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Original Orcadian Recruits at the Flotta Terminal
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Original Orcadian Recruits at the Flotta Terminal

The first batch of Orcadians Occidental took on to run the Flotta Oil Terminal doing Fire Training in 1976 with the Angus Fire Brigade at Dundee. This group formed the core of staff who saw the commissioning of the new plant, received the first oil in Dec.1976 and after processing shipped it out in Jan. 1977.
Back row - John Heddle: Alex Sinclair: Lloyd Stockan: Jack Donaldson: Henry Hall.
3rd row - David Work: Jim Rendall: Stuart Crisp: Brian Barnett: Mike Barnett: Ian Linklater: Jim Stanger: Ian Burns: Ewan Brown.
2nd row - Instructor: Kenny Barnett: Instructor: Jim Millar: Instructor.
Front row - Kenny Learmonth: Brian Budge: Colin Laughton, Edwin Rendall.
Picture added on 06 May 2007
Comments:
Think also in the back row is John (Jock) Sinclair
Added by Brian Robertson on 22 February 2008
Only one still working at flotta from that group
Can anyone guess who?
Anonymous comment added on 05 February 2012
try two !!
Anonymous comment added on 05 February 2012
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