Many agree that it was then that the downfall began. I often think about what it would be like today if merger never happened.
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You would be either unemployed or working under Halliburton mis-management.
I had the terrible misfortune to work in the Mumbai Office.
What about the little dwarf and his minions still running around thinking there it
If Kirkhill wins drilling work then Mumbai will take charge in all management and technical supervision and remote operations. Can’t afford to let aberdeen office f-up anymore.
The lesson learned in kirkhill is don’t put a dumfxxx mwd numty in charge of drilling. That’s why the stoneywood / kirkhill drilling dept went down the tubes and Gze shut them down. What a mess.
Is Mumbai office in charge of kirkhill?
Nobody take kirkhill serious it’s just dum iron and grunts very little work
Ge bought over wood group and closed the peterhead branch,same pattern here in bod it’s what ge do!!
No one left in aberdeen what about Kirkhill plenty there plus little short a-s
No one left in aberdeen buddy they all been fired or laid off.
Aberdeen’s biggest problem was a rotten core of incompetent management particularly in the drilling dept who were dragging the company into a steep decline and eventual ruin. This was obvious to everyone and GE noticed this immediately. GE decided they needed to get rid of this problem but it was too late. The rot was too deep and so aberdeen was finished. There’s still potentially 30 yrs drilling left in the North Sea so pulling out of this region prematurely is a huge embarrassment for Baker as it illustrates extremely poor local management.
BH was already in decline heading into the recession when GE came in. GE were ill-advised to buy BH but anyone with half a brain could see why these two got into bed. In no time GE saw their mistake and wanted to get out of this mess.
BH would save a lot of money on air freshener, needed to cover up their curry-scented stench.
BH could have survived in Aberdeen North Sea if they kept the BP work. Once they lost it, it was game over. GE had to act decisively and get out.
BH was doing badly in the North Sea Scotland because the client accounts were badly managed. They ended up losing all their accounts and GE could see the writing on the wall and pulled out of Aberdeen.
I worked for BHI for 12 years before GE came along. I know everyone wants to get nostalgic and blame GE for all the wrongs. Fact is BH was in trouble, GE shored up the pension, took a ton of the debt off the sheets, and gave BH room to breathe after Halliburton had us locked up for 2 years and we couldn’t make any moves. Not saying GE is without sin, but BHI wasn’t doing well at the time, it’s why we were an easy target.
Given enough time, Baker would have eventually figured out their assets from a ho-e in the ground and could have become # 2 in the industry, behind Scumberger.
Instead with the help of the geniuses from GE, we are now in the business of chasing rainbows, unicorns and fairy fa_ts and now playing catchup to WhattheF which had previously declared bankruptcy!