Chávez said last month that the drilling in the Dragon gas fields, where the rig was located, is historic for PDVSA because it was the first offshore project developed by the company without foreign partners. “Everything was done by PDVSA on its own,’’ he said. “We already have pipelines, remote-controlled robots, and underwater technology that our PDVSA is doing on its own.’’

Someone should tell them to strap more inner tubes to it next time. Morons.