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Maersk Inaugurates Highly Advanced Drilling Simulator Complex

Investment of USD 10 million for the new drilling simulator complex Maersk Drilling and Maersk Training have once again put themselves in the forefront of competence development by investing USD 10 million in a new drilling simulator complex. The complex will be inaugurated today at Maersk Training in Svendborg, Denmark..The most advanced drilling simulator complex ever seen in the drilling industry will officially open today at Maersk Training in Svendborg as a response to the terrible accident during work on the Macondo exploration well in the US Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Although Maersk Drilling was not involved in the accident, the company established a task force to determine how to prevent such catastrophes and the new drilling simulator complex is a very visible outcome of this work.One of the main findings by the task force was the need for an increased focus on the interaction between crew members in various functions on the rig when dealing with well control scenarios."The human factor is a critical element in all operations, and inadequate competencies and lack of good teamwork and clear communication are often found to be part of the sequence of events triggering accidents," says Allan McColl, Head of Drilling ...

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