Comments on: Buccaneer moves ahead for exit from Homer dock: City sets March 20 deadline

By: raised by wolves

raised by wolves — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:27:42 +0000

If they don’t leave by March 30, does that mean Homer owns a drilling rig? Has anyone ever dismantled a drilling rig before? That’s a real HOWL.

By: jeremiah

jeremiah — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:39:36 +0000

I think if bucaneer stays longer than march 20th they should build a chair lift at ohlson mountain.

By: not leaving?

not leaving? — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:14:56 +0000

I was under the impression it isn’t a choice. They were told to leave.
They should just take the hunk of junk back to Singapore, Archer workers said it was the worst rig they have every worked on.

By: Aussie Man

Aussie Man — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:46:03 +0000

The oddsmakers from the guys in Australia say the rig will not be moving by the March 20 deadline. The company is low on cash again.

By: picpic

picpic — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:57:29 +0000

Just curious what are the actually numbers of people that work on the rig that are local or Alaskan residents hired? are locals still working on the rig?

By: Stupid City Council

Stupid City Council — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:24:18 +0000

Someone else made this appropriate analogy…

‘Buccaneer stole a large screen TV and now they are coming back to the store to demand the warranty paperwork.’

Why they heck would Archer give them the documentation. On going talks- good luck with that LOL

Good work Archer!

By: Stupid City Council

Stupid City Council — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:19:55 +0000

“Buccaneer denies all the allegations in the lawsuit, contending it has paid its bills to Archer and vendors they hired.”

This is exactly what happened in the past in Kenai, Buccaneer didn’t pay and contractors had to take them to court.

What kind of morons would believe Buccaneer’s side of the story now?

By: picpic

picpic — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:24:39 +0000

There will always be an excuse why we can’t buy American, hire Americans, locals or for that matter Alaskans. The dock will become more international as we move forward on goods/services and resource extraction development. Hopefully, Made in America, hire American will mean something. Do corporations even think made in America or take America? Homer will be bigger, developed and more international before you know it.

By: Andi Flanagan

Andi Flanagan — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:00:28 +0000

Is there no company in America to make those fenders? Buying from China should be outlawed. Chinese steel is known to be lousy. Be prepared to replace those fenders in a very short while.

Our economy needs help. Buying American is not only helping the economy, but it is the patriotic thing to do.

By: just saying

just saying — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:45:47 +0000

“The final USCG certification relies on getting access to technical drawings and inspection certifications that were completed during the shipyard work in Singapore and while in Homer. A dialogue with the previous contractor Archer Drilling is ongoing in respect to getting access to this documentation,” the release said.

How are they going to get the paperwork from Archer without paying them the 6 million they owe?

Archer is wise to keep the documentation lol

They are supposed to be leaving in one month?

I’m glad they are leaving but a company this incompetent shouldn’t be encouraged to drill in cook inlet.

““There has not been a jack-up rig with the operational capabilities of the Endeavour in the Cook Inlet since the early 1990′s”

That is because it is really old and had been junked LOL
They should take the rig back to Singapore and put it back in the junk yard.

And pay the state back the 24 million.