pared to the third quarter of 1 991. The revenue decrease resulted from lower utilization, only partially offset by slightly higher average dayrates. The average utilization rate for all Sedco Forex rigs during the

82 % for the same period last year. Offshore rig utilization decreased from 87 %

81 % and onshore rigs ropped from 76 % to 57 % .

Average utilization rate for the industry's competitive fleet of offshore rigs declined from 74 % to 67 % over the same time period. During the third quarter, Sedco Forex mobilized the dynamically positioned semisubmersible Sedco 71 0 to Brazil from the North Sea for a long-term contract in the deep waters of the Albacora and Marlim fields." (Schlumberger 3rd Quarter Qx-nings)

)il Market Outlook: "Firm oil prices in the short term, with weakness likely in early 1993 and a rebound in the second half." (Morgan Guaranty oil economist)

rked 100 consecutive without experiencing a lost time injury. A significant achievement!

In September, Jean Chevallier, along with Global Marine's Chip Keener and Smedvig's Mike Salter, won this years' Distinguished Service Award from IADC. The trio was honored for implementing safety initiatives outlined in Lord Cullen's report on the 1988 Piper Alpha tragedy. -

Sedco 706 being bid for Dunbar project (TAD mode and stand alone). Total to choose between Sedco Forex and two other contractors by February 1, 1993.

New office in Esbjerg, Denmark for Trident X contract with Maersk which started in November. Jean Ganiere is assigned rig manager.

The Sedco 600 has a verbal approval for four well extension with Total beginning in January 1993. The program should employ the rig to end 1993.

The Searex V replaced the Searex I11 with SSB Malaysia. The Searex V has been contracted for two years firm plus three one year options. The unit was extensively upgraded prior to starting the SSB contract. The Searex I11 finished an outstanding career with SSB working almost 20 years without being off contract one day- which could well be the longest running contract for a single client in the history of the oil field.

Iran is looking for 12 land rigs. Sedco Forex has made an offer for six rigs to be operated from Ahwaz.

roval was given and carried 19 in Oman ran the longest r in PDO history (1 802 m of

nnet work. (See related s

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Wol A - -. - - number of actiy

gas prices. This remains fragile and will be high after the winter h( b + Ã ‘ seas

What can wt CApCLL 7 7 d : mcainns ic~uvery in arnling activity will ultimately depend on economic recovery, particularly in the U.S. This will I L . ~

higher demand for oil and gas and a consequent improvement in our stomers' confidence to invest in new exploration and production. It is hard to be

exact about the tir-"ig k lay :s unliWy before the second half of next

I For Sedco Forex this means will i z i t g ~ ~ ~ ~ i g na -LJ W I I I jobs in a depressed at c i -~ca l towinnLis jobs is the quality of our

site. It Is here that we stand ethat it is tough for'all

year. in 'the dril ng-term future

We have the pebp .e .~e have the rigs. And we have the geographical presence necessary for a maximum i he market. When the business turns we will be ready.

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With 65 professionals, the Sedco Forex engineering center is by far the largest of any drilling contractor. Managed by Jean Cahuzac, occupying a floor and a half at Montrouge headquarters, there are three departments: Rig Engineering, Drilling Engineering and Computing Science. We will present here Rig Engineering. In the next issue of "Connection" we will take a look at Drilling Engineering and Computing Science. The Rig Engineering Department has extensive responsibilities from Field Support and Shipyard Management to Development Engineering.

Rig Engineering will answer the questions you may have regarding HSE issues, structure and naval architect problems, rig modifications or new designs, etc. To get assistance, your district manager will fill out an REA (request for engineering action) which will reach Montrouge via the region Operation/Technical manager. Due to work overload, feedback may not be as fast as you may wish sometimes. But do not hesitate to ask for help, we will always answer!!

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Around 50% of Engineering's resources are dedicated to Development projects. Rig Engineering's main challenge is to work on HSE topics, prepare the evolution of the fleet through life enhancement, the retrofit of mechanized systems and the follow up of new designs. "The biggest project this year was the fatigue analysis study done on the Sedco 704," says Pierre Morvan. (see Box) Prior to a 90-day modifications project for her Gannet work, Sedco Forex bought in international experts Bureau Veritas to study the structure of the 704 and give a second opinion. The good news was that there was practically nothing to do. Unlike the work done on the Sedco 702, which had suffered more from tropical climes and required plating on the columns and trusses because of

substantial loss of steel, the 704 had far fewer structural problems. "No important cracks in the steel," said shipyard manager Gerard Maucuer. Today, there are 38 people in rig engineering managed by Pierre Morvan. Pierre has a dual experience in rig construction (land, swamp barges, the Trident series, the Drill Star) and operations management (his last post was district manager in Syria).

A brief resume of each section in the Rig Engineering Department:

1. Rig Modifications & Upgrades Denis Brondel, 18 years with the company, has a background in electrical and structural engineering. He first worked on the Pentagone 84, then the Searexes, Tridents and Drill Star. The people in his section are at the shipyard. In Singapore : Claude Gabillard with rig 37 (Hibiscus) upgrading for Total, Paul O'Keefe overseeing the Trident VII conversion to a floating hotel following its sale to ADOC and electronics specialist Wolfgang Schlutz. Paul Sanchez is in Nigeria with the Lutece and rig 1. Gerard Maucuer and Gary Bohnsack are in Rotterdam with the 704. Aside from overseeing these projects, Denis also puts together the general design and budget for these jobs and deals with all the legal rulings, like ABS.

lean Cahuzac, engineering manager, with executive secretary Viviane B a b h and Domlnique Ruaux, R & E administration.

