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MakinHay, "So see the current dip as a top up opportunity " I'm puzzled. What exactly are you referring to as the 'current dip'? Or are you considering the high of about a year ago as the 'benchmark'?

plumbus, Thanks for the link. I think that clears things up. Seems like Malcy's visit to Drydocks is in relation to some Petrofac stuff, but he says he'll try to 'swing by' and look at the AM while he's there. So it's not a 'Hurricane jolly'. I'd imagine that Drydocks has got pretty tight security, so other than snapping a few pictures from a distance, I don't reckon the Big Man will actually get very close, and definitely not onboard.

Daltry, " I have since learnt never to invest in Alt Market companies, especially a one trick pony." Please forgive my impertinence, but if that's the case one can only presume you're not invested in HUR (an AIM-listed company). Which begs the question 'why are you bothering to post here'? Especially as your posts have such an obvious negative slant as regards the latest news.

What RNS? Somehow I don't see it listed as an RNS as such: not on this site, at least. Instead, just the press release on the company site. Isn't this rather odd? Or is it simply that LSE is being slow?

Genghis, 'Mb malcy's not going there 4 HUR?' Yes, good point. It's just an assumption on the part of posters here (myself included) that he's gone to Drydocks on a Hurricane 'assignment'. So like many assumptions, it may be wrong.

"The chances of someone being appointed to challenge the status quo are slim. " (quoth Wellwell). Good! (imho). What's wrong with the status quo, anyway? Seems pretty peachy to me. Corporate 'governance issues' being upgraded, good progress being made with the hardware for EPS, etc., etc., what's not to like? The new bloke's CV reads fine to me, especially the Tullow / Songa parts. On a slightly different topic, today's RNS was almost certainly being prepared at the end of last week to be ready for publication this morning. But meanwhile, what's happening in Dubai? The last 'shareholders' jolly' there was pre-annonced by the company, this time the only indication that another was happening was that tweet from Malcy. Maybe the participants have been threatened with being chucked in the harbour if they so much as think about tweeting anything. And remember, in that part of the world, Sunday is the equivalent of 'our' Monday morning, with Friday and Saturday being the weekend. Not that 'weekends' mean much to Drydock World, probably.

Gillnetter, Not impossible: she's a small 'heavylift'. Current destination Bandar Abbas (not Dubai), but maybe just to drop off present cargo before picking up 'something else'.Like a 'turret bouy', whatever that may be. Obviously one can't post 'inside info' on this BB, but I've been saying for a while here that I reckon a fast small 'heavylift' vessel like this would be an obvious way of getting the buoy to Lerwick. An inspired guess on your part?

Extrader, "why not get dspp involved as a professional consultant, who - apart from his existing investment exposure - would be a more disinterested commentator on what prospects HUR might have and the various scenarios that might unfold ?" OK, this BB now has a reputation for going a bit 'OT' at weekends, but usually that means 'off topic', not 'over the top'. All I can hope is that you were on the port and cigars part of a very good supper when you wrote the phrase I've quoted above. Though don't forget to vote Pijoe for Chairman...

PS But just checking in to see if this nice little 'blue day' trend continues. As I suspect iy will!

SIPP, "Wow AK, what planet were those marketers and Halliburton ad managers on?" It's late at night (I haven't been to the casino, though), but I find myself awake, and mischievous, so will give a tentative answer to your question. 'Probably the same planet as RB would like to live on'. I won't be corresponding much more on this BB over the next few days, due to truck-racing commitments, lots of miles to drive (drinking beer and throwing the cans out of the window), and 'raiding' a couple of casino poker tables at the places I'm going to, getting out as quick as poss; before their heads have stopped spinning and 'etiquette' be dammed.

SIPP, Thanks for the cringe-making Kwik-fit clip! And to keep an a frivolous note (it's not the weekend yet, but another nice blue day), here's something to really make your toes curl up in embarrassment for our forebears. I've posted this link before a couple of years ago, but worth doing again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIkLVq4mD88 PS: theres' another thing I'll try to find on youtube relating to posts way back when, but I'll have to search for it.... Vive le LSE Hurricane BB, and all who sail on her! And have done for so long.

