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New! this user has a new 'net personality' project using Facebook.com http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=540786677

    John Zdralek's on-line personality page projects include(d)
    MSN, Yahoo, Linkedin, Blogger, brentwood.bc.ca, Carleton Architecture, ( -2007-1997)

Old! this user is continuing his 1997-2007 online resume-portfolio-CV project using Dezineworks.com http://www.dezineworks.com

    John Zdralek's online resume pages include
    OAA (search result) and 
    RAIC (no longer a search result, member within matrix chart of professional membership types for 1-year±)
    AIA (up-to-date resume, building project images, and reciprocal-like links)

Same old! this user thinks Wikipedia is improving too many basic skills and is too interesting to stop playing I mean contributing to

    John Zdralek is thinking about trying Helium but doesn't think it could be as lively as Wikipedia has been

This user has made Wikipedia article contributions between May 2006 and May 2007

Ross Rifle bayonet (deleted)

Socialist Party of British Columbia (not complete, but as of May 30, printable)

Foothills Medical Centre (Chronology chapter)

encyclopedia editor R. D. Hilton Smith (stub article)

Haradh (production area of S Ghawar oil field) (not started)

Mandal Commission protests of 1990 (stub)

Hospitalization Benefits Plan (stub)

Maya ceramics (timetables)

oh yeah, and one of these template things

Template:Canadian Window and Door Manufacturer begin

Mica Dam (History chapter started)

and another one of those template-table-markup-slightly-worse-than-trying-to-nudge-a-door-hardware-line-on-a-3D-BIM-model-linked-window-schedule things

Template:Canadian coal mines begin

Mackenzie Valley Pipeline, (added to Current Proposal section)

Moved electrons to decision making region for Torque wrench article Apr 19, 2007

Images of a 150 foot pound torque wrench, distributed in Canada, 1980s.

150 foot pound version of a torque wrench
150 foot pound version of a torque wrench, detail
150 foot pound version of a torque wrench, preview



































comment-reminder what red speckles?--John Zdralek 08:29, 20 April 2007 (UTC)


Moved electrons to decision making region for adding chocolate bar to candy bar chart Apr 23, 2007

Images of a 1.2oz, no-sugar-added and dairy-free, Ross candy bar, distributed in Canada, 2000s.

File:2007 Chocolate bar Ross Chocolates made in BC, Canada 01.jpg
1.2oz Ross candy bar, front
1.2oz Ross candy bar, back
1.2oz Ross candy bar, back



























this user made yogurt yesterday and sat beside a 5gal bucket of fermenting elderberry wine 
(really I did)--John Zdralek 20:32, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

this user also spends more time bracketing exposures than he did with a real camera--John Zdralek 20:47, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Moved electrons to decision making region for History chapter of Mica Dam, Apr 28, 2007

History

  • Mica Dam was declared operational on March 29, 1973.[1] The dam was built to a height of 800-feet above bedrock. At the time the dam was one of three storage dams built by the provincial power company B.C. Hydro within the description of the Columbia River Treaty. The dam operated with a 165-square-mile reservoir containing 12-million-acre-feet of live storage in McNaughton Lake. The powerhouse was built to be 178-feet high, 80-feet-wide and 778-feet-long.
  • In 1976, three years after start of hydroelectric production, two generator were added to the Mica powerhouse. Each with a capacity of 435,000 kilowatts.
  • Another two generators were scheduled to be added in 1977 for a total generating capacity of 2,610,000 kilowatts.
  • During the mid-1970s expansion of the Mica powerhouse, power was delivered to Ingledow Substation via a 500,000-volt 354-mile-long (570km) transmission line. A second power transmission line for hydroelectric power was built to the Meridian Substation near Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada.
comment-reminder this user learned what to spray on his armpits by watching television during the '70s
(editorial humour next to dam article in newspaper)--John Zdralek 08:26, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Moved electrons to decision making region for Independent Order of Odd Fellows Canada article, Apr 29, 2007

Images of a sword used for display in parades and ceremonies, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, made in Toronto, Canada, c1900.

