1.   A company owning such rigs was lucky to be able to rent them out for enough to cover the costs of operating them.

2.   Nobody is expected to feel the price increases more keenly than truckers, at least those like Morisset who own their rigs and pay for their fuel.

3.   Typically the drilling contractor owns the rig and charges a day rate for its use.

4.   Taylor works for Transocean Sedco Forex, which owns the rig and was drilling for oil under a contract with Shell.

5.   The oil rig is owned by EPTM, a French company that sells oil-related products.