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When Is Crew Change?

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I haven’t even been here a week yet and I’m already ready for crew change!

We’ve all been running around like a bunch of chickens with our heads cut off. It’s been non-stop since I got here and I’m wondering how much longer it will continue like this?

It’s ALWAYS rough when a vessel has been laid up for a while. Or when it’s new and just coming out of the yard.

I didn’t know the whole story when I took this job. If I did I think I might have turned it down. Yeah, even knowing how slow things have been lately.

As it is, I’m glad to have the work, but jeez, I wish it was finished already!

“Maersk Viking” Heading to GOM: Take a Virtual Tour of the Rig

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“Maersk Viking” Heading to GOM: Take a Virtual Tour of the Rig – Oilpro.

Thanks to Mr Jeff Reed for posting this to Oilpro! That’s where I saw it posted. It’s a pretty neat video of the new drillship Maersk Viking.

I’ve been spending a lot of time (as mate/DPO) on very similar ships in the last couple of years. The drillships Pacific Santa Ana, DS-5 and DS-3 are all a lot like this one.

This one will be coming to the Gulf of Mexico soon. I keep trying to find a position on something working somewhere other than the GOM, but it seems all the work is here. I guess I’ll be stuck here til things change and there’s a boom somewhere else in the world.

You can take the virtual tour and get an idea of where I’ve been spending a lot of my time lately.

Semisubmersible Rig

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Where I've been working lately...

Where I’ve been working lately…