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I.Editor: Nancy Sayer i :|Layout: Pierre PraquinPrinter: Impressions CEPI Paris WDrawings: Roland Fouilloux, Charles Villoutreix : J'

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Cover: Supply boat off the Sedco 706in the Gulf of Mexico at 5:30 a.m. (Photo N. Sayer)

Rig 47 in the vineyards of Champagne, France, late autum n 1988. France's oil production represents a small fraction of the country 's yearly needs of 78 million tons, but nonetheless economizes five billion francs a year in imports. Fourteen million tons have been produced from som e 30 fields in the Paris Basin since production began in 1958, and a record 3.4 million tons were produced in 1988. To exploit relatively low reserves in an urban environment, oil-service companies have had to improve their techniques and know-how in the areas of seismic profiling and deviated drilling — services they can sell worldwide, (photo André Tréguer)

We extend our deepest sympathies to the family o f Frank Noronha, who died on January 15, 1989 on the Sedco 252 offshore Bombay.Our condolences go out to his brothers Julian and Havelock and his sisters Lylette, Gerlinda and Marisa. Frank, 25, had just recently joined Sedco Forex as roustabout on the Sedco 252.

On March 28th Colin Gray, assistant driller, was fatally injured on the Sedco 714 in the North Sea. A native of Dundee Scotland, Colin had joined Sedco Forex seven and a half years ago.It is with great sadness that we express our heartfelt sympathy to his wife Sheila and children Victoria and Lee.

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H olding on tight are J.C . Nwachukwu, drilling superin tendent Mr, Adesemowo; 0 . 0 . Ogunleye, field superin tendent and A. Apoyomare, 0/C engineering ops.

In recent years, the Borno State of Nigeria near Chad, where Rig 54 is operating for NNPC, has been launching relief funds in aid of drought d isaster or as assistance to check desert encroachm ent. August 17th 1988 w as a turning point. With the rainfall that day and subsequent

days, the drought turned into a flood. M ost northern parts of Nigeria experienced this unusual rainfall. Dams gave way, m any houses and roads were w ashed aw ay, m any people lost their lives.

Before the rain of August 17th, the nine-kilometer access road between the Rig 54 cam p and Rig site, Krumta-1, had so deteriorated th a t the norm al journey of about ten m inutes took two hours. The rig’s Peugeot 501 station w agon and other light cars w ere useless. Only four-wheel drive vehicles with good tyres could m ake the journey. After the rains, even the four-wheel drives could not be used as a

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large section of the road betw een the cam p and the village (30 kms) and betw een the cam p and the location w as w ashed aw ay and rem ained subm erged under w ater. The only useful vehicle w as an ex-military six-wheel drive acquired by the client.On August 26th all personnel w ere evacuated from the rig while the cam p w as closed dow n because fuel and drilling supplies could not be deli­vered to the rig.On Septem ber 7th, the NNPC Co-ordinator Mr. Adesemowo from Lagos, and the Head of Direct Exploration Services Mr. M.l. Akpan from Benin plus other m em bers of staff from Lagos, Benin and Maiduguri, visited Rig 54.The pictures tell their story of the day th a t the rains came... &

S O. Olawore, petroleum engineer;A. Akpoyom4re; J .C . Nwachukwu; Mr. Lfdeh, civil engineer; M.L Akpan; Mr. Adesemowo; 0 . 0 . Ogunleye and Biola Famikinwa, Rig 54 m anager and author o f this report.

Brains and brawn to get the 6-wheel drive out o f the gulleys.

Messrs. N dahi, Apoyomre and Nwachukwu, all from N N PC M aiduguri.

Later, Sedco Forex gave a dinner parry to honor the rig visitors. Now back on dry land are N N PC ’s Messrs. A kpan, Ogunleye and Adesemowo.

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One of the main streets of Abu Dhabi, Old Airport Road, 18 years ago and today.

The annual Abu Dhabi beautification project in honor of the United Arab Emirates National Day on December 2nd starts every year in early November with the hanging of colorful decorations all over tow n. Every street gets a string or tw o of lights down the middle esplanade and alm ost every high-rise building is strung from top to bottom with flashing, blinking, breathtaking bulbs.The lights are symbolic of the enthusiasm with which this ancient culture has em braced m odern tim es while still celebrating traditional values. Last year for instance, one of the m ost stunning displays w as a falcon, the national bird, m ade up of hundreds of lights. As the lights flashed, the bird of prey appeared to take flight; an impressive sight in a country which less than 15 years ago had very few roads and electricity lines laid. In the early days of the Emirates the population w as sparse, less than 200,000 people. The main source of

livelihood were fishing and pearling on the coast, animal husbandry in the deserts and a little agriculture in the oases and m ountain valleys. The indigenous Bedouin tribes, although influenced in trade by their proximity to the Gulf, still practiced their nom adic w ay of life, typified in the long-flowing robes and headdresses th a t protected them from the scorching heat of the sun and desert sands. W omen also wore the traditional burqa, or face mask, to hide them selves from curious eyes. Fervently religious, the local people followed the spritual lead of their ancestors who were converted to Islam centuries before, in 633 A.D.Before oil production began in 1965, the area w as still part of the Trucial States and under British protection. Financial independence, however, allowed the states the freedom to determ ine their own destinies. In 1971, six of the sta tes joined to form the United Arab Emirates, with the

Two views of the Corniche, the walkway along the seawall, in 1970

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seventh finally joining in 1972 when the new country was accepted into the Arab League and the United Nations. Long-time expatriate residents of Abu Dhabi tell of their arrival in 1961 w hen there w ere no problem s with custom s, because there w as no airport, fust a split of sand with a wind sock! No roads had been laid so the only m ode of travel w as four-wheel drive and, Allah help you if you got stuck. The nearest doctor w as a whole day’s drive aw ay in Dubai and running w ater w as not the norm; in fact it w as usually delivered in kerosene cans, tw o strapped on each side of a donkey. All shopping was done in outdoor souks, or m arkets, where white women were such oddities th a t they were sure to draw a crowd.

But as the petroleum industry grew, so did the little town. Indeed, com paring old photographs with new, Abu Dhabi could be a completely different city. Where once there w as desert, there are now beautifully paved roads, 30-storied buildings, hospitals, schools, hotels, superm arkets and shopping centers. But the transform ation th a t m ost im presses visitors and residents alike is the greenery th a t is now so abundant in Abu Dhabi, in 1981 alone, hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent on planting and irrigation on the stretch of road betw een the new international airport and Abu Dhabi City. The total “greenification” project, as it is called here, has cost millions.

But in this former desert city, the effect is spectacular. Another symbol of the w ealth and prosperity of this nation is the m any w ater fountains around Abu Dhabi. The fountains flow freely with the life-giving liquid th a t in the olden days m eant only survival to the people. Now they are simply for show. And w hat a show!Despite the m odernization of the city and the progress th a t has been m ade with regard to construction, industry and trade, Abu Dhabi is, and indeed all of the Emirates are, dedicated to preserving the traditional w ays of life. Camels can be seen on the outskirts of tow n (and som etim es even in town), although now their herders work behind four- wheel drive vehicles instead of riding other camels. Standard male dress rem ains the headdress and flowing white robes. The w om en also w ear the traditional flowing black robes th a t cover their heads; only the older generation still w ear the burqa to conceal their faces. In the past, it was not considered im portant for a w om an to be educated but now the local w om en enrolled in university outnum ber the men. The Islamic religion is an integral part of everyday life, w ith the call to prayer audible from the m any beautiful m osques th a t dot the m ap of Abu Dhabi. Sometimes called the city of m osques, Abu Dhabi seem s to have an outstanding exam ple of Arab architecture on alm ost every corner. But m ost im portantly for the visitor or new resident, Arab hospitality has lost none of its charm and the best bargains are still haggled over in the outdoor souks.Though the econom y and city

w as built on oil, industry has expanded to include all the norm al aspects of any boom ing city. Every winter, for example, m ore and more tourists flock to Abu Dhabi to relax in the sunshine and enjoy the m any w ater sports offered by the hotels and clubs in the area. Favorite pastim es of residents and tourists include sailing, water- skiing, windsurfing and the recently popularized sport of sand-skiing! By joining special tour groups, one can spend a night or two cam ping under the desert stars, experience four-wheel driving over seemingly insurm ountable sand dunes, yell encouragem ent to one's favorite camel in the local races, or simply see the sights of one of the w orld’s m ost culturally diverse cities.With its rich cultural heritage and com m itm ent to progress, Abu Dhabi, like all the Emirates, has a lot to celebrate this National Day.

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The top photograph of Abu Dhabi was taken in 1969 well before building construction began to boom and the current irrigation system was installed. The bottom photograph is two years old.

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Motorman Robert Nalezinek takes over from Coûter at noon.

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ABOARD THE SEDCO 706Flying out to one of our offshore rigs in the Gulf of Mexico is about as iffy as getting back to the United States from, say, Cabinda, Angola for a Trident 9 driller.

Rig superintendent of the Sedco 706 George Fitzgerald has an incomparable way of forging a winning crew and m anages to keep everyone laughing with his wry sense of humor and colorful stories. George came directly to the S 706 from Guatemala's rig 30.

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The crew lays down the casing running tools and cementing tools.

Client heliports are located miles from the convenient centers of Galveston or Lafayette and thick, coastal fog grounding the choppers is a constan t th rea t — particularly in the winter m onths. There’s no knowing w hen the fog will lift (a com m on saying in this area is “If you don’t like the w eather now, just w ait a few m inutes.’’) Interminable hours go by and when, suddenly, the fog does lift, the visitor w aits again (another saying is “Hurry up and Wait!’’) since crew changes have priority.Here a t Intercoastal City, Louisiana, Exxon’s heliport servicing its COM rigs, free sandwiches and drinks are provided to break the m onotonous w ait and by mid­afternoon your nam e is called to get aboard the chopper. Exxon is a particularly safety­conscious client: its Sikorsky S61 choppers are equipped with tw o engines and two pilots and a lengthy briefing on em ergency evacuation

Welder R.j, Duvalle is fabricating

another masterpiece.

M otorman Ross “Cooter” Hancock is mighty proud of managing the rig’s heartbeat.

procedures is always given to all newcomers. Up and over the w atery delta, into the production platform -dotted Gulf. An hour la ter you spot her. The Sedco 706. A beauty. Rig superintendent George Fitzgerald is heading operations on the S 706 which is drilling an exploration well for Exxon in 335 feet of water. Today they are a t about 9,000 feet with a TD of 14,000 feet.A deviated well, work has slowed down the p ast few days. 9 -5 /8 ” casing has been run and Dowell Schlumberger has pum ped cem ent. While waiting for the cem ent to harden before pressure testing, the crew is laying down the casing and cem enting tools from the drill floor.

Working conditions in the Gulf couldn’t be better. While Dallas is braving a freak cold spell and Lafayette is suffering from 90 7o humidity, here aboard the S 706 it’s in the high, dry

Ron "Mule" Michael, assistant driller, at the helm

80°s. Close your eyes, let the warm ing air caress your skin, feel the solid “ship” imperceptibly sw ay and you could be on a M editerranean cruise! The crew members, all

Business DayiNeUr J|ork Stmes

Bush Backs Drilling and Research

Floorman Marcus Boles rigs down chiksans after the cem ent job.

Budget Also Favors Poor-Area Business

By R O B E R T D .H E R S H E Y J r .

Special to The New York TimesWASHINGTON, F eb . 9 — In ad d i­

tion to a m uch-hera lded cm in ta x e s on cap ita l ga ins, P re s id e n t Bush to­n igh t p re se n te d a bu d g e t con tain ing p rovisions th a t w ould e n co u rag e busi­nesse s to conduct re se a rc h , d rill fo r oil and g a s a n d es tab lish o p era tions in d is tre sse d econom ic a re a s . . ..