Sedco Forex. A thorough inspection of the Sedco 704 was then carried out with the TWI (British Welding

Pierre Morvan Institute). They made frhcture mechanic studies using

e 700's original design was chemical and mechanical ide in the late '60s, early 70s analysis of samples of steel d it was felt necessary to taken off the rig for that rify its capability with actual purpose. ians of calculation, especially From the above, it was decided th respect to fatigue life. The to improve some connections oject was started in by weld toe grinding which ptember 1991 and the team more than doubles the code anbers were Georges fatigue life of welded joints and rreau, Eric Magne, Pierre also allows a more accurate anan, Dang Tran and Paul inaction of critical areas. inter. The results are that all 700's irting with the central ~ o r t h Can "live" over 40 years and a wave scatter diagram and that inspections can be made irson Moskowitz wave every 5 years. ectrum, the comerstone of A study of blisters, in order to is work was a detailed finite increase the deckload capacity 'merit stress analysis of all of without overloading the e lower tubular joints which structure was made for the 71 2, i to the calculation of SCF and after an inclining test we ress concentration factors) demonstrated having 4500 ery 45O around each tubular short tons deckload in 'ace and chord). operating condition. Len, by applying DEN SN Another study made with the rves, we obtain the code 704 and the 71 2 with (stability) ague life at points 450 around blisters shows that both vessels ch tubular. enjoy as good or better motions om this analysis we could than current so-called 4th

ntrate on critical areas of generation rigs. The stability of joints, but the study any 700 can be upgraded to tht

waled that the design of the equivalent of 4th generation 10's (starting with the earliest North Sea semis, while also ie) was found to be very good. imparting a total life e calculation later focused on e----+- icy of over 40 year? e 704 being modified for the - innet project. third party study was made 1 r ~ureau ~eri tas and

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"^*med our in-house ations. In fact, they were I

inerally 20 to 30 % more rtimistic than the intentionally I

2. Marine & Structure \, Comprised mainly of naval architects and structural engineers, Paul Tranter's section becomes involved whenever we get into the marine side of work - be it a study in wave motion characteristics or increasing deckload. Before bidding, the marketing people may ask for a study to find out if a rig can work in new waters. If a client wants an upgrade, this section will study the possibilities. 'aul, a naval architect by

F e n t s is the c an ca on of our Mustering

assessment were established by

^ v Steve Myers

an enquiry to establish the mstances and causes of ncident. Amongst the many mmendations of the

enquiry was a regulatory

Eddy Redd, who coordinates a11 1 reviews and communication between offshore, managemen and hazard assessment. The Hazard Assessments are came out in the Rig Engineering department in liaison with the Aberdeen based SMS oordinator. The R&E group arries out studies of the major

ards to the rig, and reviews lops recommendations

Ive Major Hazards were fied to be addressed: Loss

, Structural Failure.

Rig Engineering to be: (1 ) Produce a methodology which will produce, on paper, a useful document which can be reviewed by management, government and certification bodies, (2) Organize a format that can be workable with rig crews and that can become a useful training document for rig personnel, and (3) Utilize the study to identify the shortcomings of the rig and operating procedures. The methodology developed has evolved into a three-step approach: (1) listing of all possible incidents for each hazard and whether or not they are possible, (2) details of the rig crew's response to the incident

ig the got ene is eai w. A C 1st come n Singapore. wnne trying the Searex VII (Houat on

ie bottom, the barge tllte t i I iat it is partially undenvate

and Evacuation systems. These recommendations include 1 00 % redundancy in lifeboat capacity with the boats perpendicular to the rig; the need for protection of the Control Room, embarkation points and muster areas agains heat, smoke and falling debris; and the need to improve the control and command function of the Conpol Room to efficiently manage any Incident The Sedco Forex VSC was submitted to the UK HSE in July and their comments were received in October. We are in the process of incorporating these comments into the final version of the safety case. All eleven North Sea rigs must submit a safety case to the UK HSE by the end of 1993-

Thus 01 : you can have stru ictricity, piping, safi uipment, etc. The d out 90% of the Sed : fleet are on CAD ar s a t ---" 200 design

In the CAD room with Roland Gaspard, technical archivist; Christian Aubry and jean-Marc Foly; Bernard Titreville and Philippe Renaud. On the screens, design of a dee drilling land rig for an Elf bid in Kazakhstan.

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After two years on the drawinj boards, the Gannet modifications commenced in November 1992 at the Rotterdam Verolme Botlek shipyard where the Sedco 704 was drydocked for 90 days. Ti work included three separate parts: Gannet modifications (gangway and catenary system), life enhancement, an additional Shell requirements keep the rig ready for drilling

drive extension, ROV oonpool on deck). ere are some 400 people at Gannet the Past months.

any one time at work on the rig At the end of the 90 days, in - almost 500 when all three mid-November, there is to be ar projects are being worked on incline test as well as a stability simultaneously. After removing test, because approximately the thrusters and inspection. 400 tons have been aided to 1 there was ballasting and painting of columns, trusses, I

the main deck structure, owing the service piping,

lectrical cabling and insulation, c. The "most time consuming

- He's the man who knows whi

G6rard Maucuer, shipyard manager, was

previously in Orange, Texas for the Searex IV

and VI, and is quite pleased with sh Td conditions ere

in Rotterdam.

