If you believe oil/gas companies are not interested in making more money, and don't look at cash flow for projects costing billions of dollars, I don't think you are going to be convinced by me.
I once worked a oil field production facility where every barrel of oil had a 40% split with the foreign government for oil produced after January 1, 1994. Any barrel produced before that had 0% government take. We designed for 120,000 barrels per day. We started flowing months early, although not at full flow.
I've been part of emergency rebuilds where not only the construction but the engineering and design work 24/7 for half a year. If you think I don't understand rush projects, you are mistaken.
Have a great day, God Bless.
Thank you for the discussion Thackney. I’m sure it probably frustrates you do debate an issue like this with someone not in the industry. I appreciate the arguments you made. I don’t have all the answers. It is people like you that I need to help come up with them.
It may be entirely childish to say it, but I’m going to say it anyway. Where there is a will, there is a way.
Simply denying that anything could be done, and that finances could never be managed to break even, doesn’t cut it for me.
We have 25% of our workforce out of work right now. We have idle manpower out the Kazoo.
Take care. I appreciate the cordial nature of your comments.