Incredible they got away with this for so long! I worked as a developer, then architect, at oil and gas tooling companies for several years, and got to know ma

Incredible they got away with this for so long! I worked as a developer, then architect, at oil and gas tooling companies for several years, and got to know many parts of the business. Something of note here is that they took their supply chain very seriously - some of their equipment will sit subsea for decades, and failures could be catastrophic for the environment as well as in monetary terms, so you can understand why. For suppliers involved with fabrication or testing (e.g. pressure testing, weld inspections and xrays), our logistics people would routinely physically visit the supplier to audit their records and watch the process with their own eyes.