Zalt,
you probably meant to write "inadequate".
Funny to see how every country operates Sea Kings and the Dutch thought to get away with a Lynx. Cheap trick.
As far as I know these oil companies got a report that stated that an accident with something like a S61 or a Super Puma would mean that after a survivable accident everybody would perish due to the lack of adequate SAR cover. And they probably thought they were going to end up in court if it happened..
Still, commercial SAR opens up the market a bit more, perhaps it should become the standard? leave the combat SAR to the military but normal SAR to a commercial operator?