CALGARY vs NISKU
During the spring and fall of each year, Bawden Drilling would rent the Pine Lake campground, complete with trailer/tent parking stalls,...
Fast Eddie
When Ed Schreiner started with Noble Drilling over 20 years ago, he and Raquel were newlyweds. Ed wanted to go internationally, reasons...
People and Places
Probably the first fly-in to an out of province Bawden rig visit that I had was flying in with the crew going to work in Fort Liard and...
Newfoundland - THE ROCK, Canada
Stephenville, Newfoundland in 1995 Noble Drilling rebuilt a drilling rig that had been racked in Michigan and then moved it to Cape St....
Mark your calendar
I just received this notice and wanted to share with those of you that are interested in visiting this museum and looking through the...
THE BAWDEN DRILLING REUNIONS
in 1994 a group of us decided that there should be a Bawden Reunion in Edmonton, hopefully held in 1995., which would give us a year....
Storytelling
Since starting this blog I have had stories that a few Bawden/Noble personnel past or present have shared with me and I want to share a...
A Picture is worth a thousand words - The Middle East, Qatar and UAE
The only way to really describe my travels to the Middle East is to post the pictures, I cannot say any words that could describe these...
Had a chat with Lyle yesterday ......
Lyle McKain - Rig Mgr., Supt., etc.,(who started with Bawden in 1971) and I had phone chat swapping stories about our years with Bawden...
SOURDOUGH RAFT RACE/Klondike Days
Who remembers the sourdough raft races on the North Saskatchewan river during Klondike days? At one time I had pictures and even the...
The Federal Republic of Nigeria: the most populated country in Africa
Little known fact - Nigeria has the highest rate of twin births in the world compared to any other country..........Which would possibly...
FAMILY, we may not have it all together, but together we have it all.
quote by Chandler Warren Let me introduce you to my family who put up with a working Mom all of their growing up years. Some even still...
Russian to get things done
This story was submitted to me by Buck Kilgour, previous Noble Employee. In 1992 Noble Drilling was awarded the drilling project for 4...
Where the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn pass through- BRAZIL
The fun part - Dana Roberts with Navigant Travel (the company that handled most of Noble travel) invited me to join her on a flight to...
Flash from the past
This is a brief rundown on my work history in this industry. Prior to Peter Bawden Drilling I was with Baldwin and Knoll - a well...
Stockholm Syndrome
It's Thursday or as my as my staff would like to call it "Day 4 of the hostage situation". I must mention the people that worked with me...
International Travel and Turbulence
As exotic as international travel sounds, when these crews are doing it every 28 or 35 days for years on end it tends to lose a bit of...
CHANGING LANES
Hiring for the International offshore was a totally different program and much more involved. Our main focus after finding the right ...