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Anyone here work for BP...
Posted on 6/15/10 at 7:49 am
Posted on 6/15/10 at 7:49 am
besides me? or ever worked on one of their platforms as a contractor?
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Posted on 6/15/10 at 7:52 am to ibldpg
Worked for them a few times as a contractor. Was just offered a few positions by them last week. But the only way I leave my cush office job is either for overseas, or a contract that bumps my rate $200 a day over what I'm making now.
Posted on 6/15/10 at 7:56 am to BROffshoreTigerFan
what platforms...did you ever notice any of the accusations coming out taking place where you were?
Posted on 6/15/10 at 9:40 am to ibldpg
I filled in on thunderhorse before it was damaged, and have done some workover jobs on different liftboats/small jackips. They didn't seem to be any different than the other majors I work for.
Having said that, each company has their set of assholes that can do exactly what happened on the horizon.
Having said that, each company has their set of assholes that can do exactly what happened on the horizon.
Posted on 6/15/10 at 9:56 am to ibldpg
Mud Engineer for the past 14 years. About half of those years I have worked for BP.
Posted on 6/15/10 at 10:24 am to BROffshoreTigerFan
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Having said that, each company has their set of assholes that can do exactly what happened on the horizon
Exactly. I remember back in the day right around the BP Amoco aquisition I was on a location with them and the company man was crazy and wasn't really big on safety. One night they had to wake him up to come down on the rig floor and he showed up in shorts with this hard hat and was smoking a cig while looking down the hole checking for flow. LOL
Every company had some co men that just don't care and want to get it done. I had one with Mobil once that always told us "there ain't now sheen at night". So we'd dump after the sun went down.
Posted on 6/15/10 at 10:38 am to creoleLSUfan
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Every company had some co men that just don't care and want to get it done
In BPs case they purchased a "cheaper" rig (Im not in the business so correct me as appropriate) and there are saying on CNN (FWIW) there are plenty of internal communications between the high ups dictating cheaper rigs to cut cost and time. This rig was already 40 days overdue for its next location, right? Time is money.
Posted on 6/15/10 at 10:40 am to LSUGradATL
I think it had more to do with the fact the well was a serious problem well. Drilling hadn't gone well, towards the end they were fighting lost returns before TD. It was getting expensive and they were trying to cut cost and save money by trying to save rig time.
Posted on 6/15/10 at 11:57 am to creoleLSUfan
We've drilled some very high pressure gas wells in the south marsh island area, and on one especially rough well came in over $20 million over budget, and 6 months over time line. We fought loss returns, kicks, etc, but we also knew that once online, the well would take about 45 to pay for itself.
We babied the well, did what we had to control it, and we weren't on the news. But safety was pushed hard from the top down, and from the bottom up.
Same thing could/should have been done there. Human safety just wasn't as much as a high priority as capping BP's biggest find with several higher BP officials on board.
We babied the well, did what we had to control it, and we weren't on the news. But safety was pushed hard from the top down, and from the bottom up.
Same thing could/should have been done there. Human safety just wasn't as much as a high priority as capping BP's biggest find with several higher BP officials on board.
Posted on 6/15/10 at 12:05 pm to BROffshoreTigerFan
Wroked on the Thunder Horse 2-3 times, same as any major for the most part.
Posted on 6/15/10 at 12:36 pm to creoleLSUfan
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So we'd dump after the sun went down.
Posted on 6/15/10 at 12:45 pm to BROffshoreTigerFan
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We've drilled some very high pressure gas wells in the south marsh island area, and on one especially rough well came in over $20 million over budget, and 6 months over time line. We fought loss returns, kicks, etc, but we also knew that once online, the well would take about 45 to pay for itself.
We babied the well, did what we had to control it, and we weren't on the news. But safety was pushed hard from the top down, and from the bottom up.
Same thing could/should have been done there. Human safety just wasn't as much as a high priority as capping BP's biggest find with several higher BP officials on board.
I agree 100%. I've changed a lot since my younger days offshore. Safety should always be the #1 priority. And for a lot of operators this is the case and will be the case moving forward. We are about to do the first D/W completion since the moratorium was put in place and I'm already seeing some significant changes involving both the Operator and the Drilling Company.
Posted on 6/15/10 at 12:48 pm to Bussemer
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So we'd dump after the sun went down.
Bussemer
There were some arrogant a-holes out there in the field back in the day. They felt the could make their own rules or that the rules in place didn't apply to them. A significant number have been weeded out.
Posted on 6/15/10 at 4:37 pm to GREENHEAD22
But they don't do that anymore, of course...(wink)
Posted on 6/15/10 at 5:13 pm to Nyala
When's the last time you've been offshore?
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