Suruthi

Yeah, so just to be clear, it's not like specifically state run, but the company that managed the Byford is owned by the state.

So it is essentially state run.

Yeah, he had literally, like, gone to the Norwegian government, who owns the Byford Dolphin, to be like, eight hours is really not cutting it.

Can we work them, like, 14?

And the government were like, oh, company, we weren't asking that.

Yeah, of course you can.

Don't worry about it.

But for some reason, the Biford was told that they could just fit these new clamps when they got round to it, when they got a chance.

Even though all other oil rigs had been told they had to do it immediately.

So chidover.

Yeah.

And look, if pressure-resistant ramps had been fitted and used on the Biford Dolphin, this horrible incident would never have happened.

But there were also other safety measures that other rigs had introduced, like gauges on the outside of the structure so that the pressure could be seen by the tenders.

Like, this is so important.

The tenders are on the outside.

They're not in the living chambers or in the trunk or in the diving boat.

They're on the outside on the surface of the rig.

And they're basically just helping maneuver the trunks into place.

But there are no gauges on the bifurcated dolphin outside.

So they can only hear the men inside yelling to them.