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44 comments on Remember Where the Offshore Rigs Are and What They Can Take?

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Tom DC in VA on August 26, 2006 - 8:43pm

The problem isn't that the US industry shed skill staff, its that we didn't force a conservation program upon ourselves when we had the opportunity. That's what we're paying for.

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MUDLOGGER on August 27, 2006 - 2:29pm

But now we need to find the stuff and its not there and we dont have the staff.

You are right though. A lack of Conservation is probably the biggest mistake in the history of western civilisation. Assuming that there are historians in a thousand years time, this is what they will nail us on.

Pity we couldnt see it coming when oil was 15 US a barrel...

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GreyZone on August 27, 2006 - 10:55pm

Some people did see it coming, even when oil was a few dollars per barrel. They were universally ignored by those in power.

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