Thread: PTTEP Australasia : Montara

Originally Posted by Rigger

Originally Posted by Bobcock

PTTEP maybe the operator catching all the flack, but like all operators they are not the drillers and it is the drillers who caused this problem.

Where I come from the operator owns the well and the (Driller) Contractor owns the rig and only does what the operator tells him to do with the well, PTTEP are responsible

ultimately, yes, but the drilling company are the ones who fucked up

Of course no US or UK operator has never had a spill......EVER....

Originally Posted by DrAndy

ultimately, yes, but the drilling company are the ones who fucked up

Where does it say that ?. The drilling company have no say in well design or grade of casing or the way a well is abandoned.

Please tell me where the contractor foked up as I must of missed that part

Originally Posted by Bobcock

I would guarantee there were far more Americans, Brits and Australians on that rig than Thais.

Indian pusher maybe

Originally Posted by Rigger

Originally Posted by DrAndy

ultimately, yes, but the drilling company are the ones who fucked up

Where does it say that ?. The drilling company have no say in well design or grade of casing or the way a well is abandoned.

Please tell me where the contractor foked up as I must of missed that part

Yes please enlighten us Dr Andy? They never even worked on the well that is burning!

I received about ten pictures of the platform burning, its a good blaze the rig wont last long for sure!

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Originally Posted by Bobcock

I would guarantee there were far more Americans, Brits and Australians on that rig than Thais

Do you know how many white guys on my rig, two at this moment me and one canadian and come midnight there will be one, just me.
Cheap labour has hit the oil patch hard with sub standard drillers, directional driller, tradesman. Anyone that beleive third world countrys can run their own drilling and production has probably never stepped foot on a rig in their life

Do you know how many white guys on my rig, two at this moment me and one canadian and come midnight there will be one, just me.
Cheap labour has hit the oil patch hard with sub standard drillers, directional driller, tradesman. Anyone that beleive third world countrys can run their own drilling and production has probably never stepped foot on a rig in their life.

it's all about the $$, ain't it. and don't be surprised that if you and the canuck keep punching holes in the ground without any disasters, they'll decide "hey, we can drop one of these expats and hire another egyptian to replace him, we'll save another 7,000$ a month. oh boy, won't our shareholders love us?"

yeah, until the fucking rig burns down...

re bobcock

maybe a bit frank, but like rest off the educated world

but we can all agree its for the best that
little brown men
or bigger blacker men
or muslimg "something"
all stand aside
and let mr whitey do the brain work

it benefits the entire world, the galaxy even the whole universe
i dear say

the operator is leagally responsible in most cases
as head of the operation
represented by drilling supervisor

Originally Posted by DrAndy

I have worked for PTT

What did you do for PTT

Originally Posted by Airportwo

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I just got the photos sent to me of the rig burning taken from a boat close to the rig and will post them up after

I bet this is one of the rigs that Knobsy did the plumbing for.

Originally Posted by Nawty

I bet this is one of the rigs that Knobsy did the plumbing for

who is Knobsy then

You do not know Knobsy ??

BobsKnob ? aka BobCock ?

Yawn....

see...the plumber fucks up and a good and decent company that is probably feeling very guilty about killing and polluting vasts amounts of pristine Australian marine life on the best country in the world next to the naked sauna country....loses millions.

Originally Posted by Rigger

Originally Posted by DrAndy

I have worked for PTT

What did you do for PTT

I bet he was one of the following MWD/ Mud engineer/ geologist these guys are normally a bit strange

Galley boy like Boon Mee.

Saw the rig picture at safety meeting this morning. Apparently the derrick has gone over already.

As others have said, the operator calls the shots, pays the bills and carries the can.

This is an interesting thread!

I am (was) the barge captain of the West Atlas and I was dieing to know what happened.

By now, my cabin will be on fire.

The story is a little more complicated than what has been written here; it will all 'come out in the wash'.
There were no Thai nationals involved and Seadrill was following correct procedures.

Now I have a new rig and will be going to Sudan shortly so not too chuffed about that!

Originally Posted by David19

Now I have a new rig and will be going to Sudan shortly so not too chuffed about that

Bit of bad luck there mate.
yes it will be interesting to find out what really happen out there

I have decided to pray for the fire to end and the well to be plugged......

Will my prayers be answered soon?

There were no Thai nationals involved

hands on , no

Thai nationals involved absolutely

Originally Posted by Airportwo

Originally Posted by Rigger

Originally Posted by DrAndy

ultimately, yes, but the drilling company are the ones who fucked up

Where does it say that ?. The drilling company have no say in well design or grade of casing or the way a well is abandoned.

Please tell me where the contractor foked up as I must of missed that part

Yes please enlighten us Dr Andy? They never even worked on the well that is burning!

I received about ten pictures of the platform burning, its a good blaze the rig wont last long for sure!

OK it might not be them, my extrapolation of facts!! sorry if I am wrong

but if not them, who?

You cannot blame PTT as they are operators in name only. The US oil company who runs things has its own office block in the PTT compound in N Bangkok, they make all the decisions

so it is either the US managers or the drillers who made mistakes, and continue to do so. If they have hired unskilled workers for skilled jobs, as suggested, that would be interesting, but I have never seen that

Originally Posted by Rigger

Originally Posted by Rigger

Originally Posted by DrAndy

I have worked for PTT

What did you do for PTT

I bet he was one of the following MWD/ Mud engineer/ geologist these guys are normally a bit strange

thank you Rigger

I may seem strange to you, maybe you don't normally mix with people like myself

my work at PTT was for exploration, not production