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re: UPDATE 265 Class Liftboat capsizes . New survivor story. Page 77
Posted on 4/16/21 at 7:06 pm to ChenierauTigre
Posted on 4/16/21 at 7:06 pm to ChenierauTigre
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It is sad. A 69 year old dude should be at home playing with his great grandkids.
Exactly. Wtf was he doing going offshore unless he was the cook. I can’t imagine someone at that age being qualified to be anything else.
So fricking sad. I’m getting feeling this is going to get really ugly once the investigation begins.
SEACOR Marine is not the company they used to be. They have pretty much fired or laid off all the people from top to bottom in the past 5 years. They have been running on a skeleton management crew for quite a while.
SEACOR holdings is a strong public company but their subs in the GOM have been slipping.
This could be their nail in the coffin.
They should have never got into the lift boat business, but they had no choice. It’s all about money.
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Posted on 4/16/21 at 7:14 pm to tgrbaitn08
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SEACOR Marine is not the company they used to be. They have pretty much fired or laid off all the people from top to bottom in the past 5 years. They have been running on a skeleton management crew for quite a while.
Unfortunately this probably describes mostly all of the shelf operations. Shale managed to hammer what depletion left to finish off.
Posted on 4/16/21 at 7:44 pm to tgrbaitn08
I think someone did say he was a galley hand and a cool cat .. he'd known him from a prior rig/boat/job.
God bless his family and friends and may he rest in peace.
God bless his family and friends and may he rest in peace.
Posted on 4/16/21 at 7:45 pm to tgrbaitn08
I watched a linked video about lift boats which was very interesting ... my question is before lift boats, what type of vessel did the job of bringing equipment out and what not??
Posted on 4/16/21 at 7:47 pm to tiger91
In the early days it was surplus WWII landing craft.
Posted on 4/16/21 at 7:49 pm to tiger91
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I think someone did say he was a galley hand and a cool cat .. he'd known him from a prior rig/boat/job.
That’s what my wife and were just talking about, he was probably the old school guy that had stories for days that all the hands loved. He probably wasn’t doing it for the money, he was just doing it for the “salt life” he’s the OG truck nuts kinda guy. Everyone probably loved him. Can’t imagine being that age and the offshore life still running through your veins.
Posted on 4/16/21 at 7:54 pm to tiger91
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vessel did the job of bringing equipment out and what not??
Some of the earliest offshore work/ supply boats were retrofitted wooden shrimp boats. My FILs dad and my grandfather had boats like that servicing near shore wells in the 50s-60s that would push spud barges around.
As the oil field started going to the deeper shelf platforms bigger and more specific vessels were utilized, not sure when the first jack up was put into the GOM
From wiki
The first liftboat was designed in 1955 by brothers Lynn and Orin Dean in Violet, Louisiana. In the 1950s the Dean brothers owned a repair service for automobiles, marine, and farm equipment called Universal Repair Service, which is now known as EBI, Elevating Boats LLC. As of 2018, the company operates 30 liftboats that service the shallow water oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico from their liftboat dock in Houma, Louisiana.[3]
This post was edited on 4/16/21 at 7:58 pm
Posted on 4/16/21 at 7:55 pm to tiger91
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I watched a linked video about lift boats which was very interesting ... my question is before lift boats, what type of vessel did the job of bringing equipment out and what not??
Give me a few minutes or hours and I’ll post a timeline on how the oilfield in Louisiana got started.
The lift boat technology was a product of the oil industry. As the oil companies developed the service companies had to keep up to service them. And the people and companies with the money chased the big money. It wasn’t just the lift boats, it was all the supply boats, utility boats, crewboats, barges,
I could teach you a 40 hour class on this but it would cost you
This post was edited on 4/16/21 at 8:10 pm
Posted on 4/16/21 at 8:06 pm to tgrbaitn08
Otto Candies started in the 40’s by cleaning water hyacinths out of a drill location for Esso with a big inboard mud boat.
Went on to transporting people and supplies.
Then he got an insurance policy and Esso loved him. Every boat that worked for Esso/Exxon worked through Mr.Otto.
A good read is “Rise of TheCajun Mariners “ by Woody Falgout.
Tells the story of Nolty Theriot,Minor and Pot Cheramie,Bobby Orgeron ,Otto and others.
Went on to transporting people and supplies.
Then he got an insurance policy and Esso loved him. Every boat that worked for Esso/Exxon worked through Mr.Otto.
A good read is “Rise of TheCajun Mariners “ by Woody Falgout.
Tells the story of Nolty Theriot,Minor and Pot Cheramie,Bobby Orgeron ,Otto and others.
This post was edited on 4/16/21 at 8:07 pm
Posted on 4/16/21 at 8:11 pm to Ol boy
Lynn Dean, I believe, was on the St Bernard Parish Council in the 80s/90s. He was an old fart by then, but wasn't a typical politician. Always looking at cost savings for the tax payer. I remember he suggested a longer oil change interval for Parish vehicles, but nothing outrageous. I think it was like 10,000 miles instead of 3000 or 3500. People went nuts!
He was an interesting guy.
He was an interesting guy.
Posted on 4/16/21 at 8:12 pm to Bigfishchoupique
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Tells the story of Nolty Theriot,Minor and Pot Cheramie,Bobby Orgeron ,Otto and others.
These are the OG’s. I have more.
Google Twenty Grand Marine Service That is what started Tidewater.
This post was edited on 4/16/21 at 8:14 pm
Posted on 4/16/21 at 8:12 pm to tgrbaitn08
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but it would cost you
Why?
Posted on 4/16/21 at 8:14 pm to Saskwatch
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Why?
Because I said so
Posted on 4/16/21 at 8:15 pm to tgrbaitn08
Mr. Ernest was the cook. They galley hand is also an older gentleman and one of the 11 missing
Posted on 4/16/21 at 8:17 pm to tiger91
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I think someone did say he was a galley hand and a cool cat .. he'd known him from a prior rig/boat/job.
I was talking about Gregory Walcott (62) who is one of the guys still missing. Was on a job in 2019 at EI 314 where he was the galley hand there. There's a pool table in the tv room at that platform & he was always on the table when he was off tower. Guy was a huge Cowboys fan & a lot of us messed with him about that but he was cool about it.
Advocate Article on Gregory Walcott
I think I may have recently worked on a platform where Ernest Williams may have been the cook as well.
Posted on 4/16/21 at 8:18 pm to MulletHead
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This post was edited on 4/16/21 at 8:30 pm
Posted on 4/16/21 at 8:18 pm to Bigfishchoupique
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A good read is “Rise of TheCajun Mariners “ by Woody Falgout.
Sounds like a good read, but a quick google search looks like it’s almost impossible to find.
Posted on 4/16/21 at 8:19 pm to MulletHead
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Mr. Ernest was the cook. They galley hand is also an older gentleman and one of the 11 missin
That breaks my heart. Those guys are old school dudes. Man I’m sick
Posted on 4/16/21 at 8:24 pm to BigBrod81
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No
From what I’ve heard Greg was the galley hand and Mr. Ernest was the cook.
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