Ensco was a great company to work for, with good coworkers and a strong leadership team moving things in the right direction in the post-Macondo world of offshore drilling. The integration of Pride International went as well as it could have gone, and the company seems well positioned for the future.
Was everything perfect? No, but the company was doing the right things in getting the right people and resources to support a shift towards what we term "performance discipline," defined as "consistently and systematically doing things in according to known good practice."
Time will tell if the recent efforts bear fruit. The industry has a long way to go to achieve quality, both in delivered equipment from the OEMs and in the work performed on the deck plates in operation. However, the problem is now recognized, at least at Ensco, which will ultimately make the company lots of money (in terms of minimized downtime) going forward if they execute.
Anyway, I wish my old company and coworkers the best of luck as they execute against the vision and core values of Ensco.
Oh, and here's a photo of me during "Chuck and Bryan's Excellent Adventure" posing near an arch in Arches National Park near Moab last year, proudly wearing my Ensco t-shirt.
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