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Terror in the Gulf
- Thread starter L. Keith
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Not just American based companies. There are a lot of European companies that are pretty stringent also.
Pemex reserves and production is slowly going south. They don't have the technology to find and produce
new reserves. They used US companies to help them get in the oil business, then took over. Sort of like
Chavez did. Gov't owned business will not work in any form. Gov't businesses always pay more for things
and deal with a lot more red tape then privately owned businesses. Any time a gov't takes over an industry
that they know nothing about, it will tank. Especially in a third world country like Mexico. Plus the
gov't wants their cut of everything.
Pemex reserves and production is slowly going south. They don't have the technology to find and produce
new reserves. They used US companies to help them get in the oil business, then took over. Sort of like
Chavez did. Gov't owned business will not work in any form. Gov't businesses always pay more for things
and deal with a lot more red tape then privately owned businesses. Any time a gov't takes over an industry
that they know nothing about, it will tank. Especially in a third world country like Mexico. Plus the
gov't wants their cut of everything.
I'm a bit confused. this was a tropocal storm or depression, not a rogue title wave or tsuinami.
They had a good 4 days to a week to be notified and the capt. should ast the very least known what was coming days in advance; not hours.
They had a good 4 days to a week to be notified and the capt. should ast the very least known what was coming days in advance; not hours.
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Originally posted by STEELA
I'm a bit confused. this was a tropocal storm or depression, not a rogue title wave or tsuinami.
They had a good 4 days to a week to be notified and the capt. should ast the very least known what was coming days in advance; not hours.
That is correct. But the boat works for Pemex, the gov't owned oil company of Mexico. The capt. can do what he wants, but I'd suspect the lift boat owner would fire him if he did. The owner wouldn't want to lose the contract.
If I were capt., I'd get to safe harbor, if there was one. I don't care if I get fired over safety.
Lift boats are the last place you want to be, in any bad weather, even a winter storm. They are very unstable on the water or jacked up. They need to be at the dock, way inland.