We're delighted to announce the launch of our latest website (www.bladeoffshore.com) for clients, Blade Offshore Services. This international company, although based in the North East of England, operates on a truly global scale with consultants busy on rigs and in offices throughout the world.

Blade Offshore offer a variety of engineering, marine and offshore drilling management services with a subsidiary company, Blade Offshore Remote Drilling, pioneering the development of remotely operated drilling equipment for the installation of turbines and other subsea equipment.

Blade Offshore Services' Business Development Manager, Will Ruffman, commented, "We'd looked at a variety of marketing companies throughout the world and whilst they were all good in their own right, very few of them had a clue about what we actually do! Offshore drilling is a very specialist subject about which most marketing personnel have little experience, so it was a more than a pleasant surprise to find a company virtually on our doorstep that not only knew about our services, but who actually had an Account Manager who had worked extensively offshore as Driller in locations from Vietnam to Brazil."

Prior to entering the marketing profession and then setting up Silver Bullet in 1999, our very own John Dias had worked offshore for some 15 years, starting as a Roustabout in the North Sea and ending as a Driller in Vietnam.

He commented, "Working on various projects on the account has certainly brought back some memories. We have worked in the past with specialist engineering companies and for both drilling contractors and oil operators. We began working for Blade on various projects on an ad-hoc basis and have now designed and developed their new website - it's an exciting industry of which we do have a certain amount of knowledge and we're looking forward to working closely with Blade on additional projects in the future."