The in itia tiv e on cap ita l ga in s would allow ta x p a y e rs to exclude 45 p e rc e n t o f th e ir p ro fits from th e sa le of stocks, bonds and m o st o th e r non­d ep rec iab le a sse ts , like land , w hen ca lcu la tin g th e ir liab ility , w ith no one paying m o re th an 15 p e rcen t. The c ap ita l g a in s proposa l, o ffe red a s a m ean s of in c rea sin g th e n a tio n ’s long­te rm g ro w th a n d co m p etitiv en ess , is ex p ec ted to face a tough figh t in Con-

F o r ta x p a y e rs w ith a d ju s te d g ro ss incom es of less th an $20,000, th e re would b e no ta x on c ap ita l g a in s a t all becau se they would be g iven a 100 p e rcen t exclusion.C ollectibles N ot Eligible

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American, stay on the rig three weeks out of every six working 12-hour shifts each day they are aboard. Getting hom e is no problem since everyone lives in nearby southern states. Living conditions aboard the S 706 aren’t bad either. Four tasty hot meals a day are served by a catering service in the galley. (Sample fare: chowder, roast beef, vegetables, french fries, assorted cakes and pies.) Throughout the day or night you can pop by the galley for an assortm ent of cookies, doughnuts and ice cream from a self-serve machine. (One com m on complaint: expanding waistlines!) The crew share living quarters — two to a cabin — and each room has a television with several channels to choose from via satellite and a com plete video system . Movies are shown in the recreation room at night. Tonight’s film the 1950’s classic “The Friendly Persuasion” with Gary Cooper. After 12 hours on the drill floor, m en don’t w ant to do m uch except take a shower, eat, w atch som e tv and go to bed.Most of the crew are family men. It’s February 15th and judging from the smiles of som e and the sulks of others it’s easy to see who did and who didn’t receive a Valentine’s rem em brance from the family. (One topic you do not joke about on a rig is a m an’s mail.)But then there is the work. The nautical aspects of a semi — as opposed to pure drilling — occupy the majority of the barge support crew. Actual drilling tim e is about 95 % on land and 60 % on a semi. George Fitzgerald’s responsiblities therefore stretch far beyond supervising drilling operations. Here aboard a semi he is also m aster of a vessel which stays afloat by using the sam e technique tha t raises and lowers a submarine. Eight stability columns at equidistant points along the

Roustabouts Ron Bratcher and Todd Dupree watch offloading of the velocity surveying equipment. Driller Lanny Crow

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rectangular deck extend down below the w ater line to subm erged pontoons. If the rig needs to be raised further above sea level, w ater ballast is pum ped from each pontoon, increasing buoyancy.The m arine crew ’s main work consists in maintaining position and stability of the vessel and monitoring the mooring system and thrusters. Every couple of hours they run a check for rig deck load and stability. A supply boat drops off som e new materials? New calculations need to be m ade to check stability. A balancing act, you could say.While the “heart” of a semi m ay be the m otor room, drill floor or subsea — today it’s the rig superin tendent’s office

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w h at are floorman Eddie Ellinburg and mudwatcher Don Brown smiling about? You'll find out in the next Connection when we present rig floor “animals”.

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Roustabout Mark Genest

Crane operator Don Boswell in the rig supt. office to discuss the next few hours'operation.

Sedco 706 m anager Don Currans and barge

marine supervisor jeff Brea) in conference.

Now based in Dallas, Don gets out to the S

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Terry Looper, just out of bed for the noon to midnight shift.

w ith a constant flow of people. George Fitzgerald is ever­present. (Does the m an ever sleep?) Exxon com pany m an Bob Richardson, whose office is next door, too.10 p.m. Problems with the BOP stack. Apparently, the failsafe valves have become plugged with barite. It’s touch and go for a few nerve-racking hours as to w hether the BOP stack will have to be pulled. Exxon’s Richardson is in contact with his superiors.After repeated functioning of the valves and pressuring of the lines, the obstruction is cleared.Tomorrow is crew change day and all’s well on the S 706.

Assistant rig superintendent Mike Wright has coffee in hand to burn the midnight oil while he deals with problems on the BOP stack.

THE SEDCO 706 : 13YEARSATSEAThe S 706 w as built a t Kaiser Steel in Napa, Oakland and Vallejo, California and started service in August 1976. Built on contract for the SAM group (Shell, Arco and Mobil), her first job w as in the Gulf of Alaska w here she earned the distinction of being the first unit to drill a wildcat well on a federal lease. Another “first” occurred a year later when she m oved to Brazil. Since her beam w as too wide to cross the Panam a Canal, she becam e the largest offshore rig a t the tim e to ever successfully venture through the Straits of Magellan. Before moving to the Gulf of Mexico, the S 706 also drilled in the ice-infested areas off eastern Canada.The S 706 is a repeat of the earlier Sedco 700 series designs (and sister to the S 708, currently drilling in Australia) — upgraded with additional and m ore m odern equipm ent. A marine sanitation device to trea t the rig’s sewage w as installed, plus an incinerator and com pactor for bringing back minimum w aste to shore for disposal.The recreation area w as also extended from one room into three: a theater room, card room and lounge area. As on m ost semis, she is equipped with a subsea TV system for observation of the subsea BOP stack. One novelty on the S 706 are the cascading shakers designed to separate solids from the mud, and which enhance the m ud system by a better cleaning of the returns, thereby reducing m ud cost for custom ers and making the rig very m arketable. Cascading shale shakers can also be found on the S 702, drilling offshore Louisiana, and are due to be installed on the S 601. The S 706 has been singled out for NAM’S first MDS ™ System installation this year. The system will be tailored for the semi according to U.S. norms.

MEMORIES OF THE SEDCO 700 SERIESDon Currans (S 706 rig manager): “The Sedco 700 series w ere the first world class semis ever built. Of the 13 rigs built betw een 1973 and 1983, all b u t one (the S 710 in Canada) are drilling today. They w ere designed to w ithstand 10O-foot waves and 110-knot winds (two conditions you never encounter simultaneously) thus to work in the three harshest environm ents: the North Sea

(where seven are working), eastern Canada and the Gulf of Alaska. Two, the S 709 in Brazil and the S 710, are dynamically-positioned semis equipped with eight thrusters for deep-water drilling.”Joe Bryant (S 601 rig m anager — S 706 m anager in Brazil in 1977): “In 1981 I was transferred to Dallas to coordinate construction of the 5 710, being built in Japan. I m oved to Canada to m anage the rig until 1986. My favorite rigs? I guess you could say the Sedneth 1 which I m anaged four years in Aberdeen, then two years in the Gulf of Mexico — and the S 710 because I built it. The S 710 is the finest rig th a t’s ever been built, quality-wise. I might add th a t the 700 series have a phase-back system tha t normally saves the client about $300 a day in fuel by normally running one less engine than another rig.”

George Fitzgerald sees the helicopter off.

Attending the daily supervisors' safety meeting are Jeff; Tom King,

warehouseman; Tom Thomasson, chief mechanic; Kenny Navarro, medic and

radio operator; Richard Turner, chief electrician; |im Ross, electrical

technician and Tommy Shackelford, assistant driller.

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A fond farewell to the Sedco “Tower", former Sedco Forex headquarters and once home to about 500 staffers.

NAM DALLASBig semis in the Gulf of Mexico cam e years after com panies had started to drill here around 1948 using land rigs on barges. It w as at about this tim e th a t Bill Clements bought tw o battered old rigs on credit — one to work in Mississippi, the other in southern Texas — and with Ike Larue, founded the Southeastern Drilling Company, later to becom e Sedco, Inc. W alter Etherington, Bobby Cox, Howard Archer, ferry Cunningham...these were som e of the m en who played a big role over the years, all starting with Clements in the beginning.The com pany w ent from a two rig to a 30 land rig operation and in 1965 the first semis w ere built, the 135 series, soon to be followed by the 700 series (1973) and dynamically positioned drillships — all attributing to Sedco’s forte in subsea innovations.“During its 37-year history, Sedco w as the largest drilling com pany in the world in term s of w orth,” relates NAM region m anager Mike Parrish, lust as certain rigs conjure up vivid m em ories to some, others recall th e Dallas headquarters buildings lived and worked in over the years. The com pany started at Highland Park. Later in 1969 Sedco leased the Dallas landm ark Cumberland Hill School Building dating from 1888, at 1901 North Akard,

Welcome to 3232 McKinney Avenue, NAM’S region headquarters since

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Dallas’ First Interstate Tower (1986). “Based on the diagonal of a double square, it is a subtractive form,” writes its designer Henry Cobb of I.M. Pei & Partners, “w hat’s left after carving into a square prism” (Photo Jayne O’Flahertie-Binet)

Debbie Kemper greets the visitor to NAM’S offices.

restored it to its former Victorian beau ty and moved in. Soon, however, headquarters needed room to expand and the Sedco “Tower” w as built in 1978 alongside the School Building. After ten years in the “Tower”, Sedco Forex m oved to McKinney Plaza on August 6, 1988 — today headquarters for the North America Region.From the 15th and part of the 14th floors, of the McKinney building, several of the NAM region offices have a crystal clear view of the gorgeous Dallas skyline.

The NAM training school is in session with Drill Tech I Well Planning, courses geared for drillers and assistant drillers as part of the Sedco Forex Certification Program. In front are Harold Elston (S 712) and Bill Richmond (TR9). Middle: Tira Sexton and Paul Borgan, both working on the S 601. In back Robert Forget and Gary Walser, both working on Dhabi II.

“Yep, Deanna, it’s darn good,” chime cake-tasters John

Mitchell and )ohn Fitzgerald, both in personnel.

NAM region m anager Mike Parrish was

literally born in the oilfield (his father was

a toolpusher). He earned his way

through college at Louisiana State

University by working in the oil patch, then started with Sedco in Australia as a subsea

engineer working with the 135 semis.

Elaine Walker has been with Sedco Forex eight years and is secretary to Mike Parrish.

NAM personnel m anager Gregg Burt joined Sedco Forex in September of 1988 "and was previously an executive at Global Marine.

WHERE ARE WE IN NAM TODAY?The Sedco B P/471, the worldwide rig, has a four-year contract with options for three m ore term s of four years each. The Sedco 712 is drilling offshore California, on long term with Phillips,The Sedco 702 is working for M arathon in the COM.The Sedco 706 is working for

Exxon in the COM.The Sedco 601 is working for Union Texas in the COM.The Sedco 472 drillship finished a job w ith Conoco.The Sedco 710 is idle in Canada, to resum e w ork in the spring at the earliest.The to tal Gulf of Mexico fleet (Feb. 13th figures) is 225. Of these rigs, 103 are with contract and 122 without. Utilization is a t 45.8 % in the Gulf of Mexico as com pared to worldwide utilization of 68.4 %. Three of the 16 semis in the Gulf are Sedco Forex rigs.“As you can see, there is a huge rig availability in the Gulf of Mexico,” says Mike Parrish. “We are keeping our dayrates m atching the industry and we do earn som e prem ium on the

Judging from the expressions from Pat Riley (payroll), Beth Robertson (payroll manager), Deanna McBurnett (executive secretary-personnel) and Ian Robertson (visiting from Aberdeen payroll dept.) - Gregg likes the birthday cake Deanna m ade for him.

Bill Ackley, NAM legal counsel, keeps smiling despite many

thorny litigation cases.

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s 700 series as it’s a bigger rig, with prem ium equipm ent and better trained people. People should rem em ber th a t in the 1930s up into the 1960s the industry w ent through m any up and down periods.”Indeed, there are several signs indicating th a t the second half of 1989 will see im provem ent. Several 3-, 6- and 8- year leases are expiring: 367 in April and 242 in September and the oil com panies m ust sta rt drilling before these dates, or they lose their leases. Additionally, drilling for gas in the Gulf of Mexico could pick up as the m ajors have money to spend later this year. Lastly, with several small drilling com panies merging, rigs will be taken out of circulation.As far as Sedco Forex is concerned, NAM legal counsel Bill Ackley perhaps sum s it up best: “Operators are looking for serious contractors with a serious concern for safety.They are willing to pay a little m ore for quality in m aintenance, safety and people.”In other words, m ore than ever today, clients are closely analyzing w hat we offer.

