"Our costs to have you here are peanuts compared to the value you bring!"

Alain Winograd, Former Drilling and Completion Operations Leader, Total

"Athens Group executed the first on-shore software commissioning and software project management for Pride International/BP. This valuable part of the commissioning effort provided Pride a jump start on the overall drill floor production startup. Pride International used Athens Group's software engineers for eveything from commissioning scheduling, to software change management, to system integration testing. They worked seamlessly with Pride personnel, the vendors, and BP in helping to ensure that the project was completed on schedule. Athens Group minimized the amount of work that had to be done to the drilling package off shore and provided a margin of software system reliability that I've never before experienced.

Dan Kline, Projects/Operations Manager, Mad Dog/Holstein

"At Stena Drilling we continually strive to ensure the drilling control systems on our global fleet of highly-automated vessels are fit for purpose and that risk of failure is reduced as far as practicable. In order to do this we sought a company which could offer us the techical understanding of the complex control systems and how they integrate into our vessels and our operation. We chose Athens Group as they offered us a holisitc approach to software control and management including an understanding into how these systems are constructed. Using Athens group to audit our fleet of drilling vessels, we have gained a better insight into how these control systems work and we are now in a much better position to ensure that software faults are found before they lead to costly equipment failure and downtime."

Erik Ronsberg, Engineering Manager DrillMAX Fleet, Stena Drilling

"Technical difficulties were causing us significant downtime. We were bleeding money but didn't have time to become software experts overnight. We called in Athens Group. Their expertise enabled them to dig in quickly, thoroughly evaluate the situation and prepare a comprehensive incident investigation report. As a result, the problem was identified and fixed and we are back to profitability."

Henrik Christensen, Area Manager, Maersk Contractors

"Well done Athens Group!" The project was hailed as a complete success, and the verification exercise was deemed to have been of tremendous value. The verification itself was a difficult undertaking, and one which required a thorough knowledge of the business, and in particular - excellent communication and coordination skills. We appreciate the superb handling by Athens Group consultants, whose work satisfied those requirements entirely, and resulted in actions for the future which were unanimously accepted."

Tim Blatch, QA/Verification & Acceptance, Azeri FFD Caspian, Phase 1 KCA Deutag

"You guys have done an excellent job for us and have been great to work with. There is no telling how many train wrecks you guys have prevented!"

Russel Langford, Orlan Drilling Operations Superintendent

"There is no doubt that Athens Group helped reduce schedule delays and downtime as a result of the Commissioning work they did. Their consultants were a real asset to our team, making our rig safer and more reliable. They were very professional and knowlegeable and worked hard to help ensure that our rig would be delivered drill-ready and on time."

Ken Scott, Acceptance Manager, Anadarko

"Athens' involvement has helped Noble gain much insight as to how our vendors are designing and controlling the software component of the systems they have contracted to build. The guidance and advice offered to Noble's newly hired software team has helped them to ramp up to productive operation very smoothly."

Jim Kelly, Electrical Systems Engineer, Nobile Drilling Services, Inc.