The other I was sharing with James that I realised if I am really going to continue my career in the oil and gas industry, I cannot be as environmental-friendly as I want to be.
Let's face it. I am one of those Singaporean who was brought up not to litter the streets, not to spit in public etc.
What I see here is alarming lah...
'MUD' is a form of lubricating fluid that is used to for drilling and clearing cuttings. There's 2 types. The water-based ones and the oil-based ones. Currently, we are using water-based mud for drilling. The mud is said to be environmentally friendly once treated, thus, it can be dumped into the sea. But seriously, if I were to go by my conscience, I would be lying to myself. Just today, at the area where they dump mud and cuttings, I could see a thin layer of oil floating on the sea.
It's just not right.
Then we have people who throw cigarrette butts into the sea.
*sigh* It's a sad thing to see so many things happening that I can't do anything about.
But there was something I could do about. I saw that DOG spitting tabacco leaves on the rig floor while working. In fact, once, the spit almost landed on James' face. I decided to put in a STOP card about him. Roughly, I wrote something like," Saw a Smith Operator spitting tabacco leaves on the rig floor. If he had some form of contagious disease like SARS, the whole rig would have been infected by now." He stopped talking to me after that. hahaha.... I must mention, he's an American. =P apparently, they don't teach health education over there.
Man, I am damn proud to be a Singaporean!
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