)ean-Dominique Percevault, Schlumberger Vice President — Personnel, based in New York, pays a visit to NAM and gets to know Ken Hestand. Ken is in charge of NAM personnel administration.

Tom Reinhart, senior engineering supervisor and “father” of the Sedco 445 drillship. In 1970, Tom worked on her design, construction, testing and then accompanied the S 445 on her m aiden voyage to Borneo. He later designed the power system when the 445 was converted to ocean mining to recover m anganese modules. Tom also actively worked on the Sedco 700 series, designing a dynamic braking system for 800 HP DC motors for 3” anchor chain deployment.

Training engineer Scott Schafer poses in front of his 1986 Connection prize-

winning photograph (at right) of Dunnotar Castle, Scotland.

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After two and a half years as Lafayette district manager, Joe Bryant is now in Dallas, managing the Sedco 601. In his over 30 years with the company, he has worked in every drilling-related position on the rig , and started managerial jobs onshore in 1971 (Seria, Brunei). When |oe took over COM operations in 1 986 he got some of our five rigs working. “We hope to keep three semis busy this year so we can m eet our budget as far as activity is concerned,” says joe. “We’ve been getting our lion’s share of work but day rates are depressed to the point w e’re still losing money.”

Fred Florence, m anager of the Sedco 472, the dynamically positioned drillship.

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P entagone 81 an d th e 135D. In addition w hen th e 135F an d Staflo w ere sold we w ere able to ob ta in a m anagem en t con trac t on b o th rigs.With recen t changes in Petrobras organizations the im m ediate fu tu re work program rem ains ten ta tive and uncertain ; how ever th e re seem s to be no dou b t abou t a longer te rm com m itm ent to a significant drilling program in Brazil.W hat’s it like living in Macaé? It’s p robably b e tte r to ask a family who is living

In the Macaé offices with (seated) Brazil district m anager Bernard Berjeaud and Chris Coetzer (Chris manages four rigs: the P81, 135-D and two Petrobras’ Staflo and 135-F). S tanding are A rnaud Bobillier, staff engineer; W illiam Bogue, trainer; Steve Piper, adm inistration; Mirna Teixeira, secretary to Bernard; John Grochocki, staff engineer and Mark Foxwell, Sedco 709 rig manager.

It had been 18 m onths since m y last visit to Brazil. At the tim e of m y previous visit Bernard Berjeaud had not qu ite com pleted th e m ove of our Rio office to M acaé. Now, 18 m onths later, th e team has se ttled in an d is operating very efficiently from Macaé.A lthough th e Sedco 472 is now in the Gulf of Mexico and th e 13SF and Staflo have been sold to Petrobras, we still opera te th e Sedco 709,

Daniel McGuiggan, barge m arine

supervisor and senior electrical supervisor

Eddy Yates

by Larry Altobellth e re th an a visitor from H eadquarters. Brazil is a beautiful coun try w ith rich n a tu ra l resources. Even so, any tim e you try to in teg rate into a cultural an d econom ic environm ent different from your own th e re are p len ty of challenges, language am ong them . S ituated in th e m iddle of Spanish-speaking South America is P o rtuguese­speaking Brazil. A nyone who h as tried to sp eak bo th will im m ediately u n d e rs ta n d th a t w h a t m ost of us assum e are tw o sim ilar languages are very different. From a v isitor’s perspective M acaé is a beautifu l sm all tow n right on th e coast. Sounds and looks like P aradise right? Well we visitors d o n ’t have to m anage pow er shortages, supply shortages, plum bing problem s, etc. Paradise can be deceiving. All in all I believe once our people have accep ted th e differences, living in M acaé is “accep tab le” as we A m ericans say in French.H ere in Brazil, Sedco Forex m ain ta ins its trad ition of recruiting and training, and our program is geared to the large num ber of national staff people, th e over 300 Brazilians w orking on the five rigs. On one of th e rigs visited, th e Sedco 709, the 12 Brazilians on board fill m any of the rig positions ; assistan t driller, DP operator, DMS operator, m echanic, etc. Most of th e se positions have their corresponding tra inee. A hands on train ing program ,

Assistant driller trainee Hamish C olguhoun, warehousem an A bdul Karim andm aintenance forem an Jair A lm eida Abreu

In the P-81 sack storage room are Valdecyr D ala Barba, derrickman; Benedito Santos Reis, roughneck and Xavier Defloch, chief m echanic.

Drillingsuperin tendent Robert Caldow and rig superin tendent W alter Summers

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Brazil district driver Alcemir Gonçalves makes sure his passengers catch their flight.

followed in conjunction with and monitored by the trainee’s supervisor, has proved very beneficial in promoting trainees. In addition, the Sedco Forex training films are translated and dubbed into Portuguese at Brazil district. Indeed, on any rig in Brazil you’ll be just as likely to hear Portuguese being spoken as you will English.

Electronic technician Michael Murphy

Frank Jones, in charge o f drilling equipm ent, and Gregg Caldwell, subsea equipm ent supervisor

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by LE. BrumitIn a discussion during December of last year with Larry Altobell, we asked ourselves the question: How can we best carry out our Five-Year Strategy, which is to create a compelling vision for our people of a positive future within a dynamic company ?We decided that the best way to achieve this objective is through a renewed emphasis on Training and Development.Last year, 1,607 Sedco Forex employees participated in training courses. The plan for 1989 is to have 2,290 Sedco Forex employees attend training course. This 40% increase in training participation will be accomplished only through management commitment and the personal effort of all Sedco Forex employees. Following is a list of new and existing training and development courses to be held this year.—Three Management seminars in each region for managers and supervisors. —Sales training course for managers and staff engineers. —Drilling technology courses:

Drill Tech 1 - driller Drill Tech 2 - tool pusher

—Modular training program for all personnel. —Accelerated training program for national staff drillers (the tool pushers of the future).1 personally would like to congratulate the Sedco Forex people, and especially Alain Roger, for this commitment to the future.

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THE UNOFFICIAL SEDCO FOREX BOOK OF RECORDS

RIVALRY IN THE NORTH SEA

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om Archie Dudgeon, rig engineer on the Sedco 700: “ Hycalog recently awarded the Sedco 700 a plaque recognizing a World Record 8 1 /2” PDC Bit Horizontal Run. Using-a Hycalog 8 1 /2” DS 26 AHG bit, the rig managed to drill 797 metres in 56.1 hours at 14.2 metres per hour during July 1988 on well 16/28-11 in the UK North Sea.”

TOP DRIVEINSTALLATION RECORD

%I t Sedco 707 completed a Varco Top Drive Drilling iystem Installation and Drilling Mast Upgrade in 16

1/2 days. The shortest similar installation previous to the Sedco 707’s was 21 days on the Sedco/BP 711. The Sedco 707 is the third Sedco Forex semi in the North Sea to be fitted with Top Drive. This accomplishment can be attributed to sound application of lessons learned from previous installations, good planning and preparation and the dedication and hard work from the rig crews on the Sedco 707. Congratulations to the men on the 707 for a job well done, (contributed by Russell Morris in Sept. ’88)

ONE DECADE OF NO LTA

|n response to the question from the Sedco 700 in the 988 n° 2 issue of Connection “ Can anyone out there

top 1,629 feet?” — the Sedco 714 drilled 1,729 ft in a 12-hour shift, beating the 700’s record by exactly 100 feet. This was done on June 5th 1988 whilst working for Conoco UK Ltd. on block 29/2A. As a matter of fact, the rig drilled 3,144 feet in a 24-hour period, from noon on the 4th to noon on the 5th of June. We took 6 deviation surveys and 2 sets of SCRs. Now, can anyone out there top that? Regards, Lawrie Webster, O.I.M. on the Sedco 714.

^lis distinction belongs to the deck crew of the Sedneth 701 in the North Sea, where Charles “ W inkle” Scott, crane operator, accumulated 3,756 days without an LTA from March 1978 to August 1988 from his deck crew. Charles successfully groomed and protected many a roustabout during this time.

SCHLUMBERGER 1 9 8 8 EARNINGS

I f York, New York, February 7 - Schlumberger reported that net income in 1988 was $476 million, $1.80 per share, compared to $353 million, $1.27 per share, earned in the previous year.Euan Baird, Chairman, said that 1988 was another year of progress. “ All main businesses of Schlumberger showed improvement over 1987. Many of the factors

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ASA RIG REPORT

^HABI II continues to complete wells for ADOC in Abu Dhabi.TRIDENT 3 is working on DEC platform in Dubai.RIG 34 is working for Elf and RIG 57 for EDO, both on land in Oman.EDO RIG 7, a new rig under construction, foresees spud date May 1 st.AD8, AD9 and AD 10 are all working in Saudi Arabia. In Eakistan RIG 15 and RIG 23 continue drilling. SEDCO 445 and HITDRILL 1 working for ONGC, TRIDENT 2 has moved and RIG 21 is undergoing maintenance, in India. The Tahara on standby awaiting start-up.SEDCO 602 is drilling for JTOC in Malaysia and the SEAREX 3 rigging down to move to Sabah shipyard.No change for the two swamp barges in Indonesia: RIG 37 working for TOTAL and RIG 38 for JOB.SEDCO 708 moved to another Challis field in Australia.

TRIDENT 8 is drilling for Chevron in Zaire.2 land rigs, 2 swamp barges and 2 jack-ups are working in Nigeria: RIG 1 drilling for Elf; RIG 54 for NNEC. BELLE ISLE for Shell; LUTECE for SEDC. TRIDENT 4 for Mobil and TRIDENT 6 for SEDC continue drilling. We have five rigs presently working offshore Brazil for Eetrobras: EENTAGONE 81, SEDCO 135D and F continue production work flowing wells, SEDCO 709 continues drilling and STAFLO is nearing completion of production plant upgrading.(from Weekly Operations Report — March 13, 1989)

^ ^ h i s well, drilled between February 26th and June 10th 1988, was the final well drilled for Cabinda Gulf prior to the Trident 8 move to Zaire Gulf. The team responsible for this “ fast draw” was: rig superintendents Ray Lega and Alain Mota, drilling superintendent W alt Bowen and Sedco Forex managers Kevin Adin and Mike Foster. The Chevron company men on board were Wilbur Fuller and Dannis Mosher and the Chevron drilling managers onshore were Jim Lundy and Dick Robichaux.

NAM RIG REPORTsEDCO 702 (Marathon) is drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.SEDCO 712 is drilling for Samedan, offshore California.SEDCO/BE 471 is coring on Leg 125 in the Ehilippine Sea.

NSR RIG REPORT

(All 10 offshore rigs are under contract in the North Sea |UK sector)

ILLSTAR AND SEDNETH 701 are drilling for Shell. TRIDENT 10. TRIDENT 11 and SEDCO/BE 711, under contract with BE, are all drilling ahead.SEDCO 703 and SEDCO 707 are working for Amerada Hess.SEDCO 704 and SEDCO 714 are at Invergordon, undergoing inspection and general rig maintenance. SEDCO 700 is drilling for BE (Ireland).

AER RIG REPORT

%IG 29 doing workover for SNEA(E) in southwest France. I G 47 is drilling a geothermic well near Melun,

France.RIG 43 and RIG 44 are drilling for SOC in Libya.RIG 60 is drilling for Shell in Gabon.The SEDCO I, drilling for Conoco and the TRIDENT 9, drilling for Chevron, both in Angola.

