[QUOTE=jmccaski;35475]What an old fossil… Wait! I’m 67! And I’ve been in the middle of and responsible for successful offshore MPD operations in the North Sea in highly depleted reservoirs… Damn, I must be too old to do that stuff. I’ll quit it now.[/QUOTE]
Don’t quit yet… the industry does need you!
Remember I said that these were news reports. So I can’t vouch for their accuracy. I wasn’t pointing to the “age” related info.
How about a rewording…
Given the fact that Mr Vidrine has likely been in the oil industry for some time “news reports quote him to be of elderly years”, AND the reported news fact that he had made a statement to US officials…“blah blah… I have limited offshore experience… blah blah… I came here to learn about deep water drilling…”
Would it not suggest to you, or make you think, that this guy had spent a long period of his career on land wells?
and also, perhaps… was he now working in a position beyond his capabilities?