On 23 March this year in Nagasaki, Japan, Per Arild Reksnes was able to breathe a sigh of relief.

It was the day that the company took delivery of the Ramform Hyperion, the last of four gigantic seismic vessels built for Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) by Mitsubushi Heavy Industries Shipbuilding, in the process taking a big responsibility off his shoulders.

Reksnes is executive vice president, operations, PGS and has been overseeing the final stages of the $1.1