploration companies or by companies sub-contracted to oil or gas production or exploration companies recognised by Air France, and who make at least one return air journey for professional reasons to and from countries with production or exploration sites, on Air France oil routes.
Air France oil routes are those routes serving the following destinations from Paris :
Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Amman, Atlanta, Bangkok, Beirut, Beijing, Bombay, Boston, Brazzaville, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Caracas, Cincinnati, Cotonou, Damascus, Douala, Dubai, Hong Kong, Houston, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Kinshasa, Lagos, Libreville, Lome, Luanda, Manila, Mexico, Miami, N'Djamena, New York, Niamey, Nouakchott, Port Harcourt, Rio de Janeiro, Riyadh, Santiago, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore and Yaounde.
p/s - Singapore, although does not produce a single drop of oil within its territory, is Southeast Asia's largest oil refinery centre.
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Beany From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2005, 181 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (8 years 2 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 1939 times:
Quoting TexasLonghorn (Reply 1): Amsterdam? Shell's headquarters is located in the NL, right?
Shell is an Anglo Dutch company. It was started in London in 1833 as Shell whilst in the Netherlands a rival company called Royal Dutch was formed some years later.
In time, it became obvious that the competing Dutch and British companies would do better working together. In 1907, the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of companies was created to incorporate their operations worldwide.
The Headquaters are split between Amsterdam and London. The one in London is right next to the London Eye, you cannot miss it.
FlySSC From France, joined Aug 2003, 7313 posts, RR: 61 Reply 15, posted (8 years 2 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 1891 times:
Quoting KEno (Reply 12): Air France oil routes are those routes serving the following destinations from Paris :
Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Amman, Atlanta, Bangkok, Beirut, Beijing, Bombay, Boston, Brazzaville, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Caracas, Cincinnati, Cotonou, Damascus, Douala, Dubai, Hong Kong, Houston, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Kinshasa, Lagos, Libreville, Lome, Luanda, Manila, Mexico, Miami, N'Djamena, New York, Niamey, Nouakchott, Port Harcourt, Rio de Janeiro, Riyadh, Santiago, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore and Yaounde.
Pointe Noire (PNR) is also an important "oil destination", served nonstop from CDG by AF 5 x Weekly now, as a "Dedicate" A319ER service.
TAN FLYR From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 1847 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (8 years 2 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 1836 times:
I'd have to disagree with N1120A, there is some decent oil traffic at BFL..just maybe not from his location at LAX. COEX is coming up on a yr with its service to IAH and DLex is putting on a flight to SLC..the location of the new owners of the former Shell, former Texaco refinery in BFL.
While it may not be what it once was, there is still quite a bit of oil left in the San Joaquin Valleys south end (Kern River).Estimates are at least 20 yrs worth yet.
Wassch71 From Lebanon, joined Feb 2005, 208 posts, RR: 19 Reply 17, posted (8 years 2 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 1813 times:
Mozart,
Isn't Kish rather an internal tourism destination in Iran? I have a colleague from Iran, and she described it as a "duty free area" where people tried to go in order to get stuff less readily available or way more expensive in Teheran. http://www.kishisland.com/
Lt-AWACS From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 18, posted (8 years 2 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 1762 times:
Tulsa TUL is another (though not to the degree of years past)
Midland, Texas MAF
and even New Orleans (of course there is other traffic)
Some smaller cities like Ponca City, Oklahoma (with EAS) and Southeastern New Mexico.
Ciao, and Hook 'em Horns,
Capt-AWACS, Houston-Energy capital of the World
IFLYMCO From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 482 posts, RR: 2 Reply 20, posted (8 years 2 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 1709 times:
Quoting Wassch71 (Reply 17): Isn't Kish rather an internal tourism destination in Iran? I have a colleague from Iran, and she described it as a "duty free area" where people tried to go in order to get stuff less readily available or way more expensive in Teheran
Thats how it was explained to me as well, perhaps there is some oil business on the island??
Quoting Lono (Reply 8): Western also had ANC-FAI-SCC-FAI-ANC 727 service for a time... that linked with this flight...
SCC=Prudhoe Bay
Once upon a time, Continental and Alaska had an interchange: DEN-PDX-ANC-SCC.
If the refinement of Shale Oil on the Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains ever becomes cost effective....watch for Grand Junction Colorado to become an "Oil"destination. (projected timeframe, 2200-2300 A.D.) Over 60% of the world's shale oil reserves, and the most easily recoverable deposits are located in the Piceance Creek Basin in western Colorado and the Uinta Basin in eastern Utah.
LJ From Netherlands, joined Nov 1999, 4149 posts, RR: 1 Reply 24, posted (8 years 2 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 1594 times:
Quoting TexasLonghorn (Reply 1): Amsterdam? Shell's headquarters is located in the NL, right?
Shell's headquarters is in The Hague and Rotterdam is "their" airport.
25 Pdpsol: In Latin America, the "oil destinations" are: - Naturally, I am only listing the administrative capitals of the region's oil companies, not the field
26 Luisde8cd: THe old CO flight IAH-MAR (Maracaibo, Venezuela) - IAH used to be a very good example of an OIL route.
27 COfaninBOS: CO didn't operate IAH-Maracaibo as far as I know. However, Viasa served this route. I flew it once with my dad on an AB3. I think it was twice a week
28 MAH4546: Continental definitley has a thing for serving oil destinations. Many of the destinations they have added in the past few years - Edmonton, St. John's
29 Diesel1: Other UK destinations could include Scatsa and Sumburgh Mark, why would you consider Bristol a major oil city...?
30 Klwright69: I believe they certainly did. But we're talking circa late 70's and prestrike
31 Prebennorholm: Not exactly so. Rotterdam has much too few routes with much too low frequencies. We Shell workers go to AMS and take the train to The Hague - or to R
32 Lt-AWACS: When I moved from Houston to Maracaibo I flew Viasa (but we connected somewhere-I don't remember), this was the early 80s though. Ciao, and Hook 'em H
33 B4real: I'd put a vote in for LGB. I'm staying out here in Long Beach area and there are oil rigs in the bay, oil pumps on many corners, and refineries as wel
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