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said Saddoun Abbasi, drilling and workover superintendent for
Santa Fe.
And, what's good for the contractor is almost certainly going
to be good for the operator. "What's great about it is the clients are
very responsive to it. This goes a long ways to wards their
objectives as well,” Bauer said.

Multinational teamwork

While other companies are just now realizing the advantages
of utilizing a multinational workforce, Santa Fe has definitely been
a pioneer of multinational teamwork for quite some time.
At the IADC/SPE Drilling Conference in Dallas last March,
George Boykin, general manager of worldwide drilling for Amoco
Corp. explained that in the past, '"being a global drilling
organization meant operating in many different countries around
the world."
Today, this concept has changed: "Being a global drilling
organization means having a staff from many different countries
contributing in significant roles throughout the organization
regardless of location," Boykin said. Amoco believes that the
globalization of the drilling organization is the key to continued
success.
"The reasons are many, but Ithey all boil down to one
underlying premise: It makes good business sense." Boykin
credited Santa Fe with being a model of workforce diversity
during his presentation at the conference.
With Santa Fe, a company that employs 5,700 people from
48 countries and operates in West Africa, Southeast Asia, North
Africa, Middle East, North Sea, North America, and Venezuela,
this leads to numerous logistical problems both in relation to its
workforce and entry into international markets.
These include:
• Agent, sponsor, partner requirements;

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