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, similar to those pictured round which "held" ent X earlier this year.

The second of the 700 series ever to be drydocked.

I imagine that many of you who - have neveftome to S ingere or this region ask yourselves what we do in our spare time in this far away comer of southeast Asia. The first inflression one Bbs of Singapore is of course that of a big cosmopolitan city where European, American, Australian expatriates; Filipiino,

a ~ndonesiadind Corean drkers; Japanese tourists - all mingle. What really makes Singapore a multiracial society are the local inhabitants of which 76% are Chinese, 1 !& Malay and!! % Indian. Each community

I preserves a strong cultural, vestimentary, culinary and, Come along on a tour of the Rendez-vous further on at the above rnliaous tradition, places of worship of these Buddhist temple Thian Hok

diffdfent communffies. Keng (~emfle of ~eavenly 0 ~atherine Beauchene, Marie- Happiness) which originally 10 Huck and Kathryn McMullan welcomed immigrants from at one of Chinatown's temples. China who here found shelter to

m a H pray for8 better futurg Further on, a temple with a

wreath of incense smoke B i n a more intimate setting. On the

%ails thin !ed sheets of paper are offerings to the more modem god of horseracing; you pray for your horse to come in first at the Sunday races. Notice

"^he paper offangs on the 8

papier mach6 horse's legs by women who want to be sure their husbands don't "trotn

,away from h . A few meters r rther on in the same street, an Islamic mosque

attended by the Malays. A detour by Serangoon Road to

&ttle India b a g s us to the. Hindu shrine Sri Mariamman - with its vivid colors and effigies of gods - some of them frightening like this goddess

deputed to give her protection to newborn babies laid at her feet. It is from Sri Mariamman that the annual Thaipussarn

Â¥processio begins end January-beginning February. Singapore is one of the last places in the world (along with Kuala Lumpur and the Mauritius Island) where this

"festival is stflftiuthorized.

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devotees in a trance, with steel pins embedded in their flesh, walking barefoot or on nailed soles f o r kilometers. r D spectacle is NOT for t e weak- hearted. The Chinese rituals and traditions are also equally deep- rootehin particular the Chinese Â

New Year (in January or February). The city is decorated with red, the color of luck, and the sounds of orchestras

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everywhere. Vinciane and

- - , keeping our dear traditions, too. Carnival is one of them ' T region: durian. While the poor

westerners-turned up their nose at its odor &he biggest stink imaginable) Singaporean friends - Steven's wife Ai Choo, Steven. Chua, Amelia, Trina, Siew Kian and Eunice - delighted in its "taste of paradisen. 1 1 -- If you are looking for ideas, hop on a plane and don't forget to come to see us. But beware if you decide to come by scooter, glider or elephant as we may be transferred before you arrive!

elephant's back, tool around The Sedco Forex Company Bangkok on the noisy tuk-tuk , Committee organized a trip to

in a one of Malaysia's Langkawi horsedrawn cart and get ~slands. There was the around Singapore itself in a mandatory stopover to buy the bicycle rickshaw. most infamous fruit of the

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From left top: Use Crowley, Eliane Bortoloni, Catherine BeauchSne, Corine Burnside, Kathryn and George McMullan, Dad@ Crowley, Dafflel BeauchSne, Alan Burnside and of course the irreplaceable Jean- Claude "Bozzonloni. We also had a Casino Night at the

Tahiti night at the "Bortosn. Singapore offers another big advantage: being near those dream spots we all see advkised in es. Based here, it not to take in some of the sites and

There is no such thing as a "typicaln day on a rig and the Sedco/BP 71 1 is hardly a typical rig. Take a look at some of her uFirsts": 1) The first Sedco Forex 15,000 psi Scottish B.O.P. subsea was built engineer for this Bob rig. r McGarva should know: he worked on the construction of this B.O.P. in Houston and Dallas, then went to Korea to install and test it on the brand new rig in 1982. Like several others on board - Jack McKinley, John Christison, George Mitchell, John Norton and Alex

Yule - Bob has been on the 71 1 he trap door is opened to let the since she started her B.P. ' ~ ~ S ~ ~ - - G ~ + P * > - - * contract in March 1983. 2) The first Top Drive. is being repaired on t deck. Mechanic Joh nd mudpit gas extractors. is involved in the job with J. Still, there has been a lot done Ewan and 1- Lafferty from Varco- this year to meet the December 3, The first M-D-S- prototype- 1992 deadline and comply also People from Montrouge with the NSR Recertification engineering are no strangers on program. It has not been easy board here! 4) The first High Pressure/High Temperature wells for B.P. A lot of procedures now used on HPHT wells were first used on the 71 1. Yes, the list goes on ... The first P.M.S. system, today running smoothly under the able hands of P.M.S. supervisor Mike Harrison. Also. SICS and, on the marine side, DMS. (Incidentally, the 71 1 was built around the same time as the 71 2 and 71 4,

<+ -what 2 .- * a '? , .% the 3 craft : 2 - though she was the first out of *f>eypoperates S " i f e  ¥  £ : p

shipyard.) A few of the compliances now

S . \ * ^ Â ¥ s required for the Cullen Report - C ; a ? were already integrated into the

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as the wells and move times have been very short this year -