(whether this sword was designed and made for Elks, Hudson Bay Company, IOOF, Templars, or an individual, or all of the above - is not verified, the sword cap has been replaced and the sword refinished, c1980s, the sword coincides with an Amity Lodge 80 membership)

Antique parade sword, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Canada
Antique parade sword, detail, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Canada
Antique parade sword, detail, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Canada
Antique parade sword, detail, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Canada








































comment-reminder ...he was a maaaan he had a swwwwooord swish swish--John Zdralek 06:29, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


Moved electrons to decision making region for user page mascot, May 9, 2007

Hoodie and the mini hoodies

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Happy birthday


Moved electrons to decision making region for British Columbia articles, May 21, 2007

note to self, add line item of coal mine strike to 1912-13 for Socialist Party of BC decline and fall sort of

note to self, add new article or add to another article, chart for historical list of all coal mines (and btu metric values) in the province of British Columbia, from ICS book how to be a fireman (coal shoveller or oil putter inner) on a big steam train thing published in 1928 (using Entish more than simplified English Wikipedia)

comment-reminder to self, made steaks (from dead cows that fell on the ground) 
on the propane barbecue today and didn't burn the side of the house--John Zdralek 05:34, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

1912 Sep 16, Beginnings of Vancouver Island Coal Strike, Cumberland, Vancouver Island, province of British Colubmia, western Canada.

1913 May 1, Labor Day meeting to begin general strike to shut down all Vancouver Island coal mining, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.

Strikebreakers continue mine operations against 3,500 miners.

July, Minister of Labor for province of British Colubmia visits mine strike, Vancouver Island.

Aug 18, State of provincial military occupation ends strike meeting of 1,200 in town of Nanaimo.

End of organized coal mine labor on Vancouver Island, union loss to owners and strikebreakers, British Columbia, Canada.

Until WWI, United Mine Workers of America continue strike pay for Vancouver Island miners.

Socialist Party loss of 1 seat of representation before strike not regained in next general election of British Columbia.

comment-reminder to self, this user worked as a security guard during a summer of university
and almost fell asleep once--John Zdralek 05:38, 23 May 2007 (UTC) 
/beep beep/directory of beep/beep drive/root beep/login beep/kernal beep/
extra useless layer of beep/matrix beep/FBI beep/
CIA beep/Ross Perot beep/beep lower administrative level//beep beep/
directory of beep/beep drive/root beep/login beep/kernal beep/extra useless layer of beep/
matrix beep/FBI beep/CIA beep/Ross Perot beep/beep higher administrative level/


Started a template using a Wikitable for British Columbia articles about coal mines

Template:Canadian coal mines begin

template beep/--John Zdralek 08:27, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Moved electrons to decision making region for Mackenzie Valley Pipeline article, May 28, 2007

added to Current Proposal chapter from printed newsletter distributed for Imperial Oil and from other webpage

comment-reminder to self, there are 0 pipeline DWGs on-line even in Laos - Google search "pipeline filetype:dwg"--John Zdralek 06:49, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Moved electrons to decision making region for Bowler hat article, June 7, 2007

“7” is the size of the hat printed inside the head band

“1379” and “2” is handwritten on the hat size lable.

year and location purchased unknown

File:1910 c1910s-30s Bowler hat by Scotts of London and Calhoun's of Canada prv.jpg
File:1910 c1910s-30s Bowler hat by Scotts of London and Calhoun's of Canada.jpg
File:1910 c1910s-30s Bowler hat by Scotts of London and Calhoun's of Canada dtl.jpg













































comment-reminder to self: bowler, brolly, overcoat, oxfords, F-16, check--John Zdralek 10:37, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

References to Ras Tanura in Popular Culture

During recent years, Ras Tanura (or RT or Najmah) has had an active community of Facebook users, that have contributed to more, easily searched, website pages with on-line photo galleries of Najmah, Saudi Arabia. Ras Tanura photo galleries that provide general views of the ocean beach, residential neighborhoods, and community facilities. Notably the golf course, and other well-maintained original community buildings, between the theater and the bowling alley, of Najmah which continues to function as an important coastal and inland link.

A most recent movie-sized documentary production of the American oil company-built towns, including the Ras Tanura employee camp Najmah, is the nostalgic titled "Home - The Aramco Brats Story", promoted as released with a trailer and DVD, December, 2006.

comment-reminder to self: mom where's my Hawaii visor?, dad where's the cooler?, sunscreen, flip flops, Rover keys, check--John Zdralek 00:00, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Moved electrons to decision making region for region of a large oil field in Saudi Arabia, September 2, 2007

“Haradh is an oil and gas field in Ghawar, divided into three increments[1]. Haradh Increment-3 was planned to be developed exclusively with MRC production wells with smart completion[2]. A well with horizontal length of 5 km (3 miles) or above in contact with reservoir is termed as MRC[3], [4]."[5]