Pijoe, Wrt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz9_YfIQaz4 Priceless. Lovely. Thank you.

Rangers, ". I can see that your ****ed at not knowing what happened with SS though! Ha ha." Ha bl**dy ha. Wish we could exchange PM's on this, 'cos I've been raising hell and high water trying to find out what the story is. Not simply because it's holding up our rig, but also because I'm very interested in 'well-control incidents' from a technical standpoint, and what we can learn from them to prevent recurrences. Can't win 'em all. We'll find out someday...

pijoe, Once again, thanks for the backup. However, for the sake of maintaining calm and peace: " perhaps however you could consider apologising for comparing AD to a Kwik fit tyre fitter?" No apology necessary. I think it was just a comment written without thought. I couldn't be a Kwik-Fit tyre technician, anyway. Probably get sacked for turning up at work drunk and under of the influence of illegal substances, because the tedium would have driven me to that.! I HAVE once (in 1986, close to the Tunisian border in Libya, just a couple of weeks after Ronald had bombed Tripoli) single-handedly changed a tyre on an Ideco 750 Desert-Rambler rig as a part of the 'stacking-process' before getting the thing back the 300km to base, as Pool-Intairdril (a good Republican company) were closing operations per the Commander-in-Chief's instructions. Check google to see what the tyres on a Desert Rambler look like. It took me two days. 'Breaking the bead' was a real headache. I solved it by using the loader and putting an 8" pony drill-collar between the rim and the ground, overlying the tyre, and running over it with the Kenworth 500. Lots of fun, and that was just the start. (Or rather, no it wasn't, 'cos getting the wheel off the substructure by myself, and without killing myself, was also fun!) In the meantime, while taking an occasional break, I'd lie on the roof of my sleeper, taking the sun, occasionally listening to the BBC World Service over the radio in my Toyota FJ47 pickup (turned loud) and news of a nuclear power-station which had blown up. Quite unaware that there was an invisible toxic radioactive 'cloud' passing over my head just at the same time, and being precipitated in the morning dew. In fact I consider the rude good (and inexplicable) good health I currently enjoy, to be a direct result of that event. And not having worried about it. By rights, I should glow in the dark.

sulsgeir, Thanks for the update. Somewhat suspected, a bit unfortunate, but not a game-changer by any means. Just means a bit more work for Neil Platt to oversee, moving the focus from putting sky or tree pieces into the jigsaw puzzle and shoving in some the brickwork bits instead! It'll all come together in the end, anyway. One major reason why a rig delay isn't a very big deal is that the recompletions have been 'done on paper' yonks ago, and there are no time-related details inherent. So whether they're done next week (which won't be the case), next month (ditto) or the month afterwards, makes no difference. The only slight bother for me (because I want to keep my views balanced) is the rig itself. And we simply don't know what she's been doing for Repsol. That's closed up tighter than a duck's ********. And instead of being in Invergordon last November for maintenence, she's remained at sea. Dr T is probably spitting fire over this delay. But the English and the Spaniards have never really got on well together, have thay?

Ricfle, "What was it you said? All views welcome? Really? This is my view and having considered not posting any more, I think that you and others can only benefit from my views, weather you like them or not." Despite our many frequent disputes, disagreements and so on, please do not stop posting. I mean that, honestly. A few months ago you were engaging others in some financial debate which I found interesting and somewhat educational. I kept out of the discussion, because it wasn't my 'domain'. All I'd suggest is that when it comes down to some of the 'engineering', don't come in with blind assumptions which may not be true. Because 'engineers' can be blunt and merciless when it comes to correcting factual inaccuracies. Keep on posting...

