That's unfortunate. In general I found working with Exxon's...

That's unfortunate. In general I found working with Exxon's drilling people a challenge and I often wondered if there was an order issued from top to drillers to make geologists life as difficult as possible. On many jobs I wasn't usually invited to the morning conference call with town and being kept in the loop on what was happening with the operation entailed consulting my "spy" network both rig side and townside.

On my last job with EOM I took the time to pop in and say goodbye to the Company Man before jumping on the chopper. He had just been told that the casing cement job had gone pear shaped and there was a casing string filled with cement. The Company Man's response to my cheery goodbye..."You Kiwis make me wanna commit suicide!". I was happy to be on my way.