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The air in the makeshift offshore repair hub was thick with salt and the hum of massive turbines. Elias, a lead field engineer, stared at the fractured drive shaft of the rig’s primary cooling pump. The replacement part was weeks away, and every hour of downtime cost the company a fortune.