"drop it off en route" - where did I say that? As far as I can see I never did.
It may not be appreciated by those that have never worked in a deep-water offshore oil environment that there are many production facilities (extant or planned) situated from 50 to 150 nautical miles from land and are NOT bolted to the sea bed. It is possible for these 'floaters' (semi-subs, tension legs, FPSOs - converted tankers) to be compromised and develop a list. More than 10-15 degrees of list and your helideck is useless for landing but still OK as a winching point. Fire and power failure can rob you of the resources needed to evacuate as per your emergency plan. I know they shouldn't but as I have said before the ship hasn't read the Emergency Plan so doesn't know that unmaintained and uncared for emergency equipment will fail if it's not kept up to scratch.
I am talking about things that have already happened, happening again, not dreaming up mission impossible.
