It is not an understatement to say that most drillers do not fancy drilling over water. After all, drilling on dry ground rarely throws the curves that must be dealt with when drilling over water.
On Aug. 29, 2005, southeast Louisiana took a direct hit from the category 4 Hurricane Katrina, and Shallow Draft Elevating Boats Inc. in Plaquemines Parish, La., was located at what now is referred to as “ground zero.”