re: Shell, Chevron Start Production in Whale Field in US Gulf of Mexico (soon to be America)

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Question for the Energy Industry baws. Are these fields/platfoms serviced out of Fourchon?

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From my experience, I’d say most are serviced from Fourchon, but some platforms in the western GoM are serviced out of Galveston.

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I’m still waiting for Mexico to pay for the wall.

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Build back better was a godsend...

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Guess Trump will sell some overpriced maps to his followers with it renamed. I always admire his ingenuity when it comes to product endorsement

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Wait till hurricane season when the NHC starts using Gulf of America in hurricane advisories. If they don’t, Trump may just take a sharpie and do this again:

In about two years 60-70% of Chevron’s employees will be offshore.

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Brainwashed into believing it's either one or the other.

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There are many Asian young(er) men staying in some of the cheaper hotels near the airport in Lafayette, and I was wondering if they were international oilfield service employees,

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bet those Filipinos Baws making some mean arse lumpia and adobo. If you smell them cooking better make your way over and not miss out

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Maybe not on your maps. But will be renamed in our hearts.

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Older maps of the Mississippi River had the "N" word used at a certain point. A place real close to BTR. The change was made. This tells the story.

Free Negro Point.

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There are many Asian young(er) men staying in some of the cheaper hotels near the airport in Lafayette, and I was wondering if they were international oilfield service employees, maybe getting shuttled to Lafayette for some days off by PHI.

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A lot of galley hands offshore (the people who cook, clean, do laundry, etc.) are Filipinos. That could very well be what you’re seeing.

You do run into some people from different countries on the drilling and production sides as well, but it’s mostly people who have immigrated here (or whose parents immigrated here) rather than true “international” employees who live in another country.

When you get into the more “marine” side of things it’s more multinational. Especially on the specialty construction/dive ships. I’ve heard there are a lot of Norwegians on those ships. I’ve also heard it’s different on FPSO’s but can’t confirm as I’ve never worked on one. As far as your standard production platforms, the vast majority are Americans from the gulf coast.

Of course you also have guys doing paint/scaffold/insulation/etc. who are largely Latino, much like in “on-shore” industrial construction.