Very well researched lecture on offshore seismic truthinbeer, well done. I almost made it to the end without glazing over.
You've glazed over the question of who exactly will be on patrol? The Somalian government won't recognise the contract Range has with Puntland so don't expect them to step in. And in any case, the Somalian Navy appears to have a commander but "no men and no boats" - http://www.informationdissemination.net/2009/08/new-somali-navy.html
CIA fact book doesn't recognise any armed forced either, certainly not a naval force - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/so.html
This picture is what I found when searching for images of the Somalian Navy.
So I guess Range or the farm out partner has to engage the services of a mercinary naval fleet. I wish my job was that interesting.
So how is Puntland offshore "not an issue" truthinbeer?
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