A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…the UK had offshore oversight authorities that could only remind you of Jaja Binks of Star Wars fame – fairly toothless and incapable of making any sensible judgments. A good deal of blubbering went on. Operators were allowed to abandon fields […]
Monthly archives: July 2019
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The announcement this week that the entity created by the merger of drilling contractors Ensco and Rowan Drilling was to be named Valaris made me laugh. Yet another new company name that means absolutely nothing to its customers or to the marketplace in general. I recall going to Aberdeen in […]
After venturing recently somewhat off piste, I thought I would return to the heart of the matter – subsea engineering. It is quite interesting how quickly some technology innovations and ideas have gone from the realm of the Grimm Brothers, ie fairy tales, to mainstream thinking. To wit, Chariot Oil […]