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DHABI II ADOCSEDCO 6 0 0 STACKEDSEDCO 7 0 8 BMPTRIDENT III DPCSEDNETH 2 0 2 * STACKEDRIG 91 ARCORIG 9 6 STACKEDTRIDENT II ONGCRIG 21 ONGCSEDCO 4 4 5 ONGCHITDRILL 1* * ONGCTAM ARA** ONGCRAISIS (RIG 37) TOTALSUHANAH-1 (RIG 3 8 ) jOB

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SEAREX III SSB AERSEDCO 6 0 2 * jTOCRIG 3 4 ELF 12 ANGOLA TRIDENT IX CHEVRON

RIG 5 7 PDO SEDCO1 CONOCO13 BENIN SEDNETH LUANDA* STACKED

RIG 2 3 OXY 14 BRAZIL 135D PETROBRASRIG 15 PPL 1 3 5 F * * * PETROBRASRIG 3 2 STACKED STAFLO*** PETROBRAS

A D R ** ADC PENTAGONE 81 PETROBRAS7 0 9 PETROBRAS

A D 3** STACKED 15 FRANCE RIG 2 2 STACKEDA D 4** STACKED RIG 2 9 SNEA(P)A D 6** STACKED RIG 4 7 CG CHAUFFEA D 9** ARAMCO RIG 4 9 STACKED

TRIDENT VII STACKED 16 GABON SEAREX II STACKEDRIG 6 0 SHELL

RIG 5 (AD5**1 STACKED 17 GUATEMALA RIG 3 0 STACKEDRIG 7 (AD7**j STACKED 18 LIBYA RIG 35 STACKED

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19 NIGERIA TRIDENT IV MOBILTRIDENT VI SPDCRIG 1 ELFRIG 24 STACKEDRIG 5 4 NNPCLUTECE SPDCBELLE ISLE SHELL

2 0 PORTUGAL 2 5 3 STACKED21 SENEGAL RIG 11 STACKED2 2 SPAIN SEDCO H STACKED2 3 SYRIA RIG 18 STACKED

RIG 2 5 ARCO (3 /2 5 )RIG 33 STACKEDRIG 36 STACKED

2 4 ZAIRE TRIDENT VIII CHEVRON

NSR25 UK 7 0 0 BP

SEDNETH 7 0 1 * SHELL7 0 3 AMERADA

HESS7 0 4 STACKED7 0 7 AMERADA

HESSSEDCO/BP 711 * BP7 1 4 * STACKEDDRILLSTAR SHELLTRIDENT X BPTRIDENT XI BP

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WEEKLY OPERATIONS REPORT - MARCH 13

o u ’11 all surely recognize the Sedco I, offshore G abon, o f 5 years no LTA

fam e. Perhaps not as enticing a sight here as the beach in front o f the

Sedco 600 off Sydney bu t, still, ideal for those who dream o f warm sands, palm trees and long strolls along the

beach, (photo J-A Foret)

RIG VIEWS

O n the pontoons o f the Sedco I in G abon w ith Jacques Estrade from rig

engineering M ontrouge. Jacques came to give a hand to Jean Ganière, rig

m anager, who was preparing the next hop to Angola, (photo J-A Foret)

1 9 8 8 FOOTAGE THE TOP 10 RIGS

1 TRIDENT 3 Jackup (Dubai) 119,418 ft.2 BELLE ISLE Swamp Barge (Nigeria) 110,719 ft.3 M G 4 7 Land Rig (France) 93,644 ft.4 RIG 1 Land Rig (Nigeria) 73,170 ft.5 SEDCO 709 Semisubmersible (Brazil) 68,912 ft.6 TRIDENT 6 Jackup (Nigeria) 67,871 ft.7 M G 6 0 Land Rig (Gabon) 67,601 ft.8 SEDCO/BP 711 Semisubmersible (North Sea) 65,814 ft.9 SEDNETH 701 Semisubmersible (North Sea) 61,098 ft.

10 SEDCO 703 Semisubmersible (North Sea) 58,796 ft.

jngratulations to Sedco Forex’s 10 rigs which drilled the most footage in 1988. Coming in close, in 11th and 12th place, were ASA’s SEDCO 708 at 57,181 ft. and NSA’s RIG 46 at 35,391 ft. The Trident 3, drilling for DPC in Dubai, is equipped with a Varco Top Drive and the MDS System was installed early this year. (MDS ™ System is also on the 711). The 2nd place Belle Isle drilled about 18 wells in ’88 — all but one drilled on incentive or footage. Footage is obviously an incomplete way to judge rig performance since drilling, moving and weather conditions vary from location to location, and from one rig type to another. Drilling from a swamp barge in Nigeria with average TD turning around 10,000 feet and short rig moves is a far cry from drilling in the North Sea, with longer rig moves, time shutdown due to weather conditions and deeper drilling depth. That being said, the 5th place Sedco 709’s record is particularly commendable since it is drilling in over 4,000 feet of water.

The m ost footage drilled in 1988: T riden t 3

ASAFUN RÜN IN SYDNEYby Michael S. Arnold, Drilling Superintendent, Sedco 600/SOOPSister company cooperation took on a new meaning for the Schlumberger Group one day last summer in Sydney, Australia. On that day, Australia’s greatest community fitness event, the City-to-Surf Fun Run, was held. This is a l4-kilometer run from downtown Sydney to the world-famous Bondi beach. Among the record 37,068 runners was a team made up of Schlumberger employees from Sedco Forex, Wireline, Geco and Schlumberger Technologies.This was the 18th running of the race, and because 1988 was Australia’s 200th birthday, the run was designated an official Bicentennial Event. Although some runners took the race very seriously (seven Olympic mararhoners took part) most participants entered just for the fun of it. There were runners and walkers in top hats and tails, in wet suits and gorilla suits, and others pushing prams and wheelchairs. Families ran together. Army units jogged in formations, and teams were formed from schools, companies and athletic clubs. The run was open to all comers, from young children (the first schoolgirl, age 11, completed the course faster than anyone on the Schlumberger ream!) to venerable arhletes over 80.Smart Tait, the Outfalls Project Manager, originated the idea of getting a group together to mn this year.He was ably assisted by Penny Fraser, who looked after the entries and T-shirts, and Fiona Aiken, who made sure the interest level in the office remained high during the lead up to the big day.Running on the Schlumberger team, and their finishing places, were Stuart Tait (3,893), Michael Arnold

(2,070), David Seamans (22,261) and Fiona Aiken (25,689) from Sedco Forex; Penny Fraser (24,540), Mike Sanders (5,728) and Chris Rehmann (9,006) from Wireline; Nikki Wehr (24,540) from Geco, and David Peake (7,282) from Technologies. Dowell Schlumberger had several entrants but they all cancelled — work before play? — before the mn began. The Sunday morning was a bright, clear day with light breezes; almost perfect weather conditions for mnning. Positions at the starting line were on a firsr-come first-serve basis so it was worthwhile to get into position early. When the starter’s gun sounded at 10 a.m. the huge crowd began to move. Despite the wide roads over which the course was mn, there was a lot of pushing and scraping as the mnners scrambled to stay upright and move ahead with the group.It took almost two minutes before rhe first member of the Schlumberger team crossed rhe starting line and it took ten minutes for the last members of the team to cross the line. Along the way, bands played jazz music and rock n ’ roll ro encourage the mnners, water stations were strategically placed every kilometer for refreshment, first aid stations were set up to handle the injured, and enthusiastic crowds lined the route to cheer the runners on to the finish. The City-to-Surf organizers promised a special “ I finished” Bicentennial Medallion to every parricipant who completed the course in less then 160 minutes, and that provided a considerable inspiration to everyone. Alrhough the Schlumberger team did not place in the Team Categories, it was tmly a memorable event for all of us. And it shows there really is sister company cooperation within the Schlumberger group!

The Schlum berger runners. Front: Nikki W ehr, David

Peake, Fiona Aiken, Penny Fraser and David Seamans.

Back: Stuart Tait, Mike Sanders, Chris Rehm ann and

Michael Arnold.

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SERVICE AWARD IN MIRI, SARAW AKO n N ovem ber 20th 1988 'Andrew Lang, the Materials Supervisor, celebrated his 15 years w ith the company. He started as a roustabout on the "G ran d Large” , was roughneck for a while and became materials helper on board. From there he d im ed up in the m aterials sector to his present position. Here, Andrew has just received his p in from George Farshi, MMT district manager.

SENIORITYSimon Rush ton , A bu D habi drilling engineer, receives his 5-year p in from district m anager El Rifai.

NAMSERVICE AWARD A T lACINTOPORT (lAWS)Bob Adrian (left), catalogue coordinator, has just feted his 20 years w ith the company and is w ith Ellis D uncan, materials m anager, before the barbecue lunch catered for the event at the facility.

WHO'S THIS HAN?You may not have met him personally but his lilting ‘sud-ouest’ accent is surely familiar to you over the phone (that is, when you can catch him; he’s usually busy on the phone talking to people like you). Your wife, child or mom most likely has been in contact with him at least once. In fact, it may be through him that you’re able to get a message to yout wife (you stuck offshore in some remote location; your wife miles away in your home country). W hen you’re sick, in need of a friendly listener, wondering what your next assignment will be, wondering where’s your ticket, wondering if and when your visa has come through — he’s the man you contact. H e’s a mover of men, that indispensable someone to hold your hand in times of need. In brief, he’s an integral part of your Sedco Forex life. Yes, Bernard Larran is all this and much more. In charge of field support at Montrouge headquarters, Bernard assists Noel Roche as a telay between the field and head­quarters, coordinating rig personnel in many different areas: relief, new rig start up, follow up, etc. “ Personnel” and “ Personal” are the keywords to Bernard’s job.

Nine years in the field (get this: Nigeria, Saudi, Iraq, Iran, G abon, Indonesia, A lgeria...w hew !) prepared Bernard for his joining headquarters in 1975.

NEWCOMER ON THE RLOCHWelcome to Trevor Burgess who joins Sedco Forex as manager for the drilling engineering department, replacing François Quetier.

AERFAMILY LIFE IN PORT HARCOÜRTSedco Forex families who have lived in Nigeria all agree: never, in any of their other assignments did they ever have such an active, FUN, social life. Friends are made for life in Nigeria. Families have a wide choice of schools for their children. And as for sports, there is golf and tennis. Any occasion is an excuse for a party. For the kids, there are Christmas parties, end-of-school parties, citcus comes to town, school plays, masquerade parties. And for the parents, party themes are as outrageous as your imagination: fancy dress parties, soirées pub, Tahitian night, “ Worst Taste” parties... Here’s a brief look at the expat, life in Port Harcourt:

Resting up before the new round of parties. C laude G ibone from Shell, Jean-Paul Lachenait from W ireline & Testing, Daniel Beauchêne, SF N igeria district m anager, and G ilbert Ju llien from Dowell Schlumberger.

SENIORITIES A T RIG 6 0 IN GARON

At the Rabi field airstrip are Bernard Dulac, assistant rig sup. with his 20-year pin and chief electrician Christian O urgaud with his 10-year pin. Behind them is a Dowell Schlumberger operator, assistant driller Fabrice Newton and driller Thierry Giot.

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Indians in Nigeria: kids at the French

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Soirée Pub

Soirée Pub: Jean-Jacques Perchoux, operations m anager for Elf; Richard G arrett o f Michelin and Henri “ Chacha” C habbert, Sedco Forex adm inistration.

Gabriel Robet, chief electrician; Jacques G eraud, rig superin tendent; Jean Denis, assistant driller; 10-year p in for

A ndré Sobanski, assistant driller; Jean-C laude H oudot, assistant driller and a m em ber o f the G abon crew

Michel Jullien, adm inistration, receives his 15-year p in from G abon district m anager Jacques Arnold.

Alec Milne with the satisfied look of a w inner as he approaches the 18th green.

G ordon Burr (right) receives the UCS trophy from Am erada Hess drilling

m anager Andy Morrison.

Team captains Neil Clyne (driller on the 701) and D ennis Pirie (assistant

mechanic on the 700).

TEEING OFF IN ABERDEEN“I f y o u w a tch a g a m e , i t ’s f u n . I f y o u p la y i t , i t ’s

r e a e a t io n . I f y o u w o rk a t i t , i t ’s g o l f . ’’

Bob H ope, American comedian.