1999-2003, Haradh projects include the regional Haradh Gas Plant, which processes gas from a southern part of the Ghawar oil field of inland eastern Saudi Arabia. Since the early '70s, Master Gas System (MGS) has been the name given to gas plant projects in Saudi Arabia. Ju'aymah and Berri Gas Plants between Ras Tanura and Jubail are comparable mega project-sized facilities with coastal exporting. These gas plant projects were typically as large as, but not part of, oil refineries and well sites. They are designed to recover oil field waste, instead of flaring (burning) extremely volatile gasses associated with crude oil recovery and export. Processing of crude oil also results in the accumulation of tons of elemental sulfur in a molten form, which is also processed, stored, and is capable of being exported as part of a heavy industry project. 90 metric tons per day at Haradh Gas Plant. Haradh Gas Plant was designed and built to process up to 1.6 billion cfd (cubic feet per day), of which 1.5 billion was planned to be sent into the national pipeline network of Saudi Arabia's Master Gas System.[6] Unique to the Haradh projects is a first type of computer user link between a gas gathering office network, somewhere between the gas plant and the well heads (oil wells in the field). Used as a tool to remotely manage drilling and flow of petroleum from the well heads. Adding to the ease of use, technical complexity, engineering safety, and security of operating and managing the Haradh projects.

2004, January, Opening of the Haradh energy project that will begin to produce from 87 oil field wells. 10,600 of 36 nationalities will have been the highest number of project employees during the $2 billion construction. One quarter of the gas consumed in Saudi Arabia will be supplied from Haradh. Haradh will include an airport for a population of 1,000 Saudi Aramco project employees, plus, highway links west to capital Riyadh, north to Hofuf, and further north to Abqaiq, Dhahran, Dammam, Al-Khobar, Jubail and Kuwait.[7] Google Earth search results will currently result in Harad and Harad Station. A highway line directly east from the Harad region, towards Qatar and UAE, will appear impassable in a recent Google Earth image.

File:Google Earth display image, Haradh, Saudi Arabia.png


This file may be deleted after Monday, 1 October 2007.

"Saudi Aramco's most recently developed field, Haradh Increment III, completed in early 2006 with a production capacity of 300,000 bbls/day, relies on 32 intelligent MRC wells that utilize WellDynamics' SmartWell intelligent completion technology."[8]

2006, March 22, Oil well project opening, linking Haradh Increment-3, southern Ghawar oil field, to Abqaiq, to coast of east Saudi Arabia, to VLCCs.[9]

  • HE Al-Naimi attended as minister for oil and gas, inauguration of part 3 of Haradh.
  • First Saudi Aramco facility completed that remotely controls all linked oil well use is the GOSP III, Haradh.
  • In addition to 300,000 barrels of oil, Haradh III has a capacity for 140 million scfd of associated gas.[10]
  • Combined projects produce 900,000 barrels-per-day of oil, 450 million standard-cubic-feet of gas per day, Haradh -3.
  • Haradh GOSP-3 to increase maximum sustained capacity (MSC) to 11.3 million barrels-per-day.
  • Oil and gas of 32-wells piped to Haradh GOSP-3, piped 160km (99mi+) to Abqaiq.
  • New project links 150km (93mi) of pipeline for seawater injection into GOSP-3 oil wells.
  • Haradh oil and gas received at Abqaiq Stabilization Plant and Uthmaniyah Gas Plant.
  • 10-years earlier, GOSP-1 onstream (opening of first part of oil facility Haradh))
  • 2-years earlier, 8.6 million work-hours approved for part three of the Haradh project.
  • Techint (Buenos Aires, Argentina) with Saudi Techint, awarded GOSP-3 project.
  • Senior project manager of 1,900± has been Jasem M Al-Sahwan for Haradh GOSP III.
  • Third plant has been completed under budget, 5-months ahead of 26-month plan, Haradh.
  • 2-months earlier, completion of Haradh GOSP III.
  • Project includes 1,090 tons of structural steel, 3,100 tons of steel piping, Haradh part 3.
  • Haradh GOSP-3 continues 26-years+ of Saudi Aramco Saudization (100% Saudi citizen employment).
  • “…99-percent Saudi Workforce from SAOO…,” director Khalidi of SAOO.[11]
  • 1-month earlier, terrorist attack with car bomb (truck) against oil facility, Abqaiq.
  • Haradh GOSP-3 north to Jubail is 320km (199 miles).
  • Haradh Gas Plant to Master Gas System is 395km (245 miles) of 42 to 56-inch diameter pipelines.