I giving the men less free time to 1 carry out the numerous ! projects. 1 The new regulations all help

make the rig a safer place to live 1 and work. Among them are:

strategically placed handhold I , and grab rails, marked escape I routes, non-opening windows ' (for gas protection), audible and

visual alarms, disconnection of I "non-explosion proof" electrical 1 equipment, hydrocarbon gas I detectors, fire proofing the inner

structure, fire dampers for I HVAC. installing monitors for air

intake in the mud processing area, illuminated escape signs, emergency lights for hazardous areas, securing containers. Updating instructions also. (e.g. written instructions for manriding winches.) m he men on board responsible for implementing these compliances are the barge engineer, the chief electrician and the OIM. Some of the projects just recently done were building a walkway on the helideck, blocking off hazardous areas on pipe deck and building railings all around the outside walkways.

A DAY ON THE RIG Today is an atypical day on rig. After drilling a well for Deminex, the rig has just moved and is now back with B.P. for a five- day plug and abandon. Atlas is now perforating, then will pull the plug, remove water and circulate mud and cement. Everyone is holed up in the movie room while the well is opened and Sabre, the HzS specialists, are giving a demonstration on mask and oxygen tank use. Once the "all clear" signal is given, everyone goes back to their respective tasks. Dave Burton, B.P. drill rep. and company man on board, has his office next door to rig

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' superintendent Pat Pittman. f b 6 v ~ f t * Dave has been on the 71 1 for

@ a @4 and is f~ctmdk~& 4 quite some time and has seen à à à à à à ~i à .à i~ ià * ç à à à the rig drill most of B.P.'s HPHT

t - - eon* and takesfrom the'sa~e^ fom*

wells. "The rig has worked consistently.", says Dave. "Even though she is showing her age, she is a good performer," he sums up. B.P. has helped in keeping the men satisfied for their off hours' needs by installing Satellite TV

' in all the cabins. Other amenities on rig are a well-equipped radio room under the supervision of radio operator Jon Paxton whose equipment includes two Marisat lines, a phone, radio, fax, telex and a just-installed e-mail on the PC. Jon is a busy man as he even carries on the tradition of writing up and

Driller Mike Bain distributing soccer scores for

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- the men! (remote-operated vehicle) Today, there is a new medic on people who had just set the board, Mike James, who fills in B.O.P. on the seabed. for on as radh operator from 6- - One of the most popular men 9 p.m. onboard is camp boss Reith Down the hall, the P.M.S. room Johnson from UniversalOgden with Mike Harrison. The new Services. Thebad news is that ,

P.M.S. video has just arrived so he is leaving! Keith's food is - we go watch it in the cinema given an A rating by everyone., room. Mike's only comment is A former pub owner, hotelier that the system is less easy to and cruis'e ship chef, Keith only

, manage when there is no P.M.S. wishes the men had more time supervisor assigned on a rig. to-eat his mea1s:"I'm not used Some hours later, during the to this 'rush eating' on a rig!" he -

, night, "radio silence" is laments. broadcasted off and on during a logging job. The use of explosives, set off by a signal from the wireline unit, could set off radios, satellite, radar, and welding machines. In addition, the top drive must be electrically isolated and cranes off. The top drive is down right now, however, being repaired by two men from Varco.

- Also onboard are the ROV

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erser ~ndustries and 4 1 988. In 1992, 4

e BEST program were 0 4 qmented within the oilfield.

ny, the cftange fo 4

tand the Group better90 Â 4 a meet with senior managers and 4

second was held a , France, from 4

participants from all over th* 4 enty-six nationaliti% a a

presented from the fiv Services 'Companies 6 . 4

(hadrill, Dowell ~chiumber~ft, a GECO-PRAKLA, Sedco Forex and 4 Wireline & Testing) and Ã

a Sqhlumberger Cambridge. 4

s. Research, 0 Â Â ¥ a THL two-and-a-&f?aY cours

@ s h e d with a short history o b o a ~&ildmb'erger Limited. on th? ' I @ s6co6d day'senibr iixecutive&

Sthlutaberger explained whad 0

g. c~nstitutes Schlumberger Ã

contributions and be offered the possibility to progress. ... our system is based on merit. ... You should be concerned about your future but not obsessed by it." (On ethics): "We have to have an impeccable reputation. ... We must act consistently." (Schlumberger and the competition): "The technical gap between ourselves and our competitors has probably never been higher." (On profitability): "Schlumberger has a strong balance sheet. ... We're on our own with no one to bail us out. ... This means we must have total control and transparency as far as financial reporting is concerned. ...

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(This is) important as we want to be able to take risks." (On the future): "My belief is that oil, as a source of energy, will last 100 years. ... The recent past has seen 10 years up and 10 years down. We're now entering a much more typical period with growing stability, where demand is growing. ... Our growth will come from improved productivity."