From a friendly outing in 1987 there has developed a serious bi-annual golf challenge between Amerada Hess Limited and personnel from the 707 district and NSR office.The first match took place at the Banchory Golf Club last Spring and the trophy donated by Universal Catering Services was convincingly won by the Sedco Forex team by a 2-1 margin. Team members were Tom Bares (general manager), Paul Rutherford (crew co­ordinator), Doug Davidson (buyer), Alec Milne (chief mechanic), Billy Russell (driver) and Gordon Burr (district manager).The return match in September at Inverurie Golf Club took on extra significance when Amerada Hess increased the size of the teams, Sedco Forex responded with some magnificent customer golf with only the team of Tom Bates and John Hoopingarner winning, Bryan Houston (707 rig sup,) and David Adams (treasury accountant), came close to halving their march, but Doug Davidson and Alec Milne, Dave McEwen (admin, mgr.) and John Innes (accountant), Gordon Burr and Srewart Archibald (driller) were all magnificent in defeat. It is anticipated that the UCS trophy will be regained this year and it is also hoped that Gordon Burr will finally get his game together and win his first match.On October 2nd 1988, many crew members participated in a golf match between the Sedco 700 and Sedneth 701 at the Ballater Golf Course, The Sedneth 701 were the victors, winning seven games to five.

The victorious Sedneth 701 team with the winning trophy and spoils.

ALMOST A CENTURY RETWEEN THEM!

A Christmas luncheon was held in Aberdeen on December 23rd at which time 90 years of service awards were presented to NSR national staff, among whom Sandra Dickie has the distinction of being the longest serving national North Sea region office employee.

Tom Bates poses w ith the pinees. From left: D oug Flynn (10 yrs,-handym an/driver), Lynda Tierney (10 yrs,-payroll clerk), A nn Bisset (5 yrs,-secretary m arketing dep t,) , A nne Paton (15 yrs,-secretary controller’s dep t,) , Sandra Dickie (15 yrs,-DP supervisor), Lorna Morgan (5 yrs,-secretary personnel d ep t,) , Maureen Paterson (10 yrs,-secretary personnel dept,), Joe O m ond (5 yrs.-forklift driver) and, kneeling, John Milne (15 yrs,-materials supervisor).

(E d ito r’s J lo ie : P lease , w h e n s e n d in g in p in n in g p ic tu re s ,

th in k to ta k e a g r o u p s h o t o f a ll s e rv ic e a w a r d

re c ip ie n ts . I t s a v e s p r e c io u s ed ito r ia l s p a c e a n d c o s t

a n d a v o id s s e e in g th e Grip-and-Grin s h o t s o f M r.

M a n a g e r p ic tu r e d te n t im e s w ith te n d i f fe r e n t p e o p le .)

DRILLSTAR SENIORITIES

Five years for assistant mechanic George Cormack

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Andrew Sinclair, floorman-5 years; Derek Milne, radio operator-10 years; Maurice Perrot, rig superin tenden t who presented the awards and Kenny Rottray, assistant driller-10 years.

TO KNOW THEM iS TO LOVE THEM 4 9 REASONS TO LOVE THE FRENCH

1. Paris has not yet been ruined by gratte-ciels.2. French women are the only women in the world

who are sexier at 35 than at 25.For every arrogant Frenchman, there is a beautiful French woman who is cuckolding him.Even Chinese food tastes good in France.The French have 400 types of cheese and still manage to import Kraft.The French can take Italians like Yves Montand and Serge Reggiani and turn them into French crooners in one generation.The French name their streets after artists and statesmen; there’s not a single French city with numbered streets.Sigmund Freud was not French.The French have stopped writing operas.The French have not started a war in 100 years, or won one in 50.

11. The French hold their elections on Sundays and never close their bars.

12. The French take eating more seriously than religion.13. The French do not put ketchup on their oysters.14. The French always hold their revolutions during

warm weather.15. In sports, the French prefer losing by one point to

winning by ten,16. The French consider American movies of the 1930s

to be works of art.17. The French still prefer eating to jogging.18. When dubbed in French, John Wayne sounds like a

good actor.19. Picasso lived in France and was allowed to remain a

Spaniard as long as he paid taxes.20. Voltaire hated Rousseau.21. The French wash their hands before going to the

toilet.22. French trains run on time, when they’re not on

strike.23. French police always salute automobile drivers

before they issue traffic tickets.24. The French serve water without ice.

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25. French politicians can finish a sentence.26. French people in the provinces hate the Parisians as

much as foreigners.27. The French drive better than the Italians or the

Turks.28. The French do not put sugar in their bread.29. The French do not use French dressing on their

salads.30. The French eat a lot of yoghourt, but do not claim

to have invented it.31. Income taxes are called “ contributions” in France.32. The French word for “ fart” is “ pe t” .33. There are almost as many trees in Paris as there are

automobiles.34. One can say “ merde” in polite society.35. La Seine, Le Rhône, La Loire.36. French women looked dressed up in blue jeans.37. The French never speak of “ the French touch” .38. To lose a mistress is to keep a friend.39. The French are so sparing in hospitality that they

use the same word for host and guest.40. The French do not sing “ La Marseillaise” before

every soccerTnatch; they sing it after, if they win.41. French women look good in T-shirts marked “ Fruit

of the Loom” .42. Despite their love of food and drink, France has

fewer overweight people than America.43. The French word for logic is feminine.44. Vive la difference.45. The French word for “ ninety” is four twenties plus

ten (quatre-vingt dix).46. The French turn old chateaux into hotels and old

hotels in chateaux.47. “ Biche” is a term of affection in French.48. In France, to have a mistress is to have a friend.49. The French are very tolerant of foreigners who love

them. La preuve: they have put up with me for a quarter century.

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Jose Estruga A REMARKABLE CAREERby Jim Watt, Radio Medic Trident 9 AngolaJose started work for Forex on April 8, 1958 as a roughneck on land rigs in France. He remained there for one year, during which time his rig drilled to the then European record depth of 5,555 metets. Posted overseas, to Gabon and then Nigeria, Jose recalled that in those days the only way to move the rig was with a gin pole and a bulldozet. On one location, they had a btand new Caterpillar which no one knew how to drive. An engineer was sent down from the UK to insttuct the crew in its use. But when he arrived, along with the Fotex President who was visiting the customet, they wete amazed to see the CatetpiUar working. Jose had figured it out.Muscle power was also high on the lists of requirements in those days: he once moved a whole tack of 5-inch dtill pipe to another location by hand — No mean feat. Transferred to Algeria after two years in Africa, Jose spent four years driUing in the desert and, incredibly, three straight y eats before having his first home leave. Life was not all dull thete ho we vet. On his thirtieth birthday he thtew a patty in the camp. The high point was Jose riding a camel into the mess hall. After giving the camel some Ricard to dtink, which is a potent Ftench liquor, the camel driver couldn’t do a thing with the animal.

Jose’s promotion came through at this time, and he had the distinction of being the youngest toolpushet in Forex, with four and a half years, service in the company. In 1964 he was transferred to Neptune and scoted another first, being the fitst French toolpusher in offshore operations, dtilling for six years off the coast of Kuwait.Aftet a spell of leave, the company then sent him to the French Institut des Pétroles, where he graduated as drilling superintendent in only six months of full-time study. As the normal length of this course was one year, and he was on full pay, it seems that Forex Neptune got a good value fot their money.Another move saw Jose in Brazil, training drilhng engineers, toolpushers and superintendents in offshore operations for Petrobras. His first impressions of Brazil were rather weird. He arrived at his hotel just at the moment Brazil was playing Czechoslovakia in the 1970 Wotld Cup, and the teceptionist wouldn’t give him his room key until the match was over. After thirty-six hours of traveUing, that was the last thing Jose wanted to hear. However, while he waited in the lobby, Btazil scored a goal. The concierge rushed out of the TV room, grabbed a pistol ftom behind the desk and emptied it into the ceiling. They take their football very seriously down there.Thereafter, Jose was sent to Sarawak in Borneo with a year contract drilhng for Shell, during which time he visited the local Dyak headhunters. Their longhouse walls were decorated with over two hundted shrunken heads, most of which, he was relieved to learn, belonged to the Japanese soldiers they had killed in World War II.There followed a period in the North Sea on P81, P83 and P84, giving him his first taste of a regular 2 on /2 off schedule. At that time all three crews rotated on the same plane and since they were all together, they decided to strike for better conditions. Because Jose was one of the tingleadets, he was rewarded with a ttansfet to a tender in the Middle East. Aftet a short petiod in India and the Middle East he was sent to Dunkitk for the P90 sea ttials and accompanied the tig to Argentina for a year contract as superintendent.Ftom 1977 to 1980, after turning down a promotion to drilling superintendent for personal reasons, Jose found himself in Iraq drilling turnkey wells with Rig 22 neat the Iranian border. There was growing tension then between the two countries, and at one point this came

M om cntos o f J o se ’s years w ith th e com pany line his office walls. T h a t 's Jose a t far le ft in th e rig floor p ic tu re a n d th e T r id e n t 9 a t rig h t.

too close for comfort. During a skirmish between the Itaquis and Iranians close to the rig, the company Land Rover was riddled with bullets and, according to Jose, came out looking like Gruyère cheese. No one in head office would beheve the reason for the E.R.R.Jose moved on to Egypt, to Rig 33 at El Tor in the Sinai Desert. Travel to the rig from the main road was strictly limited to a narrow marked path as the desert was still full of mines from the Arab-Israeh war. Needless to say, no one even toyed with the idea of taking a short cut to the rig!At this time, Jose fell sick with lung problems, but it wasn’t long before he was up and about, ready for his latest assignment on Trident 9, offshore West Africa. That was in 1983, and he has been there ever since ; the longest time he has spent on one rig. Trident 9 has recently set the wotld watetdepth record for a jack-up, presently driUing in 391 feet water.Due to lay the kelly down sometime in the near future, Jose can reflect on a long and varied career, with a rich store of memories to draw on. Having calculated that in the past 30 yeats he has only spent 12 at home, he gives full credit to his wife and family who put up with this nomadic existence so familiar to all those who work in the oil patch. We wish him a long and happy retirement in his home at Albi, near Toulouse.

PROFILE JOSE ESTRUCA RIG SUPERINTENDENT“I ’ve w o r k e d very h a r d a n d I ’ve a sk e d m y m e n to w o rk

very h a r d to o . I l ik e w o r k in g w ith m y m e n o n th e r ig

f lo o r; I d o n ’t l ik e o ffic e w ork . M y p o l ic y h a s b e e n th a t

in e a rn in g a sa lary w e o w e i t to th e c o m p a n y to g iv e o f

o u r w o rk , g iv e o f o u r k n o w -h o w . "“I a m d e m a n d in g . I w a n t th in g s to b e d o n e a certa in

way. I k n o w m y jo b so w e ll th a t I f e e l I can sa y h o w i t

s h o u ld b e d o n e . ’’

Rig Superintendent Jose Estruga is not one to mince words. Self-confident, some might say overly, Jose cuts an imposing figure. Tall and muscular, at 56 he looks younger. He does not pay lip service to the Sedco Forex spirit. For most of his 30-year career, he admits: “My work came before my family.”“I take my hat off to all the wives who have put up with us over the years. Car 11 fallait nous supporter!”

‘Behind every successful man stands a strong women’. Jose and Mercedes Estruga are no exception. Both intensely proud of their Catalan origins, they met in Barcelona in I960 after Jose had returned from Nigeria. Mercedes acccompanied her husband through his various career assignments over the years, giving birth to three children: two sons, Antoine, now 20 and Jose Junior, 23, and a daughter, Mercedes, 20. When Jose went on commuter status in 1973, the family set roots, building a house in the southern French town of Albi. Things have not always been easy for this strongly-knit couple, however.

Albi with its indicative ted-brick buildings, hom e to the Estruga family the past 15 years. Here, the oldest bridge in France and the splendid cathedral. The town also houses a m useum devoted to its native son, the artist Toulouse Lautrec.

A telling rem inder on Jose’s desk

TOUJOURS RAISON

Mercedes and A ntoine at Petsepolis, Iran.

Nigeria 1959- The Forex team drilling for Mobil neat Badagty a t Afowo 1. First

I 28 row: Henri N ezondet,toolpusher; René Cuzacq, electrician; Michel A tthar, driller; and Francis N ezondet, assistant driller. 2nd row: Pierre Vignoles, mechanic; Jean Querillac, assistant driller; Denis Cicutro, toolpusher; and José, Standing: Robert Pujol, transport m aintenance and Elie R ouquette, assistant driller.