[1] “A Probability Approach to Development of a Large Carbonate Reservoir with Natural Fractures and Stratiform Superpermeabilities” by several authors, presented at a conference, Bahrain, April 5-8, 2003.

[2] “Design and Deployment of Maximum Reservoir Contact Wells with Smart Completions in the Development of a Carbonate Reservoir” by several authors, presented at a conference, Jakarta, April 5-7, 2005.

[3] Pages 53-56 “Journal of Petroleum Technology” December 2003, “The Expanding Role of the Drill Bit in Shaping the Subsurface” by several authors, 2003.

[4] Page 50 “Saudi Aramco Journal of Technology” www.saudiaramco.com Spring 2007, editor William E. Bradshaw, "Drill-in fluids for multilateral MRC wells ..." by several authors, published as a magazine four times per year by Saudi Aramco Public Relations Department, JOT distribution, Box 5000, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia, The Saudi Aramco Journal of Technology, 2239 East Administration Building, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia, by agreement with Aramco Services Company, design by Pixel Creative Group, Houston, TX, USA, distribution from Malmo, Sweden, 2007. Referenced from printed magazine received, Calgary, Canada, August 31, 2007.

[5] Pages 316-320 “SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering” August 2004, “Shaibah-220: A Maximum-Reservoir-Contact (MRC) Well and Its Implications for Developing Tight-Facies Reservoirs” by several authors, 2004.

[6] Page 20 “Dimensions” magazine, Spring 2007, “Top 10 Mega Projects" (Ras Tanura Refinery Upgrade, Shaybah Field, Hawiyah Gas Plant, Haradh Gas Plant, Qatif Field Development, Hawiyah NGL Recovery Plant, Khursaniyah Field, Khurais Central Processing Facility, Shaybah Field Expansion, Manifa Central Processing Facility), published by Saudi Aramco Dimensions, Public Relations Department, Saudi Aramco Box 5000, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia, 2006. Received by subscription, Calgary, Sep 10, 2007. Previous Spring issued received Jan 11, 2007. Referenced Sep 10, 2007.

[7] www.hydrocarbons-technology.com/projects/haradh/ "Haradh Natural Gas and Oil Development Project, Saudi Arabia" by SPG Media Limited. Retrieved September 10, 2007.

[8] Page 33 “Dimensions” magazine, Spring 2007, “Extra-Smart Wells To Be Developed"

[9] www.aramcoexpats.com/Pipeline/AramcoNews/DhahranMedia/ContentID/1974/Content.aspx “Haradh Crude Increment III Opens” by Saudi Aramco Week, March 23, 2006. Accessed by email subscription to www.aramcoexpats.com, received, Calgary, March 26, 2006.

[10] www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=498&Itemid=146 "Kingdom Opens New Oil Project", March 23, 2006. Retrieved September 10, 2007.

[11] Page 12 “Dimensions” magazine, Spring 2006, “Haradh Increment 3 Launched” by Rick Snedeker, published by Saudi Aramco Dimensions, Public Relations Department, Saudi Aramco Box 5000, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia, 2006. Received by subscription, Calgary, Jan 11, 2007. Previous Spring issued received Sep 7, 2005. Referenced Jan 11, 2007.

comment-reminder to self: onstream, online, onscreen--John Zdralek 04:00, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
comment-reminder to self: upgraded, uploaded, up and up--John Zdralek 06:49, 11 September 2007 (UTC)


1) scan image of booklet cover, 31-years-old, photo and graphic arts image with text content of public hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada (2006)

2) digital photo images of object, bowler hat, 70-years-old±, made and distributed, London and Canada (2007)

3) computer display image, screenshot, screen capture, of satellite photo accessed using a Google Earth search for Haradh, Saudi Arabia, new gas plant industry, airport and community (2007)

4) link list highlighting "Wikipedia Use" for researching, creating, displaying, referencing, and searching for globally shared articles with images

  • including copyright statements, GFDL (made by user for digital and or printed, printable work), Creative Commons (mixes of copyrighted images to sound), others, that include global, national, and regional (enforced or simple statements for claims)
  • including formatting templates for image descriptions with copyright statements, and updating to new description formats
  • including use and distribution of images in Wikipedia, articles, and commons, (images selected, submitted, for review and comments)
  • including references in Wikipedia talk to copyright statement versions and use (Wiki markup language to conflict resolution, putting a finger on somewhere between types of claims to deletion to types of blocking)
  1. ^ page 3, Kelowna Capital News, December 29, 1976, "New Generators, Boost in Mica power scheduled in 1977"