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0 a 4 TRIDENT 111 is working on DPC platform in a RIG 91 ENDS ELF CAMPAIGN @

Dubai. a I N O M A N ~ w w w w w e e w ~ e ' @ @ * @ * @

@ ' Three rigs are presently drilling in Oman: RIG 7 I * @ a @ @ @ @ ' for Japex, RIG 8 and RIG 19 for PDO '

@ by Denis St. Jean b a a & & & - - Â ¥ a

' * @ @ @ @ @ 4 Nine rigs are presently working in Saual a Rig 91 concluded Elf s drilling campaign in a e @ I 0 @ @ @ @ 4 ADS, h 4 , b 5 , ~ ~ 7 , A D 1 2 , ~ ~ 1 4 , AD17 and central Oman in May of this year. The rig had 8 @

1 @ 0 @ @ a @ @ @ 4 AD18 are working for Saudi Aramco and AD8 is been mobilized in ChXober 1989 from Dubai to 8 * , 0 9 9 6 4 working for AOC. à a à a a e à à start Elf's develo~mentalworkon Sahmah 10,

RIG 15 and RIG 23 are both working for Oxy in h~rizontal well, replacing rig 34. Pakistan. a Elf s Sahmah field is located some 300 kilometers D

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In India, TRIDENT 11, HITDRILL 1 and ' @ * from Muscat; crew changes are a long six-hour ' * 0 @ @ @ @ @ @ 4 HITDRILL 2 are drilling for ON^. @ @ @ 0 drive - each way. Situated on the border of Saud @

m e @ @ @ @ @ @ @ SEAREX V is drilling for SSB (Shell) in S ak Arabia's Empty Quarter, it's an ideal location if 9 @

 you want to be a recluse. 0 @

m a * e e a f # , e e Since Sahmah 10, rig 91 has drilled ten in-field , developmental wells on footage; two exploratio

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@ @ wells, one of which on footage; and performed 3 * 0 a 0 a 9 e a e * a @ e 8 e @ e @ % e @ e Q e three workovers in the field. Â a

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@ a  ¥  ¥  ¥ e  ¥ a a a  ¥ e a a Wmfficluaà l o e a a o o a a a a o a a o a o a l In a ceremony held on ~ u g u s t 13th by Petrobra- B @ a a 0 a 0 0 I

on board Sedco 135-D, Robert Jardim unveiled- * a a a 9 0 0 a 0 plaque to commemorate, 15years of production. a a a @ a ,

w w - from the Enchova 1 well. - - -  ¥  ¥ @ a a  ¥ a a a Enchova 1 was the we1 in the offshore Campos Basin; it was drilled and produced by tfte @ * @ * * @ a *

As a tribute to its campaieil. rig 91's last well - Sahmah 22 - wa: Sedco 135-D. Production from the well started a * * * @ * 0

since then Enchova 1 has D Â a 0 @ @ l barrels of oil. Present daily~ a 0 0 6 0 0 e l 0

ng me muu IO- production is 2,300 barrels, u remainin life of the well is e

B a @ a  ¥ * a @  ¥ a ^  ¥  ¥ tendents Michel @ years. e * a a e e e * * * e

Darbo and Alain Ferrand, drilled 5 1,272 meters @ %e well was drilled in 45 d a * e * @ a @ * @ . *

SEDCO BP 471 FEATURED TI IN NA ONAL GEOGRAPHIC

icluding a small bronze icchus (below). they are e d and soon will be on useum at Herculaneum. sare Conticello, its cal superintendent. He hat thieves hoped to sell unscrupulous collectors

waned because all been well documented.

Drilling to the Bottom Layer of Ocean Crust

n international team of scien- A tists has drilled almost a mile and a quarter into the ocean

crust. the deepest seafloor hole ever drilled. They have reached what appears to be the bottom layer of crust: far beneath it is magma that pours through rifts and creates new seafloor as it cools (GEOGRAPHIC, December 1981).

Using the ship JOIDES Resolu- lion, the Ocean Drilling Program team deepened a hole called 504B that scientists have been coring since 1979. The hole, ten inches in diame- ter, is 125 miles south of the Costa Rica Rift in the eastern Pacific.

Scientists had predicted that the latest coring would reveal the start of a different layer. They were right. says Henry Dick of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, one of the team's co-leaders: Approaching 6.550 feet, rocks were found to have

I larger crystals and to be denser and less permeable. The team expects to eventually find extinct magma chambers. Rocks at the bottom of the present hole are still cooling: at 35WF. they are "just right to cook

PHC-C S-S COhTBtSTO the Thanksgiving turkey." he says. -

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Today, similar wells-aredrilled itfhalf that time@ 8 l * @ @ 8 @ a @ * Â Also, in 1977 floating production facilities in m 0 0 Q 0 120m water depth was achallengingprojec b a a , a

ader in FPF ani it ng from record wa%r @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ m a Â

depths of over750 m (all ofthe Petrobras * @ @ @ @ a @ a a deepwater wet tree completions, except one, ha 6 @  ¥  ¥ @ @ @ @ @ been doneby the Sedco709.) @ @ a @ a @ e @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 0 e Thecommemoration was also areunionas 0 a a a @ a 0 Petrobras brought together their personnel that a @ a a pioneered the original Enchova 1 project: the nlant operators, the production engineer, fiscal an @ e @ @ * a @ a a a superintendent, among many others. ' @ a @ @ @ @ 65 a * a a Following thecommemorationforEn(ih&a<P, @ @ @ @ @ @ * @ a @ Benicio ~cheiiniFraz60, operations coordinat- @ @ @ @ 4~ @ a for the southeastproductionregion, presented a à ,g, e 0 @ a a a 0 a SedcoForex plaque fpr-ears without LTI. a @ @

