Very interesting Rigzone article here about the UK industry reaction to the new immigration cap.   Key elements from the article:   – Total were allocated 2 visas for their £2bn campaign for Shetland! – The cap may affect Inter Company Transfers, meaning that only UK/EU candidates will be able to work on projects won [...]

The Uk have granted 144 new licences, but they have held back 99. May be a sign that things aren't going to be as easy as they were in the wake of Macondo.   Link here

So we are getting everything up and running now, we have a new company profile on Linkedin here, our twitter feed is @xltecrecruit our Facebook page will be up and working very soon.   These are all good ways to keep track of what we are doing, and you can also check out the website [...]

East Timor are working with ENI and Reliance for some deepwater drilling work to commence soon. Link here

6 weeks early, the moratorium is over. Hopefully things will pick up nice and quickly.   Nice to have some good news about the whole Macondo mess.

Looks like Europe are also keen on increasing restrictive legislation on oil and gas. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6961AO20101007