Ann: Neptune secures multiple works on Gorgon , page-31

This I definately agree with.

It will always be the case if a project has been executed without downtime or performance issues the company will gain a reputation for quality project performance, on HSEQ, or even lack of IR issues actually (especially in the North West Shelf projects which you couldnt help but know if you have been reading about the MUA maritime activity and the AMMA's struggles to regulate them on behalf of both operators, EPCI contractors and general third party suppliers of which Neptune is one of many waging a battle in this regard).

This however does not guarantee work, sorry it just doesn't. Granted it adds to the track record of the company and industry perception of that company which goes in many ways a long way in assisting the company to secure further work.

This however was not the point of the original thread, it got convoluted somewhere down the track there and was drowned out by the clinking of Oorains champagne glasses down in the tent....

If you have any knowledge of the industry or familiarity with it you will know that you can secure a project, do an outstanding job for the client and the very next project fail to secure it because you are not low bidder.

Large O and G companies are definately not under any obligation to accept the low bidder in a tendering scenario however it often happens that they do by procurement or corporate policy.

Anyway thats what we do at the local Deli and at Woolworths ha ha...