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CAREEB m e H tIG H T S‘ ‘We almost divorced after one of my assignments back in 1964,” recalls Jose. ‘‘The job lasted two months and I only saw my wife six times even though she was only a few miles away.” Jose is referring here to what he considers his best drilling experience: a Big Hole. ‘‘An open-air hurane container had exploded near Lyon, France, killing 90 people. Following this accident, the French government decreed that butane had to he stockpiled underground. France wasn’t advanced in the area of big holes so an American company was called in who, in turn, hired Forex on as consultant to drill two big holes (55” diameter; 700 feet depth) at the Shell refinery near Rouen. Mr. Roger, operations deputy at the time in Paris, assigned me this special project.‘‘I had the greatest pleasure doing this job, because it was such a new domain that we had to reinvent and build everything from scratch. I made the three-crown drilling hit, the tubing, all the apparatus for the hole (cables, tubes, air-supply ducts, electricity, telephone, etc.).‘‘I had to do everything for this out-of-the-ordinary job. Mr. Roger would okay my ideas and it was up to me. I gave it my all.”Fifteen years later. Iraq. We had rhree rigs working on footage: the Super 15, the 21 and the 22. On hoard the 22 were Jose, Jean Darrodes, Yves ‘‘Kenworth” Masson, Gérard Belin, Claude Arrar. ‘‘Since the rigs were all working on footage,” recalls François Quetier, manager in Baghdad then, ‘‘there was some competition between the rigs. Jose’s rig broke records in daily footage and rig moves. He had a natural authority with his crew, he was always calm, always thinking of the men’s welfare and comfort.”‘‘A lot of the guys didn’t like this assignment,” continues Jose. ‘‘We were all alone, on our own, in the most remote spot imaginable. Communications and provisioning were difficult...! loved it!”

THE TOUGHER THE BETTERW hat sort of person is attracted by an isolated, rigorous, intense, boring kind of life?Jose Estruga was horn on August 5th 1932 in Barcelona. His mother was Catalan, his French father a professional soccer player for the Real Club Deportivo Espanol in Barcelona. Jose showed his independence early: he

Big hole 1964: The three- crown drilling hit Jose made

Derrick for extracting the clay.

Iran 1966 w ith Jose Ju n io r

W orking for their brown judo belt in Miri, Sarawak 1973 are Eric Jeandem ange, Jose and A ntoine Estruga and Doris Jeandem ange,

chose to play rugby. During his 32 months of military duty, he volunteered ro go to the remote Kerguelen Islands where he was responsible for wearher reporring. “ There is nothing comparable to this kind of human experience,” says Jose. “ Fourteen months with the same group of men. After three or four months, a big problem crops up: W hat are we going to talk about? It was tough, very tough.”Jose joined Forex on April 8, 1958. Why drilling? “ I had travelled a lot and I knew that drilling companies worked all over the world. I wanted to see other countries.” Jose prides himself on having done all kinds of platforms, all types of drilling: “ I think I was one of the first drilling superintendents offshore, along with René Farail and Claude Malbrec.”Following the big hole project in ’64, Jose joined Neptune — quickly earning one of his several nicknames, “ The Shark” . He has been mainly offshore ever since, for the last five-and-a-half years on rhe waterdepth record-breaking Trident 9 jack-up in Angola.And how does he see his role as a rig superintendent?“ I plan, give the orders and control to be sure everything’s done as it should be. I’m constantly on the rig floor as I want to make sure nothing goes wrong;I’ve always worked this way and it works.“ I’m also very meticulous about cleanliness and neatness — and thus security. The men feel at ease.You can work in white gloves on the Trident 9- My relief, Billy Bmce, feels the same way and keeps the rig very clean. When I leave for days off, 1 don’t worry because I know I’ll be coming back to the rig as I left i t .’

C hina 1981 on a labor contract: N anhai W est representative Tien, captain Xie, Jose, Dai, the interpreter and John O ’Leary, Total drilling engineer.

O n board the Trident 9 in 1986 with Alain Driver, filling in as rig sup, Bernard Lessage, barge marine supervisor and Philippine roustabouts. A 400 ft. W .D . capacity jack-up, the TR9 set an operating w aterdepth record in 1988 with Chevron- G u lf C abinda in 391 ft. of w aterdepth.

Casing shoe Best way to see that your job is well done: go downhole! T hat pinprick in the upper center is the light o f day.

Persian G u lf with N eptune in 1965 on the Pan 1, a labor contract.

Jose and Mercedes.

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Memories, memories o f a rich career.

DAYS OFF IN ALBIThere is nothing Shark-like ahour the Jose you meet when he is with his family on days off at home.A short tide from the airport in his Peugeot 205 GTI (though Jose loves to drive fast, he reserves this passion for the race track) takes you to the family home. A modest exterior belies the general impression of luxury and comfort inside. Mementos of the family’s worldwide travels ate displayed throughout the thtee- stotied house. “ In fact,’’ explains Jose, “ we had to build the living and dining area much larger than originally planned just so out two carpets from Iran (1965) could fit in .’’ Down in Jose’s study the walls ate lined with his certificates, awards, tig and work pictures. “ I attended the French Petroleum Institute and also studied for ten years while working, which was very hard. I ’ve insisted that my kids finish their education before starting work.’’Today the Esttuga children all live neat their patents and see them often. Antoine has just started a new job in Albi; Jose Jr. and daughter Mercedes ate in nearby Toulouse. Mrs. Esttuga, Mercedes, speaks in glowing terms of her husband (“ il est très vaillant” ), of her life and experiences abroad (“ family life in Macelo and Bahia, Brazil was particularly good with Jose offshore one week and home one week” ), of the last 15 years of single-patenting while Jose is away. “ I don’t think about his coming home until just a few days before he arrives,” she confides. Antoine tempers the ‘perfect family’ image when he says that there were times when he felt the lack of a fatherly presence while growing up as an adolescent. The children may be seeing mote of their dad this year since Jose has requested his early retirement.I’ll say it again: I love the work I do. I’ve been very happy. If you don’t like your work you might as well be a manicurist for ladies! But there’s an end to everything. I prefer leaving on a high, while I’m in good health, to enjoy my family.“ I have a good image of the company; I hope they’ll have a good image of me. The guys who leave will he replaced by those young fellows full of punch and

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Jose Jr. and daughter Mercedes at hom e in Albi.

motivation. They’ll take the company forward. After the staff reductions in the last years, those who have stayed on are the top. The Best.Then again, if I was asked to help out on some special project... ”

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Safety not only means being equipped with the best lifeboats, using the best protective equipm ent, having the most qualified medic on rigs and the most comprehensive emergency plans. Above all, safety is an individual a ttitude. All these safety equipm ent or safety measures are just measures taken to balance our own weaknesses.The day we know how to properly design and m aintain equ ipm ent, how to properly control and m aintain a well, how to properly work w ithout endangering ourselves and our workmates, we will really have discovered the m eaning of safety.

A SADHABI II COMMEMORATES TWO ACCIDENT-FREE YEARS

This two-year mark was completed on November 8th 1988. Tom Wadsworth, ASA safety manager, was on hand to commend the crew and management for this achievement. ADOC manager Mr. Oishi presented Abu Dhabi district manager Abdel Kader El Rifai wirh a Japanese momento: a miniarure cow-drawn cart used by Japanese emperors in the 18th century and, in turn El Rifai offered Mr. Oishi safety award belt buckles.Dhabi II has been working for ADOC in the Arabian Gulf on a campaign of workover wells for over two years.

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2 YEARS NOV a s 88

SEAREX III IN MALAYSIA ACHIEVES ONE YEAR NO LTI

Shell honored the Searex crew with a plaque for the November 12th 1988 year anniversary.

D habi II crew and m anagem ent

Shell’s head of drilling operations, Tom G addo-Bobo, presents Yves N cau, rig superin tenden t, with the Shell reward. In the foreground Shell head toolpusher Charles Zoons. The mast with Top-Drive in the background.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AD9by Rémy Baizan

Congratulations are in order for the crews of AD9 which passed the mark for one year with no Lost Time Injury on July 27, 1988. AD9 was mobilized for ARAMCO on August 1, 1987 after laying stacked in our Dhahran yard for over two years. Since that start up, AD9 has completed 50 rig moves in over 500 days

Front row: W illiam Stibbs, district manager; Rémy Baizan, engineer; ARAMCO forem an Nassar AIAjmi; Frank Corts, sup.; Khulgan AlBarry, forem an and safety engineer Mike Adams with A D 9’s crew after award o f jackets and plaques.

with no LTIs while tallying up over 150,000 man hours worked.Credit for this achievement goes to our Sedco Forex rig superintendents Byno Salsman and Christian Male; our local staff assistant rig superintendents Othman AlSomali, Errol McMahon and Hamada Malek; drillers Damian Joseph, Mohammed Shabbir, Magdy Agaiby and Nasser Abdulla; chief mechanics Claude Dussiant and Samuel Paul; and the rest of our crews. We also thank our ARAMCO superintendents Latif AlArfaj and Frank Corts; foremen Nasser AIAjmi, Khulgan AlBarry and Sammy Long; and safety engineer Mike Adams for their support and dedication to safe operations.AD9 is one of eight rigs (one jackup, two medium land rigs and five workover rigs) owned by the Arabian Drilling Company, a joint venture of Sedco Forex and Petromin of Saudi Arabia.

N SRTRAINING SA V ES THE DAY DURING HELICOPTER INCIDENT IN THE NORTH SEA

At 9 a.m. on November 10th 1988, during a crew change flight, the S-6l helicopter on route to Aberdeen from the Sedco 703, made a controlled ditching in the water. O f the 13 men onboard — all wearing their survival suits — six exited to a liferaft and seven took to the water with their lifejackets. It is repotted that there were 18-feet waves at the time. All the men were rescued in about 30 minutes.“ All 13 men on board kept their cool and followed ditching procedures as if on a training exercise,’’ reported the press. The helicopter captain, Steve Stubbs, praised the 11 oilmen: “ Everyone stayed calm...there was no panic. They carried out pre­ditching procedures according to their training. It shows how valuable training is, because everyone got out safely.’’

Skipper of the Grampian King, one of the rescue vessels, praised the bravery of the men who held hands during their 30-minute wait. “ The men went by the book,’’ he said. “ They did a really good job and managed to stay together.’’One of the survivors who had been in the water, detrickman Jim Anderson, commented that “ a swim in

the North Sea’s not the best thing at that time of the morning. ’ ’ Assistant rig superintent Eddie Redd added that “ everybody did really well. The survival suits were essential.’’After being treated in hospital for shock and oil ingestion — Jim was the only one treated for mild hypothermia — the men were all pronounced in good shape and released. Roustabout Neil Mutch joked to his parents that he wouldn’t be bringing home any washing this time as it was at the bottom of the sea!The other Sedco Forex personnel on board were Mike Reid, driller; Floormen John Abram, Clifford Graham and Colin Forbes; and assistant driller Brian Beaton.

Pictured in this newsclipping at fat tight from top ate Eddie Redd, Jim Anderson, Jeremy V alentine from Amerada Hess and Colin Forbes.

Oilmen safe after rig copter ditches

A Sikorsky 61N similar to the one Witch ditched.

LUCKY 1 3T H IR T E E N m e n w ere p lu c k e d fro m th e icy N o rth S e a in a te x tb o o k re sc u e o p e ra tio n to d a y a f te r a h e lic o p te r d itc h e d 130 m ile s n o r th -e a s t of A b erd een .

s ix survivors m anaged to scram ble on to a d inghy and w ere w inched ab oard a Bond helicop ter In n e a r gale force ^ i d s and w aves of up to 15

And the seven o ther men. forced to dive Into the sea. sur­vived 0 35-minute chilling ordeal by holding hands as Uicy waited calmly for rescue to arrive.

The men, oil wearing survival suits, were picked up by the two m an crew of a fast rescue launch from the support vessel Gram­pian King.