The plaque was accepted on behalf of the rig by rig superintendent Don King (Don was barge 0 @ @ @ @ @ 8 6 Q a a a engineer on the 135-D in 1977). InBenicio9s ' @ @ @ @ @ * @

speecl@h&noted that in thtilast 10 years the 1 3 9 M @ @ @ @ @ 0 0 0

hashad only three LTI'sI @ 0 a a @ 0 @ @ @ @ a 0 a To top off the day, five-year seniority pins werw @ 8 a a Q e 0 a presented to watchstanders Yago Filho and Rui, a * a a a Domin ues b district mana er John Hicks L L - . 2 ..-. . ~ a a a e a a a e a e a o

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bile repair shop, but it ha

crew members who use this shop are ju; ; luded as a key element of the NSR professional and dedicated to their work as all tne engineers and masters onboard.

give something back to their bodies. safety do go hand in hand. ne ("Definitely Not Often Enough) to ten The history of this room goes back to the Gulf o 'Definitely Often Enough") assessment rating. Mexico in the mid-1980s. The story goes that unique aspect of the questionnaire is that not "someone who knew someone" had a chance to

exer-cycle. The Americans in the Gulf started using the gym most routinely; next came a long tow overseas to Brunei where the Malaysians showed interest. Now, in New Zealand, the Kiwis are k customers. Being an athlete all my life I appreciate this gy offshore. It has taken a lot of convincing to turn around the old mentality of "If you have the energy to work-out after working a 12-hour day then you didn't work hard enough" into "If you have the energy to work-out after working a 12- hour day, then you'll be able to work that much harder ^morrow ."

to Bob Jones and his associates, w The results of this analysis were t linear fashion against the original

he comes across" to those he

improving or developing the supe supervisor is developed, so his Lea qualities will be enhanced, again w

"There has been an overwhelming commitment bj everyone involved to obtain the high level of achievement we are seeing; and when we visit the rig, there is a true atmosphere of pride on the part of the crews regarding their rig and their work. "As well as the excellent progress in safety and loss prevention, Sedco 601 has entered new frontiers in drilling performance by establish two new records in the Gulf of Thailand for

DCO 600: THREE YEARS

Roland G6saa at h1-i

retirement party with Sedco Forex

President Andrew Gettld and GECO-

PRAKLA Director of Personnel Gregg

Burt.

Dedication, common sense and fairness were the words Chairman Euan Baird used in describing Vice Chairman Roland G@n when he retir2.d this year after 42 years with the company. "Impressive as your achievements are," writes Baird, "it is the quality of your leadership which we will remember most vividly. Your steadfast commitment to the best interests of Schlumberger

supply of common sense, made difficult decisions seem relatively straightforward. ... Finally, your deep sense of fairness, particularly towards people or business sectors least able to defend themselves, was an essential factor in the development of a cornpa& where diversity has always been considered an asset." Hired by Marcel Schlumberger in 1950 as a field engineer, Roland first started overseas assignments in South America and Indonesia. His career made spectacular leaps from then on as he joined top management ~ ~ S P B S , then President of Dowel1 Schlumberger ('67-'68), joining Schlumberger Limited thereafter in various oilfield services positions. Roland played an integral part representing Schlumberger on Forex's Board of Directors in easing the transition into S'chlumberger practices when, in 1970, Forex became a full subsidiary of Schlumberger. Later during the Forex Neptune

was

integration, his prime concern was in blending the teams in order to promote the company's offshore

Neptune - be they the leaders, the engineers, and above all the toolpushers,"says G6nin. "I was very attracted by this ambiance, I'd call, very human and at the same time very physical. Physically

profession and the clients." The past five years, Roland was Vice Chairman of the Board, in charge of Oilfield Services. In listening to the man himself, we get a sense of what the "Schlumberger t" - the passion and enthu&sm for a difficu lenge - is all#bout:

"One of the temptations of management is to imagine

oneself better than one is. By taking yourself a little less

seriously, you tend to rely more on others and,

consequently, you work better as a team."

"?fyouv~ant to learn about,^ eo le and technique, be I l l Â

your own boss, and are strong physically and

emotionally, join Schlumberger. ..but when you marry,

take good care of your family. Don't expect anybody

else to do it for you."

W e left at 5 a.m. the next morning without proper

clothing; for Punta Arenas (.Chile) weather. It was a two-

truck location and there wasno way to telephone

Caracas. It was the best assignment of our

Schlumberger life."

by Cajetan Onwuezobe

'All d r k and no play &kes Jack a dull rf6y,'9 goes the saying. Crew 1 of rig 1, drilling for Elf Nigeria at Obagi field therefore took time to celebrate with Jonathan Oferen who was recently promoted driller. We also celebrated my new position as assistant driller. Thanks to senior drillert'lement Offor wlf8 made this all

The crew poses with, in center, Jonathan in traditional attire, flanked by Cajetan in black cap and Nathaniel Tunde with glass.

two weeks, were of Mechanics, C2$iiPe

Maintenance and Mechanical Equipment. The senior and chief mechanics who participated: instructor Tom Thomas, Peter Agbonkonkon-Searex IV, Felix Obiomah-Seam XU, Osobase Oziegbe-Sedneth 202, Joseph Ewonde and Brigboademo Gold-rig 54, Anthony Okwudigbomna-Trident IX, Morice Nwokoma- Searex xu.

Happy birthday to one-year-old Roy, son of Solo and Ugo Owalogho. Solo is floonnan on rig 1 in Nigeria.

