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hugh

I agree with you that on a new building level there could be a clash of cultures – we all know how big-headed yanks are. [and how long ago was your experience with ben ocean lancer?]
however, my comments are for offshore exploration. BP have thousands of technical staff in houston  - all there to put forth directives to the offshore crowd.

weather wise here – way, way down to 48 degrees ef last night!     the population huddled inside trying to keep warm.        it’s 70 now with ne’er a cloud in sight.

colin

ps – you have no views on the advantages of eu membership?

From: HUGH 
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 1:51 PM
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Colin,

OK, I'll concede your better knowledge of the oil/gas exploring industry at the coal face, but I stand by my view of what I know.  If what you say is not a new thing, maybe a clash of cultures was why there was friction between the swarms of US staff standing by the drillship Ben Ocean Lancer building in Scotts, and the yard staff doing the actual work, me being one of them.  They didn't get their way with continual whinges about this and that pissfarting thing and requests for variations in the contract, since much of the dross we heard was incompetent in marine terms.  On the other hand, and one swallow doesn't make a summer, the next drillship, for Norwegian owners, was built smoothly with benign and informed input from Sverre Barmen and his assistant (nobody else), both talking our language, and not "it's not %$£^&&^ oilfield", bullshit.

I'm awfully glad I didn't work for the oil/gas exploring industry at the coal face.  I can see I would have been temperamentally unsuited to it.

Nearly 2" of snow here when we woke.  Winter wonderland stuff, blue skies and all. Buses were running as usual, whatever next?

Hugh.
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