Riau Archipelago, Matak Sea Onboard Drilling Vessel Frontier Dutchess

19 September 2007 – 13 November 2007

Was suppose to do my 2^nd trip back to Japan onboard Hakuryu 5 but failure to secure a visa on time for the flight departure and crew change date all because of a new policy system implemented by the Japanese Govt and the visa application here which before takes about three days to clear now takes about 10 days to a month.

Well the boss then make a switch instead of Japan, now I’ll be flying in to Jakarta for the night and early morning catching the early charted domestic flight Fokker 50 a three hours flight to Matak & Natuna a Riau Archipelago island under the sun.

This was the trip which I had the chance to see from the very beginning stage of Drilling a hole for exploration to the end of putting down a subsea xmas tree for well completion job.