Tlic Sikorsky S6Ts two man crew and 11 passengers were said to be physically well after their ordeal — b u t cold and shocked.

Six of Uie survivors were later flown by helicopter to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for trea tm en t

All were able to walk to the waiting ambulances b u t none was willing to talk about his

change flight ûrom the Sedco 703 drilling rig a t Amerada Hess’s Ivanhoe-Rob Roy field, heading back to Aberdeen when the pilot w as forced to land In the sea.

T he B ritish In te rn a t io n a l Helicopters’ craft ditched Just three miles from O ccidental’s Claymore field a t 8.52am after - the pilot flashed ou t a Mayday. ' ’

He decided to d itch after one engine began running rough and instrum ents showed a loss of oil pressure.

An RAP Sea King was scram­bled from Lossiemouth. The C o a s tg u a rd h e lico p te r from Sum burgh was alerted and a B ond H elicopte r from H P’s Forties field flew to the scene.

F o u r su p p o r t vessels, the G ram pian King, th e Macrsk Cutter, the N autica and the Uncle John, also steam ed to the

Consultant D r G raham Page. A berdeen R oyal In firm ary ’s a c c i d e n t a n d e m e r g e n c y specialist, led a three-man team fro m A b e rd e e n I n d u s t r ia l Doctors who flew to the ditching

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spokesman identified the copter Stephen S tubbs andcrew as Stephei Stephen Martin.

O ther passengers In tiie hos­pital were Mr E Redd and Mr C F o rbes of ' A berdeen: M r J Anderson, Laurencekirk: Mr Nell Mutch. Turriff and Mr J Valen­tine. London.

T he o th e r m en from th e ditched chopper retUscd to go on ano ther helicopter and were iKlng token by boat to Peterhead on board Uic standby vessel Maersk Cutter.

A d o c to r from A berdeen Industrial Doctors and a rig medic were winched aboard to Macrsk C utter to trea t the men.

BlH 's general manager. Cap­tain Bob McQueen praised the skill of the flight crew, who made the controlled landing.

Commented Captain McQueen: "We think It was a very suecesful ditching and we th ink all the emergency drills w ent according to plan'."

He explained the crew decided to divert to Claymore when the problem arose.

A fte r d i tc h in g s ix m en managed to reach a liferaft bu t seven other men, who escaped th rough em ergency windows ended up in the water.

The floating aircraft and its a ttached liferaft was blown away from them by high winds.

•The aircraft and the liferaft were being blown down wind faster than people could get to it," he said.

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Rig superin tendent Maurice Perrot receives the p laque for

the Drillstar.

ASedneth 701 rig superin tendent Claude Nasse accepts on hehalf o f his crew a safety plaque from district m anager Jan K ant.

FOUR NSR RIGS ATTAIN ONE YEAR NO LTIAwards were presented to the Sedco/BP 711, the Drillstar, the sedco 700 and the Sedneth 701.

AERTRIDENT 4 W IN S SAFETY AWARD IN NIGERIACompetitors for the Mobil Safety Performance award included Mobil’s offshore construction contractors, divers, boat companies, Santa Fe Drilling and all third party contractors.

Mobil Producing NigeriaQUA I BOB TERMINAL P U B 1001, EKET AKWA IBOM STATE

SAFETY PERFORMANCE AWARD

Mobil Producing N ig e ria has In troduced th e C o n tra c to r s a fe ty Perform ance Award. The c r i t e r i a f o r th e Award i s based on in d iv id u a l C o n tra c tin g Company's response to HPN designed S a fe ty programs aimed a t red u c in g in c id e n ts .

In g e n e ra l, th e Award ta k e s in to c o n s id e ra tio n each c o n tra c to r s e f f o r t in co nducting s a f e ty M eetings, Emergency D r i l l s , prompt in c id e n t r e p o r tin g and p a r t i c ip a t io n in S a fe ty T ra in in g s , I n c id e n t r e c o rd s e t c . d u r in g th e y e a r o f

Your Company h a s won th e f i r s t p o s i t io n in t h i s y e a r 's com pete tion fo r o ffsh o re C o n tra c to rs , i n re c o g n itio n o f t h i s , a R e p re se n ta t iv e i s in v i t e d to t h i s y e a r 'sS a fe ty F e s t i v a l a t th e Pegasus C lub, E ket on T hursday, :----------•------'-"--"i-------a t 1 .00 p .m . p rom pt.

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Very t r u ly y o u rs .

OUTSTANDING SAFETY ABOARD SEDCO IThe Sedco I, drilling off Gabon, completed five years without a lost time incident in August of 1988 (to date — March 1989 — the record has not been broken). In his congratulatory letter to the crew, Alain Roger writes that during “ the last five years this rig has operated in several different countries, under a variety of drilling conditions, with crewmembers from different nationalities joining the rig for the new assignments. These changing work conditions make this record even more impressive and point out that a good safety record is possible under these circumstances.”

Tom Bates presents rig superin tenden t Jim Lahey a plaque for the Sedco/BP 711,

O n the Sedco 700 with Bonny Schul, rig superin tenden t and Bob Arm strong, assistant rig superin tendent

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AER safety m anager Roland Fouilloux. on the Sedco I, presently offshore Soyo, Angola to present rig m anager

Jean Ganière and rig superin tendent Richard Tuckerwith the plaque.

Some o f today’s Sedco 1 crewmembers who are keeping up the tradition. Recognizable are Didier P rod 'hom m e, chief electrician; Bernard Michel, driller; Jean-Pierre D udey, chief mechanic; Clive Rodley, barge m arine and Bernard Cam m an, subsea eng.

KUDOS FOR NIGERIA’S BELLE ISLEThe Belle Isle swamp barge successfully completed five continuous years of work on October 23, 1988 without a single lost time injury.The Safety presentation was made in January 1989 during the visit of Schlumberger Drilling & Pumping Executive Vice President Ian Strecker and AER Region Manager Denis Poisson. Several Shell and NNPC officials were present for the ceremony.The history of the Belle Isle and Shell Nigeria are inseparable: in 1971 the brand new rig started service for Shell in the country and has continuously worked for Shell ever since (13 years near Port Harcourt and five years near Warri, with a major upgrade in 1984). 1988 saw 18 wells drilled with a year-end footage of 110,719 feet.Ian Strecker pointed out in his speech that “ a lot of Sedco Forex safety programs are inspired by the programs originated in Shell” and that Schlumberger continually reviews our safety performance with Shell in the Hague. He added that Sedco Forex Nigeria has an outstanding safety record with less than three LTI per million manhours worked, which is about one-fourth the lADC average.Ian presented the plaque to Mr. C.N. Okonkwo, SPDC West Operations Manager, ‘‘as a commemoration of a long, safe association with Shell.”A welcome address was given by Kasim Tokurah, driller, on behalf of the Belle Isle staff. Kasim compared the Belle Isle to ‘‘an understanding family where everybody is his brother’s keeper. This sense of belonging gave birth to an esprit de corps: in union there is strength, recoined in Belle Isle as esprit de rig — cooperation being the foundation of a successful

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NAIVIAs of February 20, 1989 the Sedco 702, operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, has worked 365 days without a lost-time accident.This 365 day record was achieved between November 20, 1987 and February 20, 1988, and includes two brief idle periods between contracts. This record was accomplished despite having worked for five separate clients during this period and all the problems associated with personnel changes and rig start-ups. Of special significance is the fact that since Sedco Forex began operations in the U.S. Gulf, no other rig has achieved this one-year milestone. Credit for this performance must go to all employees working on the 702 during this period, and especially to the rig superintendents E.L. Welford and Mickey Mongold, who have managed to create and maintain a safe working environment despite all the changes in clients and personnel. Congratulations to the Sedco 702 and, on behalf of all the crews on the other Sedco Forex rigs with one year or more without a lost-time accident... ‘‘Welcome to the club” !

Base M anager B. O gidan explains the rig ’s characteristics to the visitors.

The extremely careful crew of the Belle Isle paused long enough from their work for a commemorative photograph. (Ten of them have been on the Belle Isle all five years).H ere’s wishing them on to six years w ith no LTI.

D .O . Ovueraye, SPDC Head of Drilling, East; C .N . Okonkwo, SPDC Operations Manager, W est; James Emaribe, SPDC W est Head Safety;G. A doghe, SPDC W est Head of Safety — Environm ent & Fire and AER Region Manager Denis Poisson.

Nigeria District Manager Daniel Beauchêne presents a copy of the lA D C Meritorious Safety-Award certificate to Linus Ukachukwu, senior driller on the Belle Isle. At D aniel’s left is rig superintendent A ndré Vergne.

Kasim Tokurah, senior driller, gives a heartfelt speech.

JA N U A R Y & FEBRUARY SERVICE A W A RD S

30 YEARSAntoine Casgha, AER/Tridcnt 4 Jean Derouin, AER/Rig 29

25 YEARSBernard Laboucel, AER/Velizy Jean-Claude Millescamps,NSR/Sedco 707Andre Robert, AER/Velizy

20 YEARS Guy Barreau, AER Rene Bothner, ASA/Rig 38 Sevcrin Casonato, ASA/Hitdrill I Jean Keiflin, AER/Sedco I Yves Masson, AER/Rig 60 Jean-Louis Meheust, AER Yves Metayer, A SA/Hitdrill 1 Michel Sabelie, N SR/Trident 11

15 YEARSPhilippe Avelin, A SA/Tridcnt 2 Kenneth Bark, AER/Staflo Georges Bordenave, AER/Trident 8 Gerard Bouscarle, ASA/Sedco 602 James Boustead, NAM /Sedco BP 471 Patrick Dalgarno, ASA/Abu Dhabi Francois Defaux, ASA/Sedco 445 Gordon Fom ine, A SA/Jakana Jerry Foster, NAM /Dallas Ira Gervais, Hdqtrs. Montrouge Thomas Gilray, ASA/Sedco 602 Harold Kershaw, NSR/Sedneth 701 George Lee, NAM /Jacintoport Joel Le G uern, AER/Rig 36 Euan MacGregor, NSR/Sedneth 701 Alan MacKinnon, NAM /Sedco 710 Jean-Claude Monsterleet, AER/Rig 47 Dennis O ’Mara, N SR/Trident 11 Didier P rud’hom me, AER/Sedco I Gabriel Robet, AER/Rig 60 Phillip Ryan, NAM /Sedco 710

10 YEARSMaurice Arnold, AER/Rig 60 Jean Cahuzac, NSR/Lowestoft Debbie Coombs, NAM /Jacintoport Ian Florence, NSR/Sedco 703 James Galligan, NAM /Sedco 712 David Johnstone, NSR/Trident 10 Derek Kilford, NSR/Sedco 707 Duncan Livingstone,NSR/Sedco BP 711 Thomas Quigley, NSR/Sedco 700 Donald Romo, AER/Sedco 709 Edward Tazzar, NSR/Sedco 700 Dennis Thomson, NSR/Sedco 707 A art Van Deutekom, N SR/Trident 10 Martin W eigt, NSR/Sedco BP 711

5 YEARSHenry Aitchison, NSR/Sedco 707 Gregory Caldwell, AER/Sedco 709 Ross Cave, NAM /Sedco 710 Charles Cliff, NAM /Dallas Timothy Douglas, NSR/Trident 10 Teddy Dykes, NAM /Sedco 706 Harold Fowlie, NSR/Sedneth 701 Richard Frier, AER/Sedco 709 George Goff, NAM /Sedco 702 Robert Grayson, NAM /Sedco 601 Glenda Haggerty, NAM /Dallas Ronald Lamm, NAM /Sedco 601 W illiam Lawrie, NSR/Sedneth 701 John McBay, NSR/Sedco BP 711 Dennis Mitchell, NSR/Sedneth 701 David Parsons, NAM /Sedco 710 Charles Pomphrey, NSR/Sedco BP 711 Richard Riley, ASA/Rig 23 Robert Roeder, NAM /Jacintoport Jeffrey Scpulvado, NAM /Sedco 702 Timothy Taylor, NSR/Lowestoft Samuel W ebb, NAM /Jacintoport

