Merging Pan African and Bristow into one operation.....now there is a project that an MBA will be able to write a paper on someday.
You have the merger of Chevron and Texaco for a customer....and that in itself was a marriage made in heaven. The Texaco multi-engine only safety mentality went by the boards when the Boudreaux Boys at Chevron took over. The security situation at Escravos and all of the Shell operational sites leave a wee tad to be desired except maybe for the deep offshore locations. Those bring up another consideration....no SAR and pitiful flight following. (Example....the fatal 412 crash).
Who is going to run the Nigeria operations....folks in Redhill, New Iberia, or Houston? What standards are going to be used....UK, US, or Nigerian?
How do you merge payscales, rotation, accomodation standards, and operating mentality between the operations?
As the insurgency grows....and does anyone doubt that will happen...what effect does that have on business growth and pace of operations?
Do the folks at Escravos (Fort Apache) get danger pay...and the folks in Warri don't? Do the folks at Escravos continue to work 4/4 and folks at Warri work 7/5? Does OLOG continue to pay different pay scales to folks at the same operation as they do at Escravos?
What effect will the bribery debacle have as theOLOG SEC filing mentioned?
It will take some very shrewd and sage decision making to carry out this merger in an effective manner...given OLOG's track record so far....how are they going to accomplish this? Better yet....who they going to put into critical positions to make it possible? Will the old gang finally get the heave ho and bright new blood be brought in to effect the changes? Will the Best of the British or the Boudereaux Boys hold the reins....or will the Home Team be given a place at the table finally?
Anyone care to make a forecast of what will happen....and we can see how close the guesses are when it all plays out.