WELCOME HOME. DADDY Edikan Ntia

w ^> {\ I remember the 27th November and several years back when my husband James Ntia used to move from one rig to another as a rig warehouseman. He started work with Forex Neptune as a rig clerk in 1981; three years later we met. Initially, it was difficult to adjust to the .one week offltw~~yveeks on board schedule. As it was, occasions like birthdays often fell during his on-duty periods. Then came November 27th 1990 when Maverick, our son, arrived. James was on board the Sedco H, then (tailing for Elf in N$eria. Remember Maverick? The 2 112 month-old baby on fee last page of the June 1991 issue? Unfortunately, Maverick had to celebrate his first birthday without daddy who was then on the Sedneth 202. Thankfully, James was lucky to be available for his ten- ear service award party. I was beginning !/ w to wonder what would happen come November 27th 1992 when Maverick is two. But thanks to hard work and dedication, James now works at the Port Harcourt base office as assets coordinator. I no longer have to worry and little Maverick can now wait every evening when daddy closes for the day t&ay "Welcome home, daddy". ''

Sifon Maverick James is happy to have daddy home.

From Sandstorm to Snowstorm Syria. In Damascus with Dave Roy's sons Euann and Seamus.

From Saudi Arabia...

Jean-Jacques Ardignac, AD 8 rig manager, is preset his 30-year pin  from President Andrew Gould. :s.;?

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From &bai ... Â

Batool-daughter of Saiyah Yousif Saudi, government relations officer for Dubai district-is happy to be part of the Sedco Forex family.

a a i F a q D B T Sedco Forex and Dowel1 Schlumberger played a friendly cricket match at the Dubai Country Club cricket ground. The players consisted of Americans, English, Italians, Pakistanis and Indians - all members of the Schlumberger family. Andy R&e, Alberto BertoJoni and Fred Pet* played cricket for the f i r t time and they all scored runs. After several "tea breaks" from the hot sun, Sedco Forex won the match by 23 runs. Batting first, they scored 158 runs for the loss of seven wickets. In reply^)owell Schlumbffger were all o u t p 135 runs. 12-year-old Aaeel Khan, son of Sedco Forex's Shakil Khan, took five of Dowel1 Schlumberger's wickets and was voted "Man of the Match" by all in attendance.

John Powers, operations manager, celebrates his 20 years with the ~'"P''" Â Alain Manchot, PMS supervisor on AD 8, celebrates his 20 years with the company.

The victorious Sedco Forex team after the match. We recognize Andy Rikcfihakil Khan, Zahid. JWeel Khan holds the m y .

Robert Poupot, chief electrician on AD 4, receives warm congratulations for his 20 years with the company from Lee Turner, joint venture manager.

- ". kiwi sHff

Correction: Zafar Islam, barge supervisor on the

5?

From Singapore ...

From Balikpapan ...

u-m w  R V ~ ~ M B ~ W N&l Roche and Jean-Louis Roche spent seven

by the crew and management of rig 3 years together at the same secondary school in a small city located in the middle of France, Issoire.

Rig 38 recently witnessed the retirement of one of After the "Bac", Jean-Louis continued his studies its generals. Gaston Carrere retires wi s in Lyon and N&l went to Clermont Ferrand, of se rvg spread over Fr ce, Africa, f wit, loud voice and experience. The crew and Indonesia. He will be remembered in 1975 a!!d

briefly met in Brazil in 1977 before meeting up management of R38 wish him a long and happy again in Balikpapan in 1991. retirement. Before leaving Indonesia, he was For the distribution of door prizes at a presented with a mounted FAM (fixed asset Schlumberger Party, the two Roches organized a movement) at a farewell dinner at Ben game of "Can You Reco nize Us 30 Years Ago?" in ~ a l d a ~ a n . Â and go? a winner from e & h oil company &king

1 the same sch( I'm sure everyone who has worked with in Balikpapan! We met again in Balikpapan ir the past three decades will join us in wishing him 1991. you recognize us?

La Dolce Vita. (see Milestones)

Jean-Louis Roche and Noil Roche, reunited once again in B a l i whereMo(!l is Sedco b x o m t r and ~tçi .BÈ was Wiiline Kalimanun disrrici 1 25 manager. I -

1.

Roger Torres and Marjorie Allen.

Bobby Cox was honored at the annual IADC Board of Directors Meeting on September 2 1 st with the IADC Emeritus Award "for a career distinguished by service and dedication to the improvement of the contract drilling industry ." In Bobby's acceptance speech, he said "When I arrived in Aberdeen in 1973, it was already obvious that the North Sea was going to have a lot

Alain h e = , sedc0 of regulations and control that none of us had ever seniority pin r ,.. from ASA experienced before. It w e also obvious that the

Andd Lespiaucq, Sedco 600 assistant rig superintendent, receive! his 20-year pin from ASA V.P. Ren6 Huck.

 From Oman...

Last Spring Mare Dottax received his 25-

(Oman district manager Lany Schilhab is seen clapping at right) Mare

Jean-Marie Zecchi, rig superintendent on rig 7, receives his 15-year pin.

regulators considered that the companies were profit-motivated when they objected to new regulations. Being seasoned drilling contractors, we learned real fast that we could go to the regulators with our IADC hats on and get a much more receptive audience &om those folks. ,We all had the same problems, we could all find our own solutions if we could have a consistent interpretation of the existing rules and the proposed new rules. We worked together very closely in this area without giving up any of our competitive spirit. This was the driving force behind the continued growth of the chapter."

