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McKay's contractor and rig owner, Songa Offshore, were inundated with inquiries that blocked their communications, McKay said.
"This became intolerable for them and I was removed from the rig and not invited back."
McKay said he was paid up until the end of his hitch, or work period, but released from the rig five days early.
The subcontractor that he was working under, M-I Swaco, said McKay was being released early as it had a local-salary engineer to take his place, he said. "Contracts meant little in the oil field," McKay said. "The oil patch is a rough, unforgiving game."
The drilling fluids consultant has worked mostly in Southeast Asia for the past 35 years and in Vietnam waters almost continuously since 2008. He is now back in New Zealand and is waiting for a new contract.
Sounds like a reliable chap, worked there for 35 years and sent home early complaining contracts mean nothing. But he didn't get the sack. Nudge nudge wink wink.