The second point I noticed is this, and here I'll actually quote: but I have to be careful. So will deconstruct it bit by bit. "HUR have not categorically said that max tieback length is 6km. What they have said is much more nuanced than that." Oh yeah? I disagree. Yes they have been categoric, though admittedly 'based on current understanding of existing flowline solution'. So I'll agree that if some further knowledge is obtained, maybe the 'range' can be extended. " Under some circumstances, for some reasons, for some periods of time, at some flow rates, with some levels of knowledge, other things are indicated by what HUR have already said." Yes, I'll agree with that as well. Plans can change as more data is acquired. Compare/contrast the EPS as envisaged in the 2013 CPR with what's actually going ahead now. One has to be flexible. " My strong suspicion is that people will be looking very closely at whether the flowline envelope can be stretched to 6-10km so as to get "flow assurance" for (say) 6-12 months. If so, that means the AM can serve to sufficiently appraise Lincoln and Warwick without moving an inch." And this is where I completely disagree with my colleague on the other board. But thankfully he ringfences his disclaimer "My strong suspicion is...". In other words, it's a personal opinion. For what it's worth, and in response, I, personally, little ol' adoubleuk, 'strongly suspect' that Hurricane have better ways of wasting their time and our money than trying to tie Warwick (which will be an exploration well, not appraisal) into the FPSO! Technically and economically, there is (in my opinion) utterly no reason why Hurricane should pursue such a course of action. When it boils down to it, look again at the pictures of the FPSO in Dubai, and the nice new signboard on its side. There's the Hurricane logo, and underneathit, big and bold, the word 'Lancaster'. Is there a little bit underneath in paretheses and small print saying '(and maybe other fields)'? If so, I can't see it. Other than these two significant points of disagreement (taking up two posts), Dspp writes a lot of knowlegable and informed stuff which I enjoy reading, because I recognise a fellow professional when I see one. Doesn't mean we have to necessarily agree on everything, though. I suspect he's spent more of his career wearing a tie and sitting behind a desk than I have, but just because his calculator's got less muddy paw-prints on its buttons than mine doesn't mean that the result in the display is somehow 'better'.

Ricfle (an' all), "Another excellent post from Dspp, explaining his thinking so all can understand. No insults, fool comments, ridicule or "smoke and mirrors". Strangely enough no rebuttals from all of yesterdays experts." Yeah, thought I'd leave you people some peace today, for a change. Didn't stop me from dropping in on the land of lemons to read Dspp's latest. It's obvious that the man has a good quantity of specialised knowledge. And also he doesn't mind writing long posts. So that's two things we have in common. And also I very strongly suspect he's been reading comments on this board, but thats opinion only, having no proof! UNFORTUNATELY, as regards gas injection and the formation of a 'gas cap' generating a risk of causing 'seal failure', he remains completely wrong. And I hope he's reading this. For technical reasons I just won't bother going into in detail here, because very few people would understand, and I don't want to 'blind people with science'. However (reckoning Dspp himself might read this) here's a couple of pertinent points. Gas injection when performed as a'disposal' measure, rather than a means to reinforce an existant 'gas-cap drive', is done at pressures just exceeding or equal to those for the gas to be injected into the formation. Once friction pressures are overcome, actual 'overpressure' required is a matter of tens of psi at most (ie negligible) anything greater would be stupid, and the designers of gas injetion systems aren't stupid. Yes, a 'gas cap' at the top of the reservoir will form. And its existance my cause the top of the reservoir to become 'abnormally pressured', and a thing to watch out for during subsequent development drilling. BUT, (I wish I could insert italics or bold or underline here), OVERALL RESERVOIR FORMATION PRESSURE DOES NOT CHANGE (except maybe by those 10 psi or so). Or to put it another way, the pressure 'upthrust' on the overlying sedimentary formations exerted by the reservoir doesn't increase, so there's no risk of 'breaking' it. What DOES CHANGE is the pressure gradient within the reservoir, due to the reduced hydrostatic of the gas-cap due to gas being low-density. Plus the gas is compressible. And this is why gas injection can alter production characteristics, and (in the case of FB) significantly increase the risk of premature water breakthrough. And this is why Dr T won't do it during the first three years. And after that it probably won't be his problem anyway! I'll continue this in a second post, to ensure I've got typing space....

Sorry, TTF as Executive Director of Comms, with a special mandate of lemon-detection.

With TTF as Executive Chairman for Communications.