Duke Z i , Alain Roger, Bobby Cox, Chuck Purbaugh and Andrew Gould.

We are happy to announce the arrival of Ira Gemais to the JAWS Purchasing group this year. His immediate assignmentis Project Coordinator for NSR, Brazil, and the 471 and he brings a wealk6f experience and knowledge to his position. Ira joined the company on January 1, 1974. He had been working for the previous eight years at the Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans as an electrical foreman. There he assisted in the constdition of the Sedc6702 and 703. Upon the rigs' completion, he was asked to join the company and move to Aberdeen. He jumped at the opportunity. He spent six years living in Aberdeen

while working as Rig Electrician on the 703 and 701, then eventually as Electrical Supervisor on

@ transferred to Dallas "sustaining" engineering group as a Staff Technician, which Ira describes as really a "worldwide trouble shooter." He did a lot of traveling in this position. He says, "It was nothing to be sent out on a two-week projectpd stay three m ths." He stayed ' % Dallas until 1988 when both headquarters engineering department moved to Montrouge. He states, "Those last couple of years in Dallas were traumatic. The not knowing if you would be in the next lay-off was tough." Fortunately at this time the Lafayette office*?,

rq needed a staff engineer and Ira was availa61'e. This sent Ira back to his home state of Louisiana. The unfortunate part was that being back in his home state only lasted one year when the Lafayette office closed. As good fortune would have it, an opening existed for himr$o join the ~ o n t f 8 u ~ e 66~reventati&' Maintenance" group. This suited Ira as it gave him a chance to work in an area he had a strong background in. After a couple of years of living and working in Paris, a challenging opportunity came open to retum to the U.S. and JAWS. ~ o r t u n h e l ~ for JAWS heLaccepted. Ira's onfy regret was in not having had more time to work under Femand Rat, a boss he really appreciated. Moving back to the States gave Ira and his gracious and vivacious wife Sandra an opportunity to be near their original Thibodaux, Louis roots akain. Ira and Sandra do proclaim themselves "full-fledged coon ass". Another major influence was the chance to be near their two children, Bobby, who was in his third year at Baylor Law School, and Christy, a high school graduate of the American School of Paris and now a scholastic schbiarship student awrinity University in San Antonio. Ira says it's great to have all his possessions in one place again. Ira states that the greatest experience he has had while working for Sedco Forex has been "the people I have met". Indeed, Ira doesn't meet many strange+ zxr- . w g,

Besides adding Ira's expert equipment knowledge and field experience to what JAWS can offer, he offers a positive and can-do attitude that goes h a d in hand with what we want JAWS to represent to our field locations.

m: ~ R R I -IN HELEN PHILLIPS FROM: S E D C O m 4 7 1 DATE: 03/17/S2 EmJ: r n 1 L

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THE IB3 I S NlMRLY OVER AND IN A SHORT W I L X WE*RX ALL HEADINa ROR DI- DIRXTIONS- BEFORE WE WVE. WB WOULD LIKE TO TAKB O ~ R T U N I T Y TO THANK YOU GIRLS TOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS IN MAKING !CSiE PBRSOtW M I L SYm SUCH A VAIUABLB ASSET HERE OM FARD. W I L E STAYIMG OUT HERE ON THE OCEAN FAR AWAY FlKM THE "REAL WRU I T XEIWS US TUNED WITH OUR RWILIES AND h ONES AND YOU CONTRIBUTE IN KEEPING OUR HORALE HI5H.

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u h3 k Three computer-pages of a career were resumed by Jean Chevalliw when he presented % 706 rig superintendent Gemges (Bumau with hii Byear mice pin. The latest feather in Ge5rge.s' cap was the honor he shared with his fellow crew members for his rig winning the Safe Rig of the Qwuter a w d fOrQ1.

r bid for 'l'otal - . . 8 similar operation to Gannet and Maui B. Many people, both in Paris and Aberdeen, were involved in the preparation of the bid and it was dispatched on time in the boxes shown stacked in this picture - all 35 volumes! Peter McDonnell was called in from training to act as Bid Coordinator, with Barbara Smith as the Dunbar Bid secretary. After submittal, the main architects involved were invited to a post-Dunbar meal.

Smiles are ' order for a job we11 done as some of the p le p with the c a n s of 35 volumes: &k Mick Mc~ulty,&W M c h n e l l and Bob MacChesney. Front: Ann Bisset, Barbara Smith and Nick Huggins.

engineer. Throughout his career with Sedco Forex, he worked in Norway, Dallas, College Station and Aberdeen, with the 703,710,471, Phillips SS and 445. His final position was rig manager for the

Farewell barbecue with Vicky Steere, Ge-orge Donald (703 rig manager), Dave Steere, Yves Le Moign (704/704/710 district manager) and Willy Brandt (Shell district mager).

EKKA I A= aeoco 1-0 page 15: The Trident Singapore; Trident IV was built in the U.S.A. page 16: The Trident IX was a Forex Neptune JOUS~ - desip with help=from a Japanese design group. Bemm Vivet, Dang Tran, Pierre Morvan and Yves Cuillerdier

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Scott Keenen was appointed Personnel Manaf

'/< Brena was Dorn to Carla A4VeS an0 ~tnil t0n ~viattos 01 % January 28th. Carla is secretary in the Brazil district - office and Amilt~ a motorman on the Sedco