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Odd Finnestad alerted us to some brilliant engineering solutions at There I Fixed It. We have selected a few in honor of our structural engineering colleagues, whose commitment to safety, continuous improvement, and innovation never ceases to amaze us!

 

structural engineering solution to paperwork management challenges

 

 

correcting dangerous structural weakness without stopping "production"

 

 

backup seat belt option using existing structure and systems

 

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Chilean miner Edison Pena does an Elvis number on Letterman (toward the end of the clip).  Gotta like this guy!

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Rescued Chilean miner Edison Pena

Jared with Meb Keflezighi

Forget about the guys up front, this will be the marquis race in NYC on Sunday!

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Joe Barton (R-Texas) is definitely interested.

He will face a growing field of senior House GOP lawmakers with their sights set on serving atop the powerful Energy and Commerce panel, including Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

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Happy Halloween!

I’ll be dressing up in my “command and control” regulator costume 🙂

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In case you haven’t seen this video from the Atwood Eagle offshore Australia.

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Posting will be suspended (hold the applause :)) while our large international staff attends the IRF Safety Conference and engages in deep thought and meditation. After this period of reflection and renewal, BOE’s revitalized staff will resume posting (on or about 25 October).

Kudos to the overwhelming majority of offshore energy sector employees for their unwavering commitment to safety achievement and pollution prevention.

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It’s nice to have a day of uplifting news for a change, and it’s drilling related!

Chi-chi-chi, le-le-le, viva Chile!

 

 

 

 

 

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China is the world’s largest energy user, moving ahead of the United States, the head of the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday.

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