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ARRIAGESiving reporter gives an account o f Maggie O w en

S aunders’ 1988 w edding. Maggie handles D eferred Benefits in L ondon ...As all a ttem pts to fool everyone by arranging the w edding on A pril Isr were foiled du e to the fact tha t it was G ood Friday (it w ouldn’t have done for “ G ood Friday” to becom e “ Black Friday” ) th e sm iling (oh, those cheek muscles) couple h a d to settle for Thursday March 31st. H op ing n o t to be recognized as the bride, Maggie decided to avoid the traditional w hite dress and go for som eth ing m ore subtle: a shocking red à la C arm en. The ploy failed and 25 m inu tes after the scheduled tim e o f 12 noon ( “ W here is the chauffeur?” ) Maggie O w en and Steve Saunders were jo ined together in wholly m atrim ony at the 6 th Form College in A ndover, H am pshire, E ngland. T he reason for th e 6 th Form College has been explained an d accepted, h u t no acceptable explanation has yet been fo u n d for ge tting m arried in A ndover, otherw ise know n as “ W h e re ’s T h a t?” D espite the location, festivities con tinued well into the n igh t and we are pleased to announce th a t the charm ing young couple are still m arried one year later — although a vicious and totally un founded rum our has it tha t this is because nobody else will have either o f them .Y oke Fun W edsIn a traditionally inscrutable m anner Yoke Fun C han who has worked in bo th th e Singapore and Dallas offices, and is now w orking in the London office, d isappeared o ff to Dallas on a pu rp o rted ten-day holiday to see old friends and came hack w ith a new nam e and a new husband! However, she assures us th a t it only takes five m inutes an d , as you do not even have to provide your own witnesses, it was not m uch o f an inconvenience to slip it in to her busy schedule. In fact. Yoke Fun and her husband Mallon NoU and (ex Dallas office) had such a good tim e tha t they p lan to ho ld a w edding party in London in the very near fu tu re , and then to get m arried again later in the year in Singapore.N obody has yet dared to ask w hether they in ten d to get m arried to each o ther for a second tim e, or if any o ther couples are involved! (reported by Maggie Saunders)

Moses I. Edafe, quarterm aster on the Lutece in N igeria, and Stella O vuw eradia, w ho works for Shell in W arri, were m arried on O ctober 15, 1988. A ndrew M itchell w ed M argaret on January 23, 1989 in E lgen, Texas. A ndrew is floorm an on the Sedco 706 in the G u lf o f Mexico.

KIRTHSecca Marie was horn to Sherry an d Gary W alser

on Ju ly 19. G ary is assistant rig supervisor aboard D hab i II in ASA.Caleb Jo h n was born to Cheryl an d Peter H arris on A ugust 12. P eter is a driller aboard D hab i II. Chiosa was horn to N elson and Stella O shionw u on A ugust 24. N elson is driller aboard the Lutece in N igeria.Jessica was born to R obert and D eb b ie N alezinek on Septem ber 9 in A lexandria, Louisiana. R obert is m otorm an on the Sedco 706 in the G u lf o f Mexico. Tw in boys S tuart an d Craig were born to Susan and Jo h n Carroll on S eptem ber 12. Susan is treasury accountant w ith th e contro ller’s d ep a rtm en t based in A berdeen.K aitlyn was born to M arty and K ristin M cCabe on Septem ber 17. Marty is second m ate on the Sedco/BP 471.Lilas was born to Fong and Vivian Chong Ri on O cto­ber 12. Fong is office adm inistra tor in Macae, Brazil. M egan Lynne was born to J e ff an d D onise Spruiell on O ctober 21. J e f f is engineer trainee on the Sedco/B P 471.D anielle was born to D esiree and Paulo P inheiro on O ctober 28. D esiree is th e Rio adm inistra tor secretary.Fatim a was born to Shakil and N az K han on N ovem ­ber 8. Shakil is an accountant in D u b a i office. N icola was born to S im on an d Jan e Curw en on D ecem ber 7 in Southam pton, England. Simon is p re­sently w orking tem porarily in personnel at M on­trouge.Z uhaih was born to Zahid and Zareen Ali on D ecem ­ber 17. Z ahid is D ubai district adm inistrator. N ikki Lynn was born to Mark an d Partie G enest on D ecem ber 21. Mark is roustabou t on the Sedco 706 in the G u lf o f Mexico.N atasha was born to Rex and Bernie Pigg on Decem-

ber 30. Rex is m aterials supervisor at D ubai yard. Marc was born to Serge and Tanya Minikes on January 25 in Paris. Serge is sales engineer for AER. A baby girl was born to Mark and Tracy C onners on February 9 in W aynesborough, Mississippi. Mike is derrickm an aboard the Sedco 706 in the G O M . Bruno was born to Georges and A nnie Bordenave on February 21 in M auleon (Pays Basque) France. G eor­ges is assistant rig supervisor on the T riden t 8 w ork­ing o ff Zaire.

IF Y O U W O U LD LIKE TO TELL Y O U R FRIENDS A N D COLLEAGUES OF A MARRIAGE OR BIRTH Y O U HAVE JU ST CELEBRATED... Please send your news to C onnection Editor.Be sure to include all relevant in fo rm ation concern­ing th e event: full nam es, your job and rig and any­th ing you m ig h t w ant to add ab o u t the happy occasion.U nfortunately , d u e to the h igh cost o f reproducing color photographs and lack o f space. Connection still cannot afford to ru n baby or w edding photos. The decision to con tinue this policy was difficult, b u t we felt th a t safety an d service aw ard pictures provide a more general in terest to our over 5,000 readers. W e ask for your understand ing .

■MOVESJ a n Cahuzac, form erly NSR district m anager in

Lowestoft, E ngland , is now m anager o f the rig eng i­neering d ep a rtm en t based in M ontrouge.Trevor Burgess, previously m anager o f interpretation engineering and sensor at A nadrill, has been appo in ted m anager o f the drilling engineering d epartm en t in M ontrouge.Stuart T ait, form erly m anager 8 . 0 . O .P . in A ustra­lia, is appo in ted m anager o f safety for the N orth Sea Region, located in A berdeen.Fred Florence, previously region staff m anager NSA , is appo in ted N A M m anager o f th e Sedco 472 Drill- ship, based in D allas.Joe G eourjon has left Sedco Forex w here he was p er­sonnel m anager M ontrouge headquarte rs and eng i­neering to accept a position as personnel director for the Instrum ents D ivision in Schlum berger T echno­logies, located in M ontrouge.Effective March 15, 1989 Bob McChesney, previously district m anager Ind ia , is app o in ted district m an a­ger New G uinea. Located in Port M oresby, Bob will be in charge o f a p rogram w ith O PIC for T riden t 7 starting in May.Effective March 15, 1989 Mike A rnold , previously drilling su p e rin ten d en t S .0 . 0 . P. (Sedco 600) in A ustralia, is ap p o in ted district m anager D ubai.

KEY M OVES IN SCHLU M BERG ER...olker Reichert has been nam ed President o f A n a­drill, located in Su garland, Texas.Schlum berger L im ited in N ew Y ork announces the retirem ent o f Roy S hou td after 38 years o f service. Chairm an Euan Baird writes: “ Roy has m ade a huge and d istinguished con tribu tion to the success o f Schlum berger from his heginnings as a young field

engineer at G ainesville (Texas) in 1950 to his years as an Executive Vice President o f Schlum berger Limi­te d .” Replacing Roy as Executive Vice P resident in charge o f Safety in all un its o f Schlum berger, loca­ted in Paris, is A. J . Salaber, previously Executive Vice President W ireline , Testing & Seismic.Vic Grijalva replaces A .J. Salaber as Executive Vice President W ireline , Testing & Seismic, located in N ew York.H einz D enk l is ap p o in ted P resident o f Dowell Schlum berger w orldw ide, located in Paris. Taking over from H einz as P resident o f W ireline & Testing — A tlan tic Asia, is R oberto M onti, form erly Presi­d en t o f A nadrill.

M EM ORIAMard Archer, 66, died Friday, February 24th in D al­

las, Texas.How ard was one o f the first three em ployees to work for Bill C lem ents an d his new ly-form ed Sedco, Inc. in 1947. W hile supervising Sedco's drilling, H oward and his fam ily lived in Iran , Turkey, Borneo and A rgentina as well as m any states in the southeast U ni­ted States.H ow ard capped his career as w orldw ide drilling su p e rin ten d en t and in 1975 w rote the first safety message in your com pany m agazine.In tr ib u te to H ow ard’s long work on con tribu ting to safety we are p roud to pub lish the first o f m any arti­cles H oward was to write un til his retirem ent in 1983. From all those w ho knew and appreciated H ow ard, sincere condolences go o u t to his wife W anda, son Bill and daughters Lawanda an d Paula.

Safety is.b y H ow ard A rcher

T O D A Y , w h e n m u c h o f o u r a t t e n t io n is d ir e c te d to e q u ip m e n t f a i lu r e s a n d o th e r p ro b le m s , w e h a v e a te n d e n c y to fo rg e t a v e ry im p o r t a n t p a r t o f o u r o p e r a t io n s a f e ty . In fo r th c o m in g i s s u e s o f “ O n I x ic a t io n ," w e w ill re m in d y o u h o w i m p o r t a n t s a f e ty is to y o u . y o u r f a m i ly a n d y o u r fe llow e m p lo y e e s .

S a fe ty is . . . t e a c h in g n e w m e n o n y o u r r i g g o o d , s a f e w o rk in g p ra c t ic e s . W ith th e r a p id g r o w th o f S K D C O , w e a r e in v o lv e d in a v e ry e x te n s iv e t r a i n i n g p ro g ra m . N e w p e r s o n n e l a r e b e in g in tro d u c e d to th e o ilf ie ld o n a d a i ly b a s i s . I t is u p to t h e o ld e r , e x p e r ie n c e d p e r s o n n e l to te a c h th e m s a f e w o rk h a b i t s . T h in k s a fe ty a n d teach it. loo.

S a f e ty is . . . k n o w in g y o u 'r e i m p o r t a n t to S E D C O a n d p ro te c t in g y o u r s e l f a n d o th e r s w ith s a f e w o rk h a b i t s . T h e f ie ld p e r s o n n e l a r e th e m o s t i m p o r t a n t p a r t o f S E D C O ’s o p e r a t io n s . A ll th e f in e e q u ip m e n t in th e w o rld w ill n o t o p e r a te a lo n e o r w i th o u t w e l l - t r a in e d p e r s o n n e l . I f y o u h a v e a n a c c id e n t , y o u r f a m i ly w ill s u f f e r a n d y o u r c o m p a n y w ill n o t h a v e th e a d v a n t a g e o f y o u r e x p e r ie n c e . T h in k s a fe ty a ll th e tim e.

S a f e ty is . . . a te a m e f fo r t . In y o u r w e e k ly s a f e ty m e e t in g s , t a k e a n a c t iv e p a r t a n d s p e a k u p i f y o u k n o w o f a n y u n s a f e c o n d i t io n s e x is t in g a r o u n d th e r ig . Y o u r s u g g e s t io n c o u ld b e j u s t t h e o n e n e e d e d to s a v e a life . R e m e m b e r , y o u c a n b e e x p o s e d to a l l th e s a f e ty r u le s in th e b o o k , b u t o n ly you can m a k e th em work.

G uy C am pistron d ied on January 11, 1989- Guy retired as barge supervisor in 1985 after working with the com pany for 28 years. W e extend our sympathies to his widow C hristiane and son Jean-Louis.O n N ovem ber 19, 1989, N igeria D istrict lost one o f its employees, Raphael M gbem ena, personnel super­visor, after a b rief illness. His Sedco Forex colleagues were the pallbearers at the requiem mass and he was buried in his hom e tow n o f U m uoji in the A nam bra State.Jacques Mari passed away in early March. Jacques worked in Brazil for m any years as adm inistrative assistant and con tinued to live there after his retire­m en t in 1983. H e is